Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Tragabigzanda · Post by **Tragabigzanda** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:15 am

The rain here in Boston these last couple days put me in the mood for some PJ Harvey...

I really like that on "Stories...", all the bottom end is in the guitars and bass; the drums are really punchy, tight, and mid-rangey, but there's still some serious rumble to this record, mostly coming from her electric guitar! Not a common mix at all; anyone else notice this, or have any examples of the same sound on another recording?

bhmcc · Post by **bhmcc** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:57 am

I noticed this too!!! The mix is very listenable even on really crappy speakers. Incidentally, I'm a huge PJ fan and that this is probably my favorite record of hers.

The best thing about all of PJ's stuff is that the mix rarely ever matters. Can't wait until October 2nd!

Brett

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:15 am

*waiting for Polly Jean to ditch the Donna Summer routine, pick up a guitar again and actually ROCK*

I've been incredibly bored with everything since Rid Of Me.

bhmcc · Post by **bhmcc** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:32 am

subatomic pieces wrote:*waiting for Polly Jean to ditch the Donna Summer routine, pick up a guitar again and actually ROCK*

I've been incredibly bored with everything since Rid Of Me.

Interesting, I listen to PJ a lot and own (I think) all of her stuff but I listen to Rid of Me the least. I know, I know, it's what everyone considers her 'break-through' album, but I guess I feel she got more interesting (and wrote better songs) as she progressed. I think I even listen to Dry more often than Rid of Me.

But?to each his own. I'll have to push Rid of Me back into heavy rotation again ? maybe I?ll experience some ?rediscovery?.

Tragabigzanda · Post by **Tragabigzanda** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:37 am

Man, I think that "Uh Huh Her' has the best sound of them all; dry. dark, big, and with a lot of open space; I can really get lost in it...

bhmcc · Post by **bhmcc** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:05 am

Tragibigzanda wrote:Man, I think that "Uh Huh Her' has the best sound of them all; dry. dark, big, and with a lot of open space; I can really get lost in it...

Agreed - I've spent a lot of time with that one. Uh Huh Her is definitely her darkest sounding record with The Peel Sessions ending up on the opposite end of the spectrum.

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:31 pm

subatomic pieces wrote:*waiting for Polly Jean to ditch the Donna Summer routine, pick up a guitar again and actually ROCK*

there's a lot of pretty rocking guitar on 'stories...'

i really like that record, despite the way crushed mastering job courtesy of mr weinberg. was interesting to note that 'uh hh her' was a good 3db quieter...

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:12 pm

Love it too, despite all of the clicks from the mastering.

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:52 am

it's most noticeable on 'whore's hustle...' those poor guitars!

DGoody · Post by **DGoody** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:40 am

That's funny because I love the songs on Stories, but I think the mixes suck. I think it's her worst sounding record by far.......

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