I Inside the Old Year Dying

by PJ Harvey

I Inside the Old Year Dying cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 July 2023
  • Label: Partisan
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:38
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 12 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rooted in the Dorset dialect and the artist's own published poetry, this record is a heavily atmospheric exploration of childhood memory and rural folklore. Co-produced with John Parish and Flood, the sparse arrangements rely on field recordings, archaic language, and improvised instrumental passages. It presents a haunting, impressionistic vision of English mythology disconnected from modernity.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, forest, minimalistic, conceptual, folk, female-vocals, acoustic, experimental, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Prayer at the Gate (4:14)
  2. Autumn Term (3:20)
  3. Lwonesome Tonight (3:48)
  4. Seem an I (3:06)
  5. The Nether-edge (3:17)
  6. I Inside the Old Year Dying (1:52)
  7. All Souls (4:21)
  8. A Child's Question, August (2:46)
  9. I Inside the Old I Dying (3:08)
  10. August (2:41)
  11. A Child's Question, July (3:02)
  12. A Noiseless Noise (3:57)

Credits

  • Kieran Tudor - hair [back cover portrait]
  • Jasdaface - lacquer cut by
  • Ben Whishaw - backing vocals
  • Colin Morgan - backing vocals
  • Elvis Presley - written-by ["love me tender" elements]
  • Vera Matson - written-by ["love me tender" elements]

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