On P.J. Harvey’s debut single, she mocked the human mating rituals that force women to wear clothes that are hard to walk in and make them feel they are “spilling over like a heavy loaded fruit tree”.
‘Dress’ was the song my friend Tim had heard on the John Peel show. On the strength of it he and I went to see her play a support slot at Camden Town’s Borderline club in 1991.
She was good and original but I wouldn’t have guessed that 16 years later she’d still be making albums of the highest quality. How wrong can you be? Continue reading
