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“Down by the Water”—PJ Harvey

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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The Long Snake Moan of Pj Harvey

poly moves even more forcefully into fiction into short story territory but blunt gothic menacing unsparing short stories think flannery o'conner think the lottery think the lottery if she personally were throwing stones at your head the whole time we're back to badassifying her a little bit. i don't know any other way to process a song that loud that is actually called long snake moan another notable parallel between pj harvey and the afghan wigs is that we've got white alt rockin types adopting the sound and the swagger of american southern blues right  the afghanwigs calling early songs son of the south, big deal relax you can interpret this song

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