For her first tour in seven years, PJ Harvey includes a date at The Anthem in DC on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
In the summer of 2023 PJ Harvey released her 10th studio album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, via Partisan Records — her first studio record since 2016.
Co-produced by Flood and John Parish, I Inside the Old Year Dying was nominated in the Best Alternative Album category at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Soon after its release, PJ Harvey toured the UK and Europe with her bandmates John Parish, Jean-Marc Butty, Giovanni Ferrario, and James Johnston.
To develop the live show she worked with director Ian Rickson, who had also directed the live shows for the Let England Shake and the Hope Six tours.
“After many years of work, I am very happy to release this collection of new songs,” said Harvey in a statement. “It was a difficult album to make and took time to find its strongest form, but it has finally become all I hoped for it to be.”
Watch the official music video for “Seem an I” by PJ Harvey on YouTube:
From the outset of her career, the work of PJ Harvey has commanded attention. A multi-instrumentalist, she is primarily a vocalist, guitarist, and pianist. In 1991, Harvey formed the eponymous bass/drums/guitar trio in Dorset, England and by that autumn had released the debut single “Dress” on independent label, Too Pure.
As local PJ fans may recall, her 2016 album, The Hope Six Demolition Project, was inspired in part by visits to DC with photojournalist Seamus Murphy. The Hope Six Demolition Project was released in April 2016 and became Harvey’s first UK No. 1 album.
In 2019, Harvey released her first original theatrical score album, All About Eve, via Invada Records and Lakeshore Records.
PJ Harvey
The Anthem
Wednesday, Sept. 11
Doors @ 6:30pm
$55
All ages