Review: PJ Harvey's "Is This Desire?" — A Garden of Longing and Isolation
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Ivy Nelson
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A poetic, metaphorical review of PJ Harvey's album "Is This Desire?" framed through the allegory of a woman trapped in a walled garden, longing for connection with a mysterious figure outside. The review uses this imagery to explore themes of desire, isolation, and yearning present in the album.
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Twitter / XReview: PJ Harvey's "Is This Desire?" — A Garden of Longing and Isolationpitchfork.comKey quotes
· 4 pulledA woman lives in a garden surrounded by high rock walls.
She sees a figure passing outside between the cracks in the wall and wonders who they are, what life might be like if they were together in the garden.
When the wind blows through the cracks in the wall, she mistakes it for the figure's voice, crying out to her in a language beyond sense.
She longs to know whomever it is, but
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