PJ Harvey goes back to the moors on her new song, "An Acre Of Land"
Today is shaping up to be a good day for aging ‘90s alt-rock fans: Not only did L7 release a gnarly, grunge-influenced new song, “I Came Back To Bitch”—only the band’s second song since 1999—but we’ve got a new tune from PJ Harvey as well. Called “An Acre Of Land,” the song sees Polly Jean teaming up with film composer Harry Escott (Hard Candy, Shame) for a composition that recalls a more pastoral take on the Gothic sound of her 2007 album White Chalk. As on that album, here Harvey sings about wildflowers and windswept moors over plucking notes of zither and lonely strumming guitar. But she does so in her natural vocal register, a difference that makes “An Acre Of Land” exponentially warmer than anything on White Chalk.