White Chalk

Polly Jean Harvey has never made the same album twice, and neither has she ever made an album as bleak as White Chalk, which finds her trading guitar for piano and haunting her own house.

P.J. Harvey has never been good at standing still or looking backward. When she tries to duplicate a successful past sound, as on the underwhelming 2004 effort Uh Huh Her, her heart just doesn't seem in it. When she tries something new, however, there are few more exciting artists out there.

Check out our album review of Artist's White Chalk on Rolling Stone.com.

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Harvey’s eighth studio album is a triumph of both micro- and macro-level structure.

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Album Reviews: PJ Harvey - White Chalk

PJ Harvey - White Chalk review: Piano replaces guitar, resignation replaces anger, and PJ Harvey comes up trumps.