![]() ![]() It all combines together to give Let England Shake a very, for want of a better word, English sound. ![]() Harvey has let her natural accent come through strong and exaggerated, added some skiffle influences in the music, and her use of strings and horns create a sound that is similar to Radioheads use on recent albums. Harveys new album is a complete turnaround from Stories more alternative-rock style and White Chalk s moody introspective lyrics. ![]() Her latest album, Let England Shake, is a lush, well-constructed, and passionate open letter to her home country of Englanda rare outward focus rather than her usual inward, personal, and biting focus. That vision of soldiers falling like lumps of meat, and arms and legs in the trees, has been hanging in my head for days. Ultimately the albums combination of grisly lyrics and thought-provoking thematics combine to make Let England Shake a worthy addition to whats become a very long line of excellent efforts from one of musics most unique and iconoclastic artists. ![]()
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