Apropos of nothing perhaps, aside from the recent lull in PJ Harvey news, her official YouTube channel just lit up with pro-shot footage from the Let England Shake tour. Antiquiet says this set first aired as a webcast in January 2012, but here it is again for posterity: Harvey, John Parish, Mick Harvey, and Jean-Marc Butty performing an excellent show at Australia’s Sydney Festival in Australia. On a side note, these cuts keep popping up on mixtapes from friends as of late — a two-fold surprise when it becomes clear each time how well that record has aged out of context of its “New PJ Harvey Album” hype. Revisit those tunes (and at the very least jump ahead to 1995’s “C’mon Billy”) below. Thanks to an intrepid YouTube commenter we have start times for each track:
PJ Harvey – Sydney, Australia 2012 Setlist
‘Let England Shake’ | 0:00
‘The Words That Maketh Murder’ | 3:50
‘All and Everyone’ | 07:45
‘The Guns Called Me Back Again’ | 13:55
‘Written on the Forehead’ | 17:15
‘In the Dark Places’ | 21:05
‘The Devil’ | 24:50
‘Dear Darkness’ | 28:10
‘The Glorious Land’ | 31:40
‘The Last Living Rose’ | 35:35
‘England’ | 39:05
‘Pocket Knife’ | 43:00
‘Bitter Branches’ | 47:35
‘On Battleship Hill’ | 50:20
‘Down by the Water’ | 54:50
‘C’mon Billy’ | 57:45
‘Hanging in the Wire’ | 1:00:45
‘The Colour of the Earth’ | 1:03:45
‘The Piano’ | 1:09:15
‘Angelene’ | 1:12:30
‘Silence’ | 1:16:05