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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = PJ Harvey
| honorific_suffix  = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
| image             = Glasto24 28 300624 (184 of 545) (53838002779) (cropped).jpg
| alt               = Harvey at the Glastonbury Festival, 2024
| caption           = Harvey in 2024
| birth_name        = Polly Jean Harvey
| alias             = PJ Harvey
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1969|10|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Bridport]], Dorset, England
| origin            = [[Yeovil]], Somerset, England
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[punk blues]]|[[art rock]]|[[indie rock]]|[[folk rock]]|[[avant-rock]]|[[grunge]]}}<!-- All sourced in the article. -->
| occupation        = {{hlist|singer|musician|songwriter}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|vocals|guitar|saxophone|keyboards|autoharp}}
| discography       = [[PJ Harvey discography]]
| years_active      = 1988{{ndash}}present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Too Pure]]|[[Island Red Label|Indigo]]|[[Island Records|Island]]|[[Vagrant Records|Vagrant]]|[[Partisan Records|Partisan]]}}
| current_member_of = {{hlist|Automatic Dlamini|[[#Current members|The PJ Harvey band]]}}
| website           = {{URL|pjharvey.net}}
}}

'''Polly Jean Harvey''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 9 October 1969) is an English singer-songwriter. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist,<ref>{{cite web |title=BIOG |url=https://pjharvey.net/biog/ |website=PJHarvey |access-date=19 March 2025}}</ref> she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments.<ref>{{cite web |title=PJ Harvey Enlists Autoharp for New Album, Song |url=http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/532720862/pj-harvey-enlists-autoharp-for-new-album-song |publisher=TwentyFourBit |date=19 April 2010 |access-date=3 September 2011}}</ref>

Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist and saxophonist. The band's frontman, [[John Parish]], is still her long-term collaborator.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bio &#124; PJ Harvey &#124; Artists |url=http://www.islanddefjam.com/artist/bio.aspx?artistID=7333 |publisher=[[Island Def Jam]] |access-date=3 September 2011}}</ref> In 1991, she formed a trio called PJ Harvey and this began her career as PJ Harvey. The trio released two acclaimed studio albums called ''[[Dry (album)|Dry]]'' (1992) and ''[[Rid of Me]]'' (1993) before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further ten studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including Parish, former bandmate [[Rob Ellis (producer)|Rob Ellis]], [[Mick Harvey]], and [[Eric Drew Feldman]], and has also worked extensively with record producer [[Flood (producer)|Flood]].

Among the [[List of awards and nominations received by PJ Harvey|accolades Harvey has received]] are both the 2001 and 2011 [[Mercury Prize]] for ''[[Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea]]'' (2000) and ''[[Let England Shake]]'' (2011), respectively, making her the only artist to have been awarded the prize twice.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 September 2001|title=Music &#124; PJ Harvey wins Mercury Prize|publisher=[[BBC News]], [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1538877.stm|access-date=3 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=6 September 2011|title=PJ Harvey wins Mercury Music Prize for the second time|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14815129|access-date=6 September 2011}}</ref> She has also received a [[BAFTA Award]], eight [[Brit Awards|Brit Award]] nominations, eight [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nominations and two further Mercury Prize nominations. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' awarded her three accolades: 1992's Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter, and 1995's Artist of the Year. She was awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Music at the [[NME Awards|''NME'' Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Harvey Wins 'Outstanding Contribution' gong |url= http://www.digitalspy.ie/music/news/a302634/harvey-wins-outstanding-contribution-gong.html|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|last=Nissim|first=Mayer|date=8 February 2011|access-date=3 September 2011}}</ref> In the [[2013 Birthday Honours]], she was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) for services to music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22904807|title=Birthday Honours: Adele joins Blackadder stars on list |work= bbc.co.uk |publisher= BBC News |date=14 June 2013|access-date=15 June 2013}}</ref>
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== Early life ==
Polly Jean Harvey was born on 9 October 1969 in [[Bridport]], [[Dorset]], the second child of Ray and Eva Harvey ({{nee|Waters}}).<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Mills|first1=Robin|last2=Harvey|first2=Eva|year=2010|title=Cover Story: Robin Hills Meets Eva Harvey in Corscombe|magazine=The Marshwood Vale Magazine|issue=June 2010|page=3|url=http://www.marshwoodvale.com/images/archive/MVM135/index.html|access-date=5 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/leisure/stage/4646281.ben-waters-back-in-dorset-for-boogie-night/ | title = Ben Waters back in Dorset for boogie night | date = 2009-09-24 | website = [[Dorset Echo]] | access-date = 2025-01-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250131190150/https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/leisure/stage/4646281.ben-waters-back-in-dorset-for-boogie-night/ | archive-date = 2025-01-31}}</ref> Her parents owned a quarrying business on [[Ham Hill, Somerset|Ham Hill]], the site of a large Iron Age hillfort, and she grew up on the family farm in [[Corscombe]].<ref name="pjh">{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.jphuntley.co.uk/pjh/FullPages/fullbiography.htm|work=pollyharvey.co.uk|access-date=16 November 2007|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183942/http://www.jphuntley.co.uk/pjh/FullPages/fullbiography.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> During her childhood, she attended [[Beaminster School]] in nearby [[Beaminster]],<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.dorset.live/news/dorset-news/47-famous-people-who-went-5627561|title =Christian Bale, Emilia Fox and 45 other famous people who went to school in Dorset|first=Liam |last =Trim |date =29 January 2022|newspaper =Dorset Live}}</ref> where she received guitar lessons from folk singer-songwriter [[Steve Knightley]]. Her parents introduced her to music that would later influence her work, including [[blues]], [[Captain Beefheart]] and [[Bob Dylan]].<ref name="pjh" /> Her parents were avid music fans and regularly arranged get-togethers and small gigs, counting [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] among their oldest friends.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/03/pj-harvey-profile|title=PJ Harvey: a singular talent, she dances to her own tune|last=Thorpe|first=Vanessa|date=2 April 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=16 May 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

As a teenager, Harvey began learning saxophone and joined an eight-piece instrumental group, Bologne, run by composer Andrew Dickson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/5358293.beaminsters-polly-harvey-up-for-brit-award/|title=Beaminster's Polly Harvey up for Brit Award|website=Dorset Echo|date=14 January 2005 |language=en|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> She was also a guitarist with folk duo the Polekats, with whom she wrote some of her earliest material.<ref name="pjh" /> After finishing school, she joined [[Yeovil College]] and attended a visual arts foundation course.<ref name="pjh" /><ref>Harvey, PJ. "I always painted and have always drawn. I initially came from the visual arts background before I even began music." Extract from a transcription of an interview with Miranda Sawyer on ''[[The Culture Show]]''. Broadcast on [[BBC Two]] on 10 February 2011.</ref>

== Career ==
=== Automatic Dlamini: 1988–1991 ===
In July 1988, Harvey became a member of Automatic Dlamini, a band based in [[Bristol]] with whom she gained extensive ensemble-playing experience. Formed by [[John Parish]] in 1983, the band consisted of a rotating line-up that at various times included [[Rob Ellis (producer)|Rob Ellis]] and Ian Oliver.<ref>{{cite book |first= Ronald D.|last=Lankford |title=Women singer-songwriters in rock: a populist rebellion in the 1990s |year=2009 |page=44 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=978-0-8108-7268-4}}</ref> Harvey had met Parish in 1987 through mutual friend Jeremy Hogg, the band's slide guitarist.<ref name="jpb">{{cite web|title=John Parish|url=http://www.johnparish.com/biography.html|work=johnparish.com|access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref> Providing saxophone, guitars and backing vocals, she travelled extensively during the band's early days, including performances in East and [[West Germany]], Spain and Poland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bristolarchiverecords.com/bands/Automatic_Dlamini.html|title=Automatic Dlamini|work=Bristol Archive Records|access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref> to support the band's debut studio album, ''The D is for Drum''.<ref name="jpb" /> A second European tour took place throughout June and July 1989. Following the tour, the band recorded ''Here Catch, Shouted His Father'', their second studio album, between late 1989 and early 1990. This is the only Automatic Dlamini material to feature Harvey, but remains unreleased,<ref name="pjh" /> although [[Bootleg recording|bootleg versions]] of the album are in circulation.<ref name="jpb" />

In January 1991, Harvey left to form her own band with former bandmates Ellis and Oliver, though she had also formed lasting personal and professional relationships with other members, especially Parish, to whom she has referred as her "musical soulmate".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Quietus &#124; Features &#124; Three Songs No Flash &#124; Polly Harvey, Patriotism & Protest: Let England Shake, Live in Berlin|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/05751-pj-harvey-live-review-berlin|work=[[The Quietus]]|author=Stephen Dalton|date=24 February 2011|access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref> Parish would subsequently contribute to, and sometimes co-produce, Harvey's solo studio albums and has toured with her several times. As a duo, Parish and Harvey have recorded two collaborative albums where Parish composed the music and Harvey wrote the lyrics.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=A Woman a Man Walked By|title-link=A Woman a Man Walked By|others=John Paris and Polly Jean Harvey|year=2009|chapter=Words written & sung by PJ Harvey, Music written & played by John Parish|author=[[John Parish]]|pages=4–5|type=CD|publisher=[[Island (PolyGram)]]|id=0252700699|location=Dorset, United Kingdom}}</ref> Parish's girlfriend in the late 1980s was photographer [[Maria Mochnacz]]. She and Harvey became close friends and Mochnacz went on to shoot and design most of Harvey's album artwork and music videos, contributing significantly to her public image.

Harvey said of her time with Automatic Dlamini: "I ended up not singing very much but I was just happy to learn how to play the guitar. I wrote a lot during the time I was with them but my first songs were crap. I was listening to a lot of [[Irish folk music]] at the time, so the songs were [[Folk music|folky]] and full of penny whistles and stuff. It was ages before I felt ready to perform my own songs in front of other people."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Arundel|first1=Jim|year=1992|title=P. J. Harvey: Sex and Bile and Rock and Roll|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|issue=8 February 1992}}</ref> She also credits Parish for teaching her how to perform in front of audiences, saying "after the experience with John's band and seeing him perform I found it was enormously helpful to me as a performer to engage with people in the audience, and I probably did learn that from him, amongst other things."

Harvey wrote to the American rock band [[Slint]] after they printed a request for female singers on the sleeve of their 1991 album ''[[Spiderland]]'', but Slint broke up before the album was released.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferrier |first=Aimee |date=2024-02-05 |title=When PJ Harvey tried to join Slint |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/pj-harvey-tried-to-join-slint/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== PJ Harvey Trio; ''Dry'' and ''Rid of Me'': 1991–1994 ===
Harvey decided to name her new band the PJ Harvey Trio, rejecting other names as "nothing felt right at all or just suggested the wrong type of sound",<ref>Harvey, PJ. "We were playing around with other names but nothing felt right at all or just suggested the wrong type of sound or just wasn't right. And I also felt I am the songwriter in the band and I know that I'm going to be wanting to write songs and continue making music for quite a while but I can't guarantee that Rob and Steve will want to." Extracts from a transcription of an interview with PJ Harvey on ''[[120 Minutes]]''. Broadcast on MTV on 20 June 1993.</ref> and also to allow her to continue music as a solo artist. The trio consisted of Harvey on vocals and guitar, Ellis on drums and backing vocals, and Oliver on bass. Oliver later departed to rejoin the still-active Automatic Dlamini. He was subsequently replaced with Steve Vaughan. The trio's "disastrous" debut performance was held at a [[skittles (sport)|skittle alley]] in [[Charmouth]] Village Hall in April 1991. Harvey later recounted the event saying: "we started playing and I suppose there was about fifty people there, and during the first song we cleared the hall. There was only about two people left. And a woman came up to us, came up to my drummer, it was only a three piece, while we were playing and shouted at him 'Don't you realise nobody likes you! We'll pay you, you can stop playing, we'll still pay you!'"<ref>{{cite web|title=A Minimalist Effort From Rocker PJ Harvey: NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4112178|work=[[NPR]]|author=Linda Wertheimer|date=16 October 2004|access-date=23 June 2010}}N.B. User must click "Listen" or "Download" to access MP3 stream.</ref>
The group relocated to London in June 1991 when Harvey applied to study sculpture, still undecided as to her future career.<ref name="pjh" /> During this time, the group recorded a set of [[Demo (music)|demo]] songs and distributed them to record labels. Independent label [[Too Pure]] agreed to release the band's debut single "[[Dress (PJ Harvey song)|Dress]]" in October 1991, and later signed PJ Harvey. "Dress" received mass critical acclaim upon its release and was voted Single of the Week in ''[[Melody Maker]]'' by guest reviewer [[John Peel]], who admired "the way Polly Jean seems crushed by the weight of her own songs and arrangements, as if the air is literally being sucked out of them&nbsp;... admirable if not always enjoyable."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|volume=February 1992|year=1992|last=Peel|first=John|title=Really the Blues|page=52}}</ref> However, Too Pure provided little promotion for the single and critics claim that "''Melody Maker'' had more to do with the success of the "Dress" single than Too Pure Records."<ref>{{cite book|title=The Wire, Volumes 281–286|last=Parker|first=C|year=2007|publisher=University of California Press|location=California, United States|page=218|title-link=The Wire (magazine)|chapter=Issue 283, September 2007 }}</ref> A week after its release, the band recorded a live radio session for Peel on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 29 October featuring "Oh, My Lover", "Victory", "[[Sheela-Na-Gig (song)|Sheela-Na-Gig]]" and "Water".<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC – Radio 1 – Keeping It Peel – 29/10/1991 PJ Harvey|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1991/Oct29pjharvey/|work=[[BBC Radio 1]]|date=October 2005|access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref>

The following February, the trio released "Sheela-Na-Gig" as their equally-acclaimed second single and their debut studio album, ''[[Dry (album)|Dry]]'' (1992), followed in March. Like the singles preceding it, ''Dry'' received an overwhelming international critical response. The album was cited by [[Kurt Cobain]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] as his sixteenth-favourite album ever in his posthumously published ''[[Journals (Cobain)|Journals]]'' (2002).<ref>{{cite book |last=Cobain |first=Kurt |url=https://archive.org/details/kurtcobainjourna00coba/page/271 |title=Journals |publisher=Riverhead |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-57322-232-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/kurtcobainjourna00coba/page/271 271] |author-link=Kurt Cobain}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' also named Harvey as Songwriter of the Year<ref name="IR">{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey – Artists|url=http://www.islandrecords.co.uk/group_artists.php?id=33|work=[[Island (UMG)]]|access-date=25 February 2012|archive-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110033520/http://www.islandrecords.co.uk/group_artists.php?id=33|url-status=dead}} N.B. User must select "Click to Read" on the Biography section.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Hunter-Tilney|first1=Ludovic|year=2011|title=Person in the News: The guitar-wielding poet of our age|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|issue=September 2011|page=3|url=http://www.pjharvey.net/home_images/inthenews/Financial_Times.pdf|access-date=25 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105181644/http://www.pjharvey.net/home_images/inthenews/Financial_Times.pdf|archive-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> and Best New Female Singer.<ref name="IR" /> A limited edition double LP version of ''Dry'' was released alongside the regular version of the album, containing both the original and demo versions of each track, called ''Dry Demonstration'', and the band also received significant coverage at the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading Festival]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=1992 – History – Reading Festival 2011|url=http://www.readingfestival.com/2011/history/1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820050530/http://www.readingfestival.com/2011/history/1992|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2011|work=[[Reading Festival]]|access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref>

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[[Island (PolyGram)]] signed the trio amid a major label bidding war in mid-1992, and in December 1992 the trio travelled to [[Cannon Falls, Minnesota|Cannon Falls]], Minnesota in the United States to record the follow-up to ''Dry'' with producer [[Steve Albini]]. Prior to recording with Albini, the band recorded a second session with John Peel on 22 September and recorded a version of [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Highway 61 Revisited (song)|Highway 61 Revisited]]", and two new songs "Me Jane" and "Ecstasy".<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC – Radio 1 – Keeping It Peel – 22/09/1992 PJ Harvey|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1992/Sep22pjharvey/|work=BBC Radio 1|date=October 2005|access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref> The recording sessions with Albini took place at [[Pachyderm Studios|Pachyderm Recording Studio]] and resulted in the band's major label debut ''[[Rid of Me]]'' in May 1993. ''Rolling Stone'' wrote that it "is charged with aggressive eroticism and rock fury. It careens from [[blues]] to [[gothic rock|goth]] to [[grunge]], often in the space of a single song."<ref name=rolrid>{{cite web|title=500 Greatest Albums: Rid of Me – PJ Harvey  |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/rid-of-me-pj-harvey-19691231 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120604203028/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/rid-of-me-pj-harvey-19691231 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 4 June 2012 |work= rollingstone.com|access-date=20 January 2012}}</ref> The album was promoted by two singles, "[[50ft Queenie]]" and "Man-Size", as well as tours of the United Kingdom in May and of the United States in June, continuing there during the summer.

However, during the American leg of the tour, internal friction started to form between the members of the trio. Deborah Frost, writing for ''Rolling Stone'', noticed "an ever widening personal gulf" between the band members, and quoted Harvey as saying "It makes me sad. I wouldn't have got here without them. I needed them back then – badly. But I don't need them anymore. We all changed as people."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Frost|first1=Deborah|title=Primed and Ticking: PJ Harvey beat the sophomore jinx and get their mojo workin' with an American tour and a powerful new album, ''Rid of Me''
| magazine = Rolling Stone
| issn=0035-791X
| pages = 52–55
| issue = 663
| date =19 August 1993
}}</ref> Despite the tour's personal downsides, footage from live performances was compiled and released on the long-form video ''[[Reeling with PJ Harvey]]'' (1993).<ref>{{cite web|title=Reeling With PJ Harvey [1993] [VHS]: PJ Harvey: Amazon.co.uk: Video|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reeling-PJ-Harvey-VHS/dp/B000007UD2|work=[[Amazon.com|Amazon]]|date=11 April 1994|access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref> The band's final tour was to support the Irish rock band [[U2]] in August 1993, after which the trio officially disbanded. In her final appearance on American television in September 1993 on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', Harvey performed a solo version of "Rid of Me". As ''Rid of Me'' sold substantially more copies than ''Dry'', ''[[4-Track Demos]]'', a compilation album of demos for the album was released in October and inaugurated her career as a solo artist. In early 1994, it was announced that U2's manager, [[Paul McGuinness]], had become her manager.<ref name=lucy/>

=== ''To Bring You My Love'' and ''Is This Desire?'': 1995–1999 ===
As Harvey embarked on her solo career, she explored collaborations with other musicians. In 1995 she released her third studio album, ''[[To Bring You My Love]]'', featuring former bandmate John Parish, [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds|Bad Seeds]] multi-instrumentalist [[Mick Harvey]] and French drummer Jean-Marc Butty, all of whom would continue to perform and record with Harvey throughout her career. The album was also her first material to be produced by [[Flood (producer)|Flood]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Flood |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/flood-p74793/credits/date-asc/100 |publisher= Allmusic| access-date=10 November 2011}}</ref> A blues-influenced and futuristic record, ''To Bring You My Love'' included strings, organs and synthesisers.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=To Bring You My Love|title-link=To Bring You My Love|others=PJ Harvey|year=1995|pages=4–6|type=CD|publisher=[[Island (PolyGram)]] |id=LC 0407}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' said in its review that "Harvey sings the blues like [[Nick Cave]] sings gospel: with more distortion, sex and murder than you remember. ''To Bring You My Love'' was a towering goth version of grunge."<ref name= rolto>{{cite web|title=500 Greatest Albums: To Bring You My Love – PJ Harvey |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/to-bring-you-my-love-pj-harvey-19691231|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120604203014/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/to-bring-you-my-love-pj-harvey-19691231|url-status= dead|archive-date= 4 June 2012| work=rollingstone.com|access-date=20 January 2012}}</ref>

[[File:1998-pj harvey-03-mika.jpg|thumb|Harvey performing in [[Cologne]], Germany, 1998]]
The record generated a surprise [[modern rock]] radio hit in the United States with its lead single, "[[Down by the Water (PJ Harvey song)|Down by the Water]]".<ref name="LSD">{{cite magazine|last1=Aaron|first1=Charles|title=Artist of the Year: PJ Harvey|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|issue=1 January 1996|pages=58–60|date=1 January 1996}}</ref> The music video received heavy rotation on MTV and became Harvey's most recognizable song. Three consecutive singles—"[[C'mon Billy]]", "Send His Love to Me" and "Long Snake Moan"—were also moderately successful. The album sold one million copies worldwide<ref name=lucy>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=3308| title=Queen of the Night: P.J. Harvey |first= Lucy |last= O'Brien|publisher=Rock's Backpages|date=12 June 1995 |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref> including 370,000 in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ask Billboard| url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60260/ask-billboard|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| date= 6 January 2007| access-date=10 January 2012| quote=Below is the rundown of PJ Harvey's U.S. sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan, beginning with the 1992 full-length debut "Dry." The Polly Jean Harvey-led act's most recent set is "Uh Huh Her," which debuted and peaked at No. 29 on The Billboard 200 in June 2004. "Dry" (1992; 176,000); "Rid of Me" (1993; 207,000); "4-Track Demos" (1993; 119,000); "To Bring You My Love" (1995; 371,000); "Is This Desire?" (1998; 164,000); "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea" (2000; 285,000); "Uh Huh Her" (2004; 135,000).}}</ref> It was also certified Silver in the United Kingdom within seven months of its release, having sold over 60,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Certified Awards Search – BPI|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx|work=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=23 January 2012|quote=NB: User must enter "To Bring You My Love" in Search and search by Title.|archive-date=24 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015932/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the US, the album was voted Album of the Year by ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'' and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. ''Rolling Stone'' also named Harvey 1995's Artist of the Year<ref>{{cite web|last1=Layne|first1=Anni|title=P.J. Harvey's Got Something&nbsp;... But She's Not Saying What |work=rollingstone.com |date=1 July 1998| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pjharvey/articles/story/5923480/pj_harveys_got_something__but_shes_not_saying_what |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430080923/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pjharvey/articles/story/5923480/pj_harveys_got_something__but_shes_not_saying_what|archive-date=30 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' ranked the album third in The 90 Greatest Albums of the 1990s,<ref name=Spin1999>{{cite magazine |magazine= Spin| volume= 15|issue=9|date=September 1999 |page=117|first=Sia|last=Michel|title=The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s: 3 PJ Harvey ''To Bring You My Love''|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGjsvmNt8UgC&pg=PA117|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref> behind [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s ''[[Nevermind]]'' (1991) and [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]'s ''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]'' (1990).<ref name=Spin1999 /> In 1996, Harvey also received her first Grammy Award nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]] ("Down by the Water").

In 1996, following the international success of ''To Bring You My Love'' and experimental collaboration album ''[[Dance Hall at Louse Point]]'' with John Parish, Harvey began composing material that would end up on her fourth studio album, during what she referred to as "an incredibly low patch".<ref>{{cite magazine| last1= Irvin|first1=Jim|title=To Bring You Desire|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=21 August 1998|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pjharvey/articles/story/5920732/to_bring_you_desire| url-status= dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602160225/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pjharvey/articles/story/5920732/to_bring_you_desire|issn=0035-791X |archive-date=2 June 2008}}</ref> The material introduced [[electronica]] elements into her work. During recording sessions in 1997 original PJ Harvey Trio drummer Rob Ellis rejoined Harvey's band, and Flood was hired again as producer. The sessions, which continued into April the following year, resulted in ''[[Is This Desire?]]'' (1998). Originally released in September 1998, the album received a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance.<ref>{{cite web|title=41st Annual Grammy® Awards Nominations Coverage (1999) &#124; DigitalHit.com|url=http://www.digitalhit.com/grammy/41/nominees.shtml|work=DigitalHit|year=1998|access-date=10 November 2011}}</ref> The album's lead single, "[[A Perfect Day Elise]]", was moderately successful in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 25 on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ HARVEY &#124; Artist &#124; Official Charts|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/pj%20harvey#singles|work=[[UK Singles Chart]]|access-date=10 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721043601/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/pj%20harvey/#singles|archive-date=21 July 2012}}</ref> her most successful single to date.

In July 2020, a vinyl reissue of ''[[To Bring You My Love]]'' was announced, including unreleased demos.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Noah|last=Yoo|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/pj-harvey-announces-to-bring-you-my-love-vinyl-reissue/|title = PJ Harvey Announces to Bring You My Love Vinyl Reissue|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=16 July 2020}}</ref>

=== ''Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea'' and ''Uh Huh Her'': 2000–2006 ===
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In early 2000, Harvey began work on her fifth studio album ''[[Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea]]'' with Rob Ellis and Mick Harvey. Written in her native Dorset, Paris and New York, the album showcased a more mainstream [[indie rock]] and [[pop rock]] sound to her previous albums and the lyrics followed themes of love that tied into Harvey's affection for New York City.<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea &#124; Music Review &#124; Slant Magazine|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/pj-harvey-stories-from-the-city-stories-from-the-sea/82|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|first=Sal|last=Cinquemani|date=20 January 2001|access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref> The album featured [[Radiohead]] frontman [[Thom Yorke]] on three tracks, including his lead vocals on "This Mess We're In". Upon its release in October 2000 the album was a critical and commercial success, selling over one million copies worldwide and charting in both the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ HARVEY &#124; Artist &#124; Official Charts|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/pj%20harvey#albums|work=[[UK Albums Chart]]|access-date=10 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721043601/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/pj%20harvey/#albums|archive-date=21 July 2012}}</ref> and the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - PJ Harvey &#124; Billboard.com|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=pj harvey|chart=all}}|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> The album's three singles—"Good Fortune", "A Place Called Home" and "This Is Love"—were moderately successful.

[[File:PJ Harvey.jpg|thumb|left|Harvey performing live in 2004]]
The album won a [[Brit Awards|BRIT Award]] nomination for Best Female Artist and two Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Album and Best Female Rock Performance for the album's third single, "[[This Is Love (PJ Harvey song)|This Is Love]]". Harvey was nominated for, and won, the 2001 [[Mercury Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2001 Shortlist – Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize|url=http://www.mercuryprize.com/aoty/shortlist.php?Year=2001|work=[[Mercury Music Prize]]|year=2001|access-date=4 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102070642/http://www.mercuryprize.com/aoty/shortlist.php?Year=2001|archive-date=2 January 2012}}</ref> The awards ceremony was held on the same day as the [[September 11 attacks]] on the United States and Harvey was on tour in Washington, D.C., one of the affected cities, when she won the prize. Reflecting on the win in 2011, she said: "quite naturally I look back at that and only remember the events that were taking place across the world and to win the prize on that day—it didn't have much importance in the grand scheme of things", noting "it was a very surreal day".<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC News – Mercury favourite PJ Harvey reflects on her 2001 win|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14312888|work=BBC News|author=Kev Geoghegan|date=4 August 2011|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> The same year, Harvey also topped a readers' poll conducted by ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine of the 100 Greatest Women in Rock Music.

During three years of various collaborations with other artists, Harvey was also working on her sixth studio album, ''[[Uh Huh Her (album)|Uh Huh Her]]'', which was released in May 2004. For the first time since ''4-Track Demos'' (1993), Harvey played every instrument—with the exception of drums provided by Rob Ellis—and was the sole producer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uh Huh Her – PJ Harvey &#124; AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/uh-huh-her-r692552/credits|publisher=Allmusic|year=2004|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> The album received "generally favourable reviews"<ref>{{cite web|title=Uh Huh Her Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/uh-huh-her|work=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> by critics, but its production was criticised. It debuted and peaked at number 12 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified Silver by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] within a month of its release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uh Huh Her -certified awards|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx|work=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=4 December 2011|quote=NB: User must enter "Uh Huh Her" in Search and search by Title.|archive-date=24 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015932/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Harvey also did an extensive world tour in promotion of the album, lasting seven months. Selected recordings from the tour were included on Harvey's first live DVD, ''On Tour: Please Leave Quietly'', directed by Maria Mochnacz and released in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon.com: PJ Harvey – On Tour: Please Leave Quietly: PJ Harvey: Movies & TV|url=https://www.amazon.com/PJ-Harvey-Please-Leave-Quietly/dp/B000EHS36M|work=[[Amazon.com|Amazon]]|author=Kathleen C. Fennessy|year=2006|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB.com|website=[[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1566032/|access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref>

=== ''White Chalk'' and ''Let England Shake'': 2007–2014 ===
[[File:PJ Harvey in 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Harvey performing live during the ''White Chalk'' tour in 2007]]
During her first performance since the ''Uh Huh Her'' tour at the Hay Festival of Literature & Arts on 26 May 2006, Harvey revealed that her next studio album would be almost entirely piano-based.<ref>{{cite news|title=PJ Harvey, Guardian Hay festival, Hay-on-Wye &#124; Music &#124; The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/may/29/popandrock.pjharvey|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|author=Ian Gittins|date=29 May 2006|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> Following the October release of ''[[The Peel Sessions 1991–2004]]'', a compilation of songs recorded from 1991 to 2000 during her radio sessions with John Peel, she began recording her seventh studio album ''[[White Chalk]]'' in November, together with [[Flood (producer)|Flood]], [[John Parish]] and [[Eric Drew Feldman]] and drummer [[Jim White (drummer)|Jim White]] in a studio in West London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/11/white-chalk.html|title=PJ Harvey: White Chalk|website=pastemagazine.com|date=30 June 2008|language=en|access-date=6 May 2019|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506085712/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/11/white-chalk.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''White Chalk'' was released in September 2007 and marked a radical departure from her usual alternative rock style, consisting mainly of piano ballads.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Stubbs |first1=D. |year=2007| title= Return of the Native|magazine=The Wire|volume=283|issue=September 2007|page=34}}</ref> The album received favourable reviews,<ref>{{cite web|title=White Chalk Reviews, Ratings, Credit and More at Metacritic |url= https://www.metacritic.com/music/white-chalk|work=Metacritic|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> its style being described by one critic as containing "pseudo-Victorian elements—drama, restraint, and antiquated instruments and sounds."<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey: White Chalk – Music Review – No Ripcord|url=http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/pj-harvey/white-chalk|work=No Ripcord|author=Craig Thompson|date=25 October 2007|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> Harvey herself said of the album: "when I listen to the record I feel in a different universe, really, and I'm not sure whether it's in the past or in the future. The record confuses me, that's what I like—it doesn't feel of this time right now, but I'm not sure whether it's 100 years ago or 100 years in the future", summing up the album's sound as "really weird."<ref>{{cite web|title=collective – pj harvey interview| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A27302690|work=BBC|author=Victoria Segal|date=27 September 2007|access-date=27 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219234310/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A27302690|archive-date=19 December 2007}}</ref> During the tour for the album Harvey performed without a backing band, and also began performing on an [[autoharp]],<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey Enlists Autoharp for New Album, Song|url=http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/532720862/pj-harvey-enlists-autoharp-for-new-album-song|work=TwentyFourBit|date=19 April 2010|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> which continues to be her primary instrument after guitar and has influenced her material since ''White Chalk''.

March 2009 saw the release of her second collaboration studio album with John Parish ''[[A Woman a Man Walked By]]''. Written in the vein of punk blues, folk and experimental rock, it was preceded by the lead single "Black Hearted Love". As with their first effort, Parish wrote all of the music and played most of the instruments, leaving Harvey to the lyrics and singing.

In April 2010, Harvey appeared on ''[[The Andrew Marr Show]]'' to perform a new song titled "Let England Shake". In a pre-performance interview with Marr, she stated that the new material she had written had been "formed out of the landscape that I've grown up in and the history of this nation" and as "a human being affected by politics."<ref>Harvey, PJ. "I know that the music that I make is definitely formed out of the landscape that I've grown up in and the history of this nation" and "I sing as a human being affected by politics and that for me is a more successful way in song." Extracts from a transcription of an interview with PJ Harvey on ''[[The Andrew Marr Show]]''. Broadcast on [[BBC One]] on 18 April 2010.</ref> Her eighth studio album ''[[Let England Shake]]'' was released in February 2011, and received universal critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|title=Let England Shake Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/let-england-shake|work=Metacritic|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s 10/10 review summarised the album as "a record that ventures deep into the heart of darkness of war itself and its resonance throughout England's past, present and future"<ref>{{cite web|title=NME Album Reviews – Album Review: PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Island) |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/pj-harvey/11841|website=NME |author=Mike Williams|date=9 February 2011|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> and other reviews also noted its themes and writing style as "bloody and forceful,"<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey, 'Let England Shake' (Variant) &#124; spin.com|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/pj-harvey-let-england-shake-vagrant|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|author=Amanda Petrusich|date=February 2011|access-date=4 December 2011|author-link=Amanda Petrusich}}</ref> mixing "ethereal form with brutal content,"<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Segal|first1=Victoria|year=2011|title=Review: New Albums|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=February 2011|pages=112–113|url=http://www.pjharvey.net/home_images/Q_Mag_Feb11.jpg|access-date=14 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719233116/http://www.pjharvey.net/home_images/Q_Mag_Feb11.jpg|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> and "her most powerful."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Paphides|first1=Peter|year=2011|title=Filter Albums|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=February 2011|page=94|url=http://www.pjharvey.net/home_images/Mojo_Mag_Feb11.jpg|access-date=14 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719233155/http://www.pjharvey.net/home_images/Mojo_Mag_Feb11.jpg|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> Dealing with the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|then-conflict in Afghanistan]] and other episodes from English history, the album featured John Parish, Mick Harvey and Jean-Marc Butty as Harvey's backing band and the quartet toured extensively in its promotion. Following the release of the album's two well-received singles—"[[The Words That Maketh Murder]]" and "[[The Glorious Land]]"—and the collection of short films by Seamus Murphy to accompany the album, Harvey won her second Mercury Music Prize on 6 September.<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey Wins Her Second Mercury Prize &#124; Music News &#124; Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pj-harvey-wins-her-second-mercury-prize-20110907|work=rollingstone.com |issn=0035-791X |author=Matthew Perpetua|date=7 September 2011|access-date=14 September 2011}}</ref> The award marked her as the first artist to receive the award twice,<ref>{{cite news|title=Double winner: PJ Harvey tales Mercury Prize Again – The Irish Times – Wed, 07 September 2011|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0907/1224303639378.html|newspaper=The Irish Times|author=Brian Boyd|date=7 September 2011|access-date=4 December 2011|archive-date=10 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910091243/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0907/1224303639378.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> entering her into the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as the only artist to have achieved this.,<ref>{{cite web|title=One Direction Proud To Be Record Breakers|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/one-direction-proud-to-be-record-breakers_1410701|work=ContactMusic.com|date=September 2012|access-date=22 April 2014}}</ref> and sales of ''Let England Shake'' increased 1,190% overnight following her win.<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey 'Let England Shake' sales soar by 1,000% following Mercury Prize win – Music News – Digital Spy|url=http://www.digitalspy.ie/music/news/a339076/pj-harvey-let-england-shake-sales-soar-by-1000-percent-following-mercury-prize-win.html|work=[[Digital Spy]]|author=Lewis Corner|date=7 September 2011|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> On 23 September, ''Let England Shake'' was certified Gold in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|title=Let England Shake – certified awards|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx|work=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=4 December 2011|quote=NB: User must enter "Let England Shake" in Search and search by Title.|archive-date=24 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015932/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was listed as album of the year by ''[[Mojo (magazine)|MOJO]]'' and ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/894362/mojos-top-50-albums-of-2011/news/ |title=MOJO's Top 50 Albums of 2011 |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=2 December 2011 |access-date=1 May 2021|author=Tom Breihan}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Murphy|first1=Seamus|year=2011|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2011|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=January 2012|page=35}}</ref>

[[File:PJ Harvey @ Coachella 2011.jpg|thumb|Harvey at Coachella 2011]]
On 3 August 2013, Harvey released a song "Shaker Aamer" in support of the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] detainee by the [[Shaker Aamer|same name]] who was the last British citizen to be held there. The song describes in detail what Aamer endured during his four-month [[hunger strike]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pj-harvey-releases-new-track-shaker-aamer-for-guantanamo-detainee-20130804|title=PJ Harvey Releases New Track 'Shaker Aamer' for Guantanamo Detainee Rolling Stone 4 August 2013|magazine=Rolling Stone|issn=0035-791X |date=4 August 2013|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>

=== ''The Hope Six Demolition Project'', and ''I Inside the Old Year Dying'': 2015–present ===
[[File:PJHarveyRoundhouse290923 (15 of 61) (53222698237).jpg|thumb|Harvey performing at the Roundhouse, 2023]]
On 16 January 2015, PJ Harvey began recording her ninth studio album,  ''[[The Hope Six Demolition Project]]'', in front of a live audience. A custom built recording studio was made in [[London]]'s [[Somerset House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/pj-harvey-recording-in-progress|title=PJ Harvey<br />Recording in Progress : Somerset House|work=Somerset House|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' magazine noted that much like her previous album ''Let England Shake'', many of the lyrics were politically charged, but this time it was more globally focused.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/uncut-editors-diary/reviewed-pj-harvey-recording-in-progress-somerset-house-london-january-20-2|title=Reviewed! PJ Harvey: Recording In Progress, Somerset House, London, January 20, 2015, 1300–1345|date=20 January 2015|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> While recording she was shown to be using [[saxophone]]s, an [[autoharp]] and a [[bouzouki]]. [[Flood (producer)|Flood]] was confirmed to be the producer of the album.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/25/pj-harvey-recording-in-progress-somerset-house-review|title=PJ Harvey: Recording in Progress review – demystifying the rituals|author=Sean O'Hagan|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=25 January 2015|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> On 18 December 2015, Harvey released a 20-second teaser for the album, which contained a release date of spring 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchfork.com/news/62592-pj-harvey-shares-new-album-teaser|title=PJ Harvey Shares New Album Teaser|author=Evan Minsker & Jazz Monroe|work=Pitchfork|date=18 December 2015|access-date=20 December 2015}}</ref>

On 21 January 2016, the debut single, "[[The Wheel (song)|The Wheel]]", was played on [[Steve Lamacq]]'s show on [[BBC Radio 6 Music]]. The album was released on 15 April.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/63055-pj-harvey-announces-new-album-the-hope-six-demolition-project/|title=PJ Harvey Announces New Album The Hope Six Demolition Project|author=Evan Minsker and Amy Phillips|work=Pitchfork|date=21 January 2016|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> A new video, "The Orange Monkey", was shared on 2 June 2016. Directed by Irish filmmaker Seamus Murphy, it was made from footage of Murphy's and Harvey's trips to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sklinar Green|first1=Kimberley-Marie|title=WATCH: PJ Harvey shares heartbreakingly stunning new video for 'The Orange Monkey'|url=http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/2016/06/watch-pj-harvey-shares-heartbreakingly-stunning-new-video-for-the-orange-monkey/|website=Never Enough Notes|access-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320052526/http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/2016/06/watch-pj-harvey-shares-heartbreakingly-stunning-new-video-for-the-orange-monkey/|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Together they have also traveled to Washington, D.C., and Kosovo and their collaboration yielded the 2015 book ''The Hollow of the Hand'', which collected her poems and his photographs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/25/the-hollow-of-the-hand-review-pj-harvey-seamus-murphy-poetry | title=The Hollow of the Hand by PJ Harvey and Seamus Murphy review – an elusive journal | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=25 October 2015 }}</ref>  Their impressions from the journey and the creative process behind the recording of the new album were chronicled in the documentary called ''A Dog Called Money'', which was premiered at the [[69th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pjharvey.net/seamus-murphys-a-dog-called-money-world-premiere-berlin-film-festival/ | title=PJ Harvey - New Album, Out Now | website=Pjharvey.net | access-date=14 November 2022 | archive-date=14 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114121353/https://pjharvey.net/seamus-murphys-a-dog-called-money-world-premiere-berlin-film-festival/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36114348|title=PJ Harvey scores first number one album|date=22 April 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=16 November 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Alternative Music Album category.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/pj-harvey|title=PJ Harvey|date=14 May 2017|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=16 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> Harvey spent much of 2016 and 2017 touring the world with her nine-piece band, playing mainly on saxophone and taking her critically lauded live show around North America, South America, Europe and Australasia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://consequence.net/2016/12/pj-harvey-announces-2017-north-american-tour/|title=PJ Harvey announces 2017 North American tour|date=7 December 2016|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=16 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

Harvey remained active since then, frequently releasing folk songs for soundtracks to popular TV Series and films. In 2019, she released the instrumental soundtrack album to the [[Ivo van Hove]] stage adaptation of ''[[All About Eve]]'' with the vocals of [[Gillian Anderson]] and [[Lily James]]. In October 2022, she released another full soundtrack album to the Irish black comedy [[Apple TV+]] TV Series ''[[Bad Sisters]]'' together with [[Tim Phillips (musician)|Tim Phillips]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stereogum.com/2202868/pj-harvey-tim-phillips-run-on/music/ | title=PJ Harvey & Tim Phillips Cover Old Folk Song "Run On": Listen|website=Stereogum.com | date=14 October 2022 }}</ref>

From 2020 up to 2022, [[List of Universal Music Group labels#Universal_Music_UK|UMC]]/[[Island Records]] and [[Beggars Group]] launched the reissue campaign of her studio work, accompanied by separate [[Demo (music)|demo records]] to each album.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pj-harvey-entire-back-catalogue-being-reissued-on-vinyl-dry-demos-2677794 | title=PJ Harvey's entire back catalogue is being reissued on vinyl | website=[[NME]] | date=28 May 2020 }}</ref> In the culmination of the reissue project, the compilation of 59 songs,  previously unavailable physically or digitally, titled ''B-Sides, Demos and Rarities'' was released on 4 November 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pjharvey.net/b-sides-demos-rarities-collection/ | title=PJ Harvey - New Album, Out Now | website=Pjharvey.net | access-date=27 April 2023 | archive-date=26 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326054248/https://pjharvey.net/b-sides-demos-rarities-collection/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In June 2022, Harvey stated that her next studio album is scheduled to be released in summer 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pj-harvey-update-on-new-album-to-be-released-2023-3258356 | title=PJ Harvey shares update on new album to be released 2023: "I'm very pleased with it" | website=[[NME]] | date=29 June 2022 }}</ref> In January 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Harvey at number 145 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=1 January 2023|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/pj-harvey-9-1234642946/|access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>

In April 2023, it was announced on Harvey's official website that her tenth studio album ''[[I Inside the Old Year Dying]]'' would be released on 7 July 2023 on [[Partisan Records]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunworth |first1=Liberty |title=PJ Harvey announces new album with enchanting single, 'A Child's Question, August' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pj-harvey-announces-new-album-with-enchanting-single-a-childs-question-august-pre-order-listen-3435730 |website=NME |date=26 April 2023 |publisher=NME Networks |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> It also marked the first time (since the release of ''[[Dry (album)|Dry]]'' on [[Too Pure]] in 1992), Harvey releasing her album on the independent label, after 30 years being signed on [[Island Records]], part of [[Universal Music Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/pj-harvey-signs-to-partisan-and-announces-new-album-i-inside-the-old-year-dying|title=PJ Harvey signs to Partisan and announces new album, I Inside the Old Year Dying|website=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> The first single "A Child's Question, August" premiered on 26 April 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvYMlixvzHM | title=PJ Harvey - A Child's Question, August (Official Video) | website=[[YouTube]] | date=26 April 2023 }}</ref> Harvey toured Europe in support of the new album with 26 dates in September–October 2023 and is scheduled to perform on the 17 music festivals in Europe in summer 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pj-harvey-shares-single-i-inside-the-old-i-dying-and-announces-uk-and-european-tour-buy-tickets-3452462 | title=PJ Harvey shares single 'I Inside the Old I Dying' and announces UK and European tour | website=[[NME]] | date=7 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pjharvey.net/live/|title=Live Shows - PJ Harvey|website=Pjharvey.net}}</ref> US Tour is planned for autumn 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/09/pj-harvey-tour-i-inside-the-old-year-dying.html | title=PJ Harvey Changed Her Mind About Touring | date=26 September 2023 }}</ref> The album has been met with widespread critical acclaim, debuted at number 5 at UK Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/pj-harvey-i-inside-the-old-year-dying/|title=I INSIDE THE OLD YEAR DYING|date=20 July 2023|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref> and has been nominated as the [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Album]] at the [[66th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/11/grammy-nominations-2024-full-list.html | title=SZA Leads the 2024 Grammy Nominations|website=Vulture.com | date=10 November 2023 }}</ref>

== Collaborations and projects ==
[[File:John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey live.jpg|thumb|left|[[John Parish]] and Harvey performing live in 2009. Parish{{Mdash}}whom Harvey describes as her "musical soulmate"{{Mdash}}has been working with Harvey for over 20 years]]
Besides her own work, Harvey has also collaborated with a number of other artists. In 1995, she recorded a duet of American folk song "[[Young Hunting|Henry Lee]]" with her then-partner [[Nick Cave]] and also featured on the [[Bob Dylan]] cover "Death is Not the End", both released on [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]' ''[[Murder Ballads]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Murder Ballads|title-link=Murder Ballads|others=Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds|year=1996|chapter=Vocals: PJ Harvey on Henry Lee and Death is Not the End. PJ Harvey appears courtesy of Island Records Ltd.|page=11|type=CD|publisher=Mute Records|id=LCD STUMM138|location=United Kingdom}}</ref> In the same year she sang the theme song "Who Will Love Me Now?" on [[Philip Ridley]]'s film ''[[The Passion of Darkly Noon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) – Soundtracks|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114099/soundtrack|work=[[IMDb]]|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> After her 1995 tour, she met [[Pascal Comelade]] and decided to collaborate with him, singing on several tracks including "Love Too Soon" on his album ''L'Argot du Bruit''.<ref>Frost, Deborah 2004</ref> In May 1998, before the release of ''Is This Desire?'', she featured on [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]]'s ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces (Tricky album)|Angels with Dirty Faces]]'', performing lead vocals on "Broken Homes",<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey|url=http://www.pjharvey.net/disc.asp?subpageid=558&gsubpageid=627|work=pjharvey.net|access-date=4 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414202802/http://www.pjharvey.net/disc.asp?subpageid=558&gsubpageid=627|archive-date=14 April 2012}}</ref> and also contributed to [[Sparklehorse]]'s 2001 album ''[[It's a Wonderful Life (album)|It's a Wonderful Life]]'' performing guitar, piano and backing vocals on two songs, "Eyepennies" and "Piano Fire".<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey|url=http://www.pjharvey.net/disc.asp?subpageid=558&gsubpageid=626|work=pjharvey.net|access-date=4 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414202810/http://www.pjharvey.net/disc.asp?subpageid=558&gsubpageid=626|archive-date=14 April 2012}}</ref> Following the tour in promotion of ''Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea'', she contributed vocals to eight tracks on ''[[Volume 9: I See You Hearin' Me]]'' and ''[[Volume 10: I Heart Disco]]'' by [[Josh Homme]]'s side project [[the Desert Sessions]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Desert Sessions: Desert Sessions 9 & 10 &#124; Album Reviews &#124; Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2549-desert-sessions-9-10/|work=[[Pitchfork Media]]|first=Chris |last=Weber|date=28 March 2004|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> also appearing in the music video for "Crawl Home".<ref>{{cite web|title=MTV.com – Music – Video Premiere – Desert Sessions|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/video/premiere/desert_sessions/index.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031209004010/http://www.mtv.com/music/video/premiere/desert_sessions/index.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2003|publisher=MTV|date=2 December 2003|access-date=25 February 2012}}</ref> Throughout 2004, Harvey produced Tiffany Anders' album ''Funny Cry Happy Gift'', and also produced, performed on and wrote five songs for [[Marianne Faithfull]]'s album ''[[Before the Poison]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Marianne Faithfull: Before the Poison &#124; Album Reviews &#124; Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2962-before-the-poison/|work=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media|author=Stephen M. Deusner|date=23 January 2005|access-date=4 December 2011}}; {{cite news|title=Marianne Faithfull – Before the Poison|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2004/1008/faithfullm.html|access-date=24 February 2012 | work=RTÉ News|date=8 October 2004}}</ref> and contributed backing vocals on "Hit the City", "Methamphetamine Blues" and "Come to Me" on [[Mark Lanegan]]'s album ''[[Bubblegum (Mark Lanegan album)|Bubblegum]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Lanegan Band – Bubblegum – Review – Stylus Magazine|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2265|work=[[Stylus Magazine]]|author=Dave McGonile|date=23 August 2004|access-date=4 December 2011|archive-date=9 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509150958/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2265|url-status=dead}}</ref> Harvey contributed the song "Slow-Motion Movie-Star", an outtake from ''Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea'', to Mick Harvey's fourth studio album, ''[[Two of Diamonds (album)|Two of Diamonds]]'', released in 2007.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Two of Diamonds|title-link=Two of Diamonds (album)|others=Mick Harvey|year=2007|chapter=10 Slow-Motion-Movie-Star (PJ Harvey) Hot Head Music/EMI Music Ltd.|pages=1–4|type=CD |publisher=Mute Records|id=9358-2|location=Melbourne, Australia}}</ref>

Harvey has also recorded two studio albums with long-time collaborator John Parish. ''[[Dance Hall at Louse Point]]'' (1996) was written collectively with Parish with the exception of the song "[[Is That All There Is?]]", written by [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]. The album also listed her as Polly Jean Harvey, which may have impacted album sales. Harvey has also reflected on how the album was "an enormous turning point" and "lyrically, it moved me into areas I'd never been to before."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harvey|first1=PJ|year=2001|title=Harvey's Happy to Be an Outsider|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|issue=10 May 2001|page=49}}</ref> In 1998, she also performed lead vocals on "Airplane Blues", as a soundtrack accompaniment to the ''Wingwalkers'' art exhibition by Rebecca Goddard and Parish's wife, Michelle Henning, which was released as the closing song on Parish's second solo album ''How Animals Move'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey|url=http://www.pjharvey.net/disc.asp?subpageid=558&gsubpageid=624|work=pjharvey.net|access-date=4 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120131826/http://pjharvey.net/disc.asp?subpageid=558|archive-date=20 November 2011}}</ref> Following the release of ''White Chalk'', Harvey reunited with Parish to record ''[[A Woman a Man Walked By]]'', released in March 2009. Like ''Dance Hall at Louse Point'', the album received positive reviews and was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 25 in the UK Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH &#124; Artist &#124; Official Charts|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/pj%20harvey%20%26%20john%20parish/#albums|work=[[UK Albums Chart]]|date=11 April 2009|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> She collaborated with Egyptian musician [[Ramy Essam]] on "The Camp", a [[Charity record|charity single]] released in June 2017 to benefit displaced children in the Lebanese [[Beqaa Valley|Bekaa Valley]] fleeing the [[Syrian civil war]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/22571-pj-harvey-ramy-essam-new-video |title=New PJ Harvey & Ramy Essam Video |author=Eede, Christian |date=7 June 2017 |website=[[The Quietus]] }}</ref>

Aside from collaborations, Harvey has also embarked on a number of projects as a composer. In January 2009, a new stage production of [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' opened on Broadway. Directed by [[Ian Rickson]] and starring [[Mary-Louise Parker]] in the title role, the play featured an original score of incidental music written by Harvey.<ref>{{cite news|title=P.J. Harvey hits Broadway with 'Hedda Gabler' score – New York Daily News|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-01-23/entertainment/17914533_1_hedda-gabler-music-harvey|work=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]|first=Jim|last=Farber|date=23 January 2009|access-date=4 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104090933/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-01-23/entertainment/17914533_1_hedda-gabler-music-harvey|archive-date=4 January 2012}}</ref> In November 2011, Harvey also composed part of the score for Young Vic's long-running production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' in London.<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey behind music in current London production of Hamlet|url=https://www.nme.com/news/pj-harvey/60528|website=[[NME]] |date=21 November 2011|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> She subsequently worked with Rickson a number of times, contributing music for his stage production of ''[[Electra_(Sophocles_play)|Electra]]'', ''The Nest'', and ''[[The_Goat,_or_Who_Is_Sylvia%3F|The Goat]]''. In 2019, Harvey scored [[Ivo van Hove]]'s West End production of ''[[All About Eve]]''. She documented her artistic process for writing scores in an episode of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'Behind the Scenes' hosted by journalist John Wilson.<ref>{{cite web|title=Behind the Scenes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002g8h|website=[[BBC Sounds]]|date= 19 February 2019|access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>

In May 2012, Harvey composed two songs, "Horse" and "Bobby Don't Steal", for [[Mark Cousins (filmmaker)|Mark Cousins]]' film ''What is This Film Called Love?'', which also features "To Bring You My Love".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Wire: Adventures in Sound And Music: Article|url=http://thewire.co.uk/index.php?page=articles&article=9100|work=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]|date=16 May 2012|access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, a number of Harvey's songs were featured in the second season of ''[[Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)|Peaky Blinders]]''.

In March 2018, Harvey and Parish released a song called "Sorry For Your Loss" as tribute to singer-songwriter [[Mark Linkous]], who took his own life in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-pj-harvey-john-parish-tribute-sparklehorses-mark-linkous-2275153|website=[[NME]]|title=Listen to PJ Harvey and John Parish's tribute to Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous|first= Rhian|last=Daly|date= 28 March 2018|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, Harvey composed the score for [[Shane Meadows]]' miniseries, ''[[The Virtues (TV series)|The Virtues]]'', broadcast on Channel 4.

In 2022, Harvey composed the score for [[Sharon Horgan]], [[Dave Finkel]], and [[Brett Baer]]'s [[Apple TV+]] series ''[[Bad Sisters (TV series)|Bad Sisters]].''

In 2024, Harvey's songs again feature on the stage in [https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/london-tide London Tide], directed by [[Ian Rickson]], and based on [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[Our Mutual Friend]]''. London Tide is adapted by [[Ben Power]] and features original songs written by PJ Harvey and Ben Power.

== Musical style and influences ==
Harvey possesses an expansive [[contralto]] vocal range.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Jordan J. Michael|title=Celebrate the Catalog : PJ Harvey|url=http://www.treblezine.com/celebrate-the-catalog-pj-harvey/|website=Treble|publisher=Treble Media|access-date=8 September 2014|date=26 March 2014}}</ref> Harvey aims to not repeat herself in her music, which results in every album sounding different to her previous works. In an October 2004 interview with ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'', she said: "when I'm working on a new record, the most important thing is to not repeat myself ... that's always my aim: to try and cover new ground and really to challenge myself. Because I'm in this for learning."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Orloff |first1=Brian|title=PJ Harvey Talks Tour|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|issn=0035-791X |date=5 October 2004|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pj-harvey-talks-tour-20041005}}</ref> While her musical style has been described as [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/2014/08/pj-harvey-goldsmiths-university-honorary-degree-england/ | title=PJ Harvey Gets Same Honorary Degree Awarded to Blur, John Cale | work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=20 August 2014 | access-date=18 October 2015 | first=Brennan|last=Carley}}</ref> [[punk blues]],<ref>{{cite magazine| quote= By her usual avant-punk-blues standards, it was polished and tuneful.| first= Will| last= Hermes| title= Queen of Hearts| magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]| volume= 20| date= June 2004| page= 101| access-date= 23 November 2012| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UAUQ04BGfpUC&pg=PA101}}</ref> [[art rock]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-17-et-harvey17-story.html | title=Caged bird singing | work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] | date=17 October 2007 | access-date=18 October 2015 | author=Powers, Ann}}</ref> [[experimental rock|avant-rock]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/27/arts/pop-jazz-back-with-a-bang-after-three-quiet-years.html?pagewanted=all | title=POP/JAZZ; Back With a Bang After Three Quiet Years | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=27 September 1998 | access-date=18 October 2015 | first=Robert|last=Christgau| author-link=Robert Christgau }}</ref> and [[grunge]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Daisy |title=The Guide to Getting into PJ Harvey, Grunge's Apocalyptic Godmother |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/noisey-guide-getting-into-pj-harvey-discography/ |website=[[Vice Media|Vice]] |access-date=5 July 2024 |date=29 May 2019}}</ref> she has experimented with various other genres including [[electronica]], [[indie rock]] and [[folk music]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://diffuser.fm/best-pj-harvey-songs/ | title=10 Best PJ Harvey Songs | publisher=[[Diffuser.fm]] | access-date=18 October 2015 | author=Pettit, Carl| date=22 July 2013 }}</ref>

She changes her physical appearance for each album by altering her mode of dress or hairstyle, creating a unique aesthetic that extends to all aspects of the album, from the album art to the live performances.<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey: I work so hard &#124; Musicrooms.net|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/alternative/27582-pj-harvey-i-work-so-hard.html|work=Music Rooms|date=28 February 2011|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> She works closely with friend and photographer [[Maria Mochnacz]] to develop the visual style of each album. Around the time of ''To Bring You My Love'', for example, Harvey began experimenting with her image and adopting a theatrical aspect to her live performances. Her former fashion style, which consisted of simple black leggings, turtleneck sweaters and [[Dr. Martens]] boots, was replaced by ballgowns, catsuits, wigs and excessive make-up.<ref name="LSD" /><ref name="LT">{{cite magazine|last=Berger|first=Dorian|year=1998|title=Lipstick Traces|magazine=[[Dazed & Confused (magazine)|Dazed & Confused]]|issue=August 1998|url=http://www.pjharvey.net/review-pop.asp?id=375|access-date=28 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603062157/http://www.pjharvey.net/review-pop.asp?id=375|archive-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> She also began using stage props like a [[David Bowie#Ziggy Stardust|Ziggy Stardust]]-style flashlight microphone.{{sfn|Blandford |2004|p=55–57, 62}} She denied the influence of [[Drag (entertainment)|drag]], [[Kabuki]] or [[performance art]] on her new image, a look she affectionately dubbed "[[Joan Crawford]] on [[LSD|acid]]" in an interview with ''Spin'' in 1996, but admitted that "it's that combination of being quite elegant and funny and revolting, all at the same time, that appeals to me. I actually find wearing make-up like that, sort of smeared around, as extremely beautiful. Maybe that's just my twisted sense of beauty."<ref name="LSD" /> However, she later told ''[[Dazed|Dazed & Confused]]'' magazine, "that was kind of a mask. It was much more of a mask than I've ever had. I was very lost as a person, at that point. I had no sense of self left at all",{{sfn|Blandford |2004|p=55–57, 62}} and has never repeated the overt theatricality of the ''To Bring You My Love'' tour.

At an early age, she was introduced by her parents to [[blues]] music, [[jazz]] and art rock, which would later influence her: "I was brought up listening to [[John Lee Hooker]], to [[Howlin' Wolf]], to [[Robert Johnson]], and a lot of [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Captain Beefheart]]. So I was exposed to all these very compassionate musicians at a very young age, and that's always remained in me and seems to surface more as I get older. I think the way we are as we get older is a result of what we knew when we were children."<ref>{{cite book|title=Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock|last1=O'Dair|first1=Barbara|year=1997|publisher=[[Random House]]|location=New York City|isbn=978-0-679-76874-6|pages=544, 575}}</ref> Other influential artists were "[[Nina Simone]], [[the Rolling Stones]], people like that I grew up listening to but find I returned to".<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/fATjgJyEMdw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200301102846/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fATjgJyEMdw Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fATjgJyEMdw&t=133s|title=PJ Harvey interview with John Parish for Mog.com |publisher=YouTube |date=2009|access-date=2 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During her teenage years, she began listening to [[New wave music|new wave]] and [[synth-pop]] bands such as [[Soft Cell]], [[Duran Duran]] and [[Spandau Ballet]], although later stated that it was a phase when she was "having a bit of a rebellion against my parents' record collection."<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey – Mookychick|url=http://www.mookychick.co.uk/opinion/interviews/pj_harvey.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926105838/http://www.mookychick.co.uk/opinion/interviews/pj_harvey.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2011|work=Mookychick|author=Esther Haynes|date=November 2000|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> In her later teenage years, she became a fan of [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]],<ref>{{cite work |title=Gouge [DVD about the Pixies - ''The Pixies'' box set] |publisher= 4AD – VAD 2407DVD|date=2004|quote=''Sufer Rosa'' would be my favorite [...] it sounded like they were in your room that was so exciting to hear}}</ref> and she then listened to [[Slint]].{{sfn|Blandford |2004|p=37}} She has named [[Bob Dylan]],<ref name=guardian>{{cite web |first=Caspar |last=Llewellyn Smith |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2011/sep/08/pj-harvey-video |title=PJ Harvey: 'I was just trying to survive' - video|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=8 September 2011|access-date=2 October 2020|quote=Bob Dylan, obviously, what he was doing in the early sixties was astonishing [...]<br />Patti Smith, whenever she's performing I want to see her because she's so energising to see and so passionate with what she's doing. and so wonderfully vocal and eloquent,}}</ref> and [[Neil Young]],<ref name="learnfolk">{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey Learns Folk Lessons From Neil Young For 'Let England Shake'|url=http://www.spinner.com/2011/03/28/pj-harvey-let-england-shake/|work=[[Spinner.com|Spinner]]|author=Steve Baltin|date=28 February 2011|access-date=4 December 2011|archive-date=11 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111071507/http://www.spinner.com/2011/03/28/pj-harvey-let-england-shake/|url-status=dead}}</ref> when talking about her influences. Many critics have compared Harvey to [[Patti Smith]], which Harvey dismisses as "lazy journalism".<ref>{{cite web|title=10 Things You Never Knew About PJ Harvey &#124; Clash Music Exclusive General|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/10-things-you-never-knew-about-pj-harvey|work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|author=Ellie Bothwell|date=14 October 2011|access-date=26 February 2012}}</ref> However, recently Harvey has said that Smith is "so energising to see and so passionate with what she's doing".<ref name=guardian /> Harvey has also cited [[Siouxsie Sioux]] in terms of live performance, stating : "She is so exciting to watch, so full of energy and human raw quality".<ref name=la>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-29-ca-43749-story.html |title=Checking in With . . . PJ Harvey in a New York State of Mind |first=Steve|last=Appleford |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=29 October 2000 |access-date= 10 May 2016|quote=Q: Was there any figure who connected with you when you were just a listener? A: It's hard to beat Siouxsie Sioux, in terms of live performance. She is so exciting to watch, so full of energy and human raw quality. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624114458/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/29/entertainment/ca-43749|archive-date=24 June 2016|url-status=unfit}}</ref> She has also drawn inspiration from [[Russian folk music]],<ref>{{cite news|title=P.J. Harvey's ever-changing style breaks sonic ground |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/11/04/pj-harveys-ever-changing-style-breaks-sonic-ground/ |first=Chuck|last=Myers|date=4 November 2004|access-date=27 February 2012}}</ref> Italian soundtrack composer [[Ennio Morricone]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Album Review: PJ Harvey — 'White Chalk' – Monsters and Critics|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/reviews/article_1361477.php/Album_Review_PJ_Harvey_%E2%80%93_White_Chalk|work=Monsters and Critics|first=Jeff|last=Swindoll|date=1 October 2007|access-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121044004/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/reviews/article_1361477.php/Album_Review_PJ_Harvey_%E2%80%93_White_Chalk|archive-date=21 January 2014}}</ref> [[classical music|classical]] composers like [[Arvo Pärt]], [[Erik Satie]], [[Samuel Barber]],<ref>{{cite web|title=New Ground: An Interview with PJ Harvey < PopMatters|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/new-ground-an-interview-with-pj-harvey|work=[[PopMatters]]|author=Jennifer Kelly|date=28 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422131834/https://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/new-ground-an-interview-with-pj-harvey|access-date=27 February 2007|archive-date=22 April 2009}}</ref> and [[Henryk Górecki]].<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey Follows the Lieder|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/10/18/pj-harvey-follows-the-lieder.html|first=Seth Colter|last=Walls|date=18 October 2007|access-date=26 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225125902/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/10/18/pj-harvey-follows-the-lieder.html|archive-date=25 February 2012}}</ref> As a lyricist, Harvey has cited numerous poets, authors and lyricists as influences on her work including [[Harold Pinter]], [[T. S. Eliot]], [[W. B. Yeats]], [[James Joyce]], [[Ted Hughes]] and contemporaries such as [[Shane MacGowan]] and [[Jez Butterworth]].<ref name="learnfolk" /> [[Elvis Presley]] was also mentioned in her 2022 book ''Orlam'' and the 2023 single ''A Child's Question, August''.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pj-harvey-orlam-interview-1367831/ | title='It Doesn't Feel Dark to Me': PJ Harvey on Her Surreal New Novel, Growing Older, and the Beauty of Ugliness | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=28 June 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pj-harvey-a-childs-question-august-i-inside-the-old-year-dying-1234723455/ | title=Hear PJ Harvey Reframe 'Love Me Tender' in New Song 'A Child's Question, August' | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=26 April 2023 }}</ref>

Harvey rejects the notion that her song lyrics are autobiographical, telling ''[[The Times]]'' in 1998: "the tortured artist myth is rampant. People paint me as some kind of black [[witchcraft]]-practising devil from hell, that I have to be twisted and dark to do what I am doing. It's a load of rubbish". What is more, she later told ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'': "some critics have taken my writing so literally to the point that they'll listen to 'Down by the Water' and believe I have actually given birth to a child and drowned her."<ref name="Spin2005">{{Cite magazine |last=Maerz |first=Melissa |date=October 2005 |title=PJ Harvey: Shedding light on British rock's electrifying dark star |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jOIh4tn8TGYC&pg=RA1-PA82 |access-date=21 December 2011 |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |page=82 |volume=21 |issue=10}}</ref>

== Other ventures ==
Outside her better-known music career, Harvey is also an occasional artist and actress. In 1998, she appeared in [[Hal Hartley]]'s film ''[[The Book of Life (1998 film)|The Book of Life]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDb – The Book of Life (1998)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167059/|work=IMDb|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> as Magdalena—a modern-day character based on the Biblical [[Mary Magdalene]]—and had a [[cameo appearance|cameo]] role as a [[Playboy Bunny]] in ''A Bunny Girl's Tale'', a short film directed by [[Sarah Miles]], in which she also performs "Nina in Ecstasy",<ref>{{cite web|title=The Unsolved Murder of Bunny Eve, Part 2: notes on serial killers, by Sarah Miles &#124; APEngine|url=http://www.apengine.org/2009/12/the-unsolved-murder-of-bunny-eve-part-2-notes-on-serial-killers-by-sarah-miles/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719072304/http://www.apengine.org/2009/12/the-unsolved-murder-of-bunny-eve-part-2-notes-on-serial-killers-by-sarah-miles/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2012|work=APEngine|date=8 December 2009|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> an outtake from ''Is This Desire?'' (1998). Harvey also collaborated with Miles on another film, ''Amaeru Fallout 1972'', which includes Harvey performing a cover of "[[When Will I See You Again]]".

Harvey is also an accomplished [[sculpture|sculptor]] who has had several pieces exhibited at the Lamont Gallery and the [[Bridport Arts Centre]]. In 2010, she was invited to be the guest designer for the summer issue of [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s literary magazine ''[[Zoetrope: All-Story]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ Harvey to Guest Design Francis Ford Coppola's Magazine All-Story &#124; News &#124; Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/38599-pj-harvey-to-guest-design-francis-ford-coppolas-magazine-all-story/|work=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media|author=Ryan Dombal|date=23 April 2010|access-date=4 December 2011}}</ref> The issue featured Harvey's paintings and drawings alongside short stories by [[Woody Allen]]. Her most recent artwork features in her second book of poetry ''Orlam''.<ref>{{cite news|title=PJ Harvey, poet: 'Dorset is light and dark, ecstasy and melancholy'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/24/pj-harvey-poetry-dorset-orlam-interview|author=Kate Kellaway|newspaper=The Observer |date=24 April 2022|access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>

In December 2013, Harvey gave her debut public poetry reading at the [[British Library]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Andrew Motion, Owen Sheers and P J Harvey read war poetry at the British Library &#124; British Library|url=http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/english-and-drama/2013/12/andrew-motion-and-polly-harvey-read-world-war-one-poetry.html#sthash.kUC7c6cR.dpuf|work=British Library|publisher=English and Drama Blog|author=Jamie Andrews|date=18 December 2013|access-date=16 January 2014}}</ref> On 2 January 2014, she guest-edited BBC Radio 4's [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|the ''Today'' programme]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25574846 |title=PJ Harvey guest edits 'unusual' Today |publisher=BBC |date=2 January 2014 |access-date=6 June 2014}}</ref>

In October 2015, Harvey published her first collection of poetry, a collaboration with photographer Seamus Murphy, entitled ''The Hollow of The Hand.''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/pj-harvey/81441 |title=PJ Harvey to release her first poetry book 'The Hollow of the Hand'|website=[[NME]]|date=1 December 2014 |access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref> To create the book, Harvey and Murphy made several journeys to Kosovo, Afghanistan and Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-hollow-of-the-hand-9781408865286/ |title=The Hollow of the Hand |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |location=London, England |date=8 October 2015 |access-date=24 January 2016 |archive-date=1 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201060200/http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-hollow-of-the-hand-9781408865286/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their experiences were documented in Murphy's film ''A Dog Called Money'', which was released in UK cinemas and online on 8 November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mubi.com/|title=MUBI: Watch and Discover Movies|website=MUBI|language=en|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref> The pair had previously worked together to create 12 short films for ''[[Let England Shake]]''.

In April 2022, she published a book-length narrative poem titled ''Orlam''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |last2=Harvey |first2=PJ |title=Q&A: PJ Harvey |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 2022 |issue=1365/1366 |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |location=New York |issn=0035-791X |id={{ProQuest|2687830226}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Orlam – a beautiful and profound narrative poem by PJ Harvey – published April 2022 |url=http://www.pjharvey.net/ |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=PJ Harvey Official Website |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Polly Jean |title=Orlam |date=2022 |publisher=Picador |location=London |url=https://worldcat.org/en/title/1280275728 |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref>

On June 1st 2024 Harvey kicked off her European tour to be followed by a tour of North America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PJ Tour 2024 new |url=https://pjharvey.net/live/}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In the early 1990s, Harvey was romantically involved with drummer and photographer Joe Dilworth of [[Stereolab]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Lindsay|last=Baker|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2000/oct/21/weekend.lindsaybaker|title=Let there Be Light: Interview with Polly Harvey|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=21 October 2000}}</ref> From 1996 to 1997, following their musical collaborations, Harvey had a relationship with [[Nick Cave]], and their subsequent break-up influenced Cave's follow-up studio album ''[[The Boatman's Call]]'' (1997),<ref name="raphael">{{cite news|title=Amy Raphael meets enigmatic singer Polly Jean Harvey &#124; Music|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/08/pj-harvey-interview|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=Amy|last=Raphael|date=8 March 2009|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=CD: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! &#124; Music|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/29/popandrock.shopping|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |author=Alexis Petridis|date=29 February 2008|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref> with songs such as "[[Into My Arms]]", "West Country Girl" and "Black Hair" being written specifically about her.

Harvey has one older brother, Saul, and four nephews through him. She expressed a fondness for children in 1995 and stated that she would love to have them, saying: "I wouldn't consider it unless I was married. I would have to meet someone that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. That's the only person who I would want to be the father of my children. Maybe that will never happen. I obviously see it in a very rational way, but I'd love to have children."<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ HARVEY|url=http://www.alphane.com/pjh.htm|work=[[Hot Press]]|author=Liam Fay|year=1995|access-date=1 March 2008}}</ref>

Harvey was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)]] by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] in the [[2013 Birthday Honours]] for services to music.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60534 |supp=y|page=18|date=15 June 2013}}</ref> As of 2023, she lives in [[Dorset]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=July 6, 2023 |title=Interview: PJ Harvey unspools 'I Inside the Old Year Dying' |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/07/06/1185749989/pj-harvey-i-inside-the-old-year-dying-orlam-interview |access-date=November 26, 2024 |work=NPR}}</ref>

== Personnel ==
=== Current members ===
* Polly Harvey – vocals, saxophone, guitar, [[autoharp]], piano, organ, keyboards, violin, cello, vibraphone, marimba, bells and chimes, percussion, djembe, bass, melodica, zither, harmonica, [[harp]], [[Cigar box guitar|cigfiddle]] (since 1991)
* [[John Parish]] – guitar, drums, keyboards, bass, backing vocals, banjo, organ, ukulele, trombone, [[rhodes piano|rhodes]], mellotron, xylophone, percussion (1994–1998, since 2006)
* Jean-Marc Butty – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1994–1996, since 2006)
* [[James Johnston (English musician)|James Johnston]] – keyboards, violin, guitar, organ, backing vocals (1993 live performance guest, since 2014)
* Giovanni Ferrario – guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals (2006–2009, since 2023)

=== Former collaborators ===
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* [[Rob Ellis (producer)|Rob Ellis]] – drums and percussion, vocals, [[pump organ|harmonium]], piano, electric piano, tambourine, synthesizer, keyboards, bells, [[harpsichord]], vibraphone (1991–1993, 1998–2004)
* Steve Vaughan – bass (1991–1993)
* [[Eric Drew Feldman]] – piano, keyboards, bass, [[optigan]], [[mellotron]], [[Moog synthesizer|minimoog]], backing vocals (1994–2009)
* [[Mick Harvey]] – bass, keyboards, organ, guitar, drums, backing vocals, harmonium, accordion, [[bass harmonica]], piano, rhodes, xylophone, percussion (1994–2001, 2009–2017)
* Nick Bagnall – bass, keyboards (1994–1996)
* Joe Gore – guitar, [[e-bow]] (1994–1996)
* Jeremy Hogg – guitar (1996–1998)
* [[Margaret Fiedler]] – guitar, cello (2000–2001){{col-break}}
* Tim Farthing – guitar (2000–2001)
* [[Simon "Ding" Archer]] – bass (2004)
* [[Josh Klinghoffer]] – guitar, drums, percussion (2004)
* [[Jim White (drummer)|Jim White]] – drums (2006–2007)
* [[Carla Azar]] – drums (2006–2008, studio guest)
* [[Alain Johannes]] – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, saxophone (2015–2017)
* Enrico Gabrielli – percussion, backing vocals, [[bass clarinet]], [[slide whistle|swanee whistle]], [[basset clarinet]] (2015–2017)
* Alessandro Stefana – guitars, backing vocals (2015–2017)
* [[Terry Edwards]] – saxophones, percussion, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, flute, bass harmonica, melodica, trumpet (1993 live performance guest, 1997 studio guest, 2015–2017)
* Kenrick Rowe – percussion, backing vocals (2015–2017)

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== Awards and nominations ==
* [[List of awards and nominations received by PJ Harvey]]

== Discography ==
{{Main|PJ Harvey discography}}
* ''[[Dry (album)|Dry]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Rid of Me]]'' (1993)
* ''[[To Bring You My Love]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Is This Desire?]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Uh Huh Her (album)|Uh Huh Her]]'' (2004)
* ''[[White Chalk]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Let England Shake]]'' (2011)
* ''[[The Hope Six Demolition Project]]'' (2016)
* ''[[I Inside the Old Year Dying]]'' (2023)

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== Further reading ==
{{Refbegin|35em}}
* {{cite book | last =Blandford | first =J. R.| title =PJ Harvey Siren Rising| publisher =Omnibus| year =2004| location =London| id =[http://worldcat.org/oclc/56541646&tab=editions OCLC: 56541646] | isbn =1-84449-433-0 }}
* {{cite news | last =Sandall| first =R| title =PJ Harvey steps into the light| work=The Times | date =23 September 2007| url =http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2500051.ece| archive-url =https://archive.today/20080706061342/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2500051.ece| url-status =dead| archive-date =6 July 2008| access-date =24 September 2007 }}
* {{cite book
| last = Stieven-Taylor
| first = Alison
| title = Rock Chicks: The Hottest Female Rockers from the 1960s to Now
| publisher = Rockpool Publishing
| year =2007
| location = Sydney
| isbn = 978-1-921295-06-5}}
* {{cite magazine
| last = Strauss
| first = Neil
| title = PJ Harvey
| magazine = Rolling Stone
| issn=0035-791X
| pages = 68–79, 144–145
| issue = 663
| date =28 December 1995
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last = Udovitch
| first = Mim
| title = PJ Harvey
| magazine = Rolling Stone
| issn=0035-791X
| page = 51
| issue = 663
| date =14 December 2000
}}
* {{cite news
| last = Petridis
| first =  Alexis
| title = PJ Harvey's 50 greatest songs – ranked!
| newspaper= [[The Guardian]]
| date = 11 October 2019
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/11/pj-harveys-50-greatest-songs-ranked
}}
{{Refend}}

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