PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old I Dying (Official Video)

Directed by Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña

Produced by Catalina Vergara
Production Assistant: Nina Salvador
A production of Diluvio, Globo Rojo, Pista B

Art and Animation: Francisco Visceral, Francisco Schultz, Trinidad Santibañez, Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León
Art and Animation Assistants: Paolo Caro, Isidora Rojas, Laura Donoso, Lluvia Anaïs, Lucas Pacheco, Javiera Sandoval, Rocío Álvarez, Yair Gómez, Julieta Morales, Samuel Lagunas, Natalia Geisse, Joaquín France, Dalia Cociña, Matías Yunge and Fernanda Padilla

Data Management: Paolo Caro
Editing and Post Production: Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña

As the Dog: Klaus

Polly Jean Harvey - vocals, electric guitar
John Parish - acoustic guitar, drums, vocals
Cecil - keyboards, field recordings
Colin Morgan - backing vocals

Produced by Flood & John Parish


FOLLOW:



LYRICS:

The beech buds wait.
The aish buds wait.
The frogs and twoads in lagwood holes
and hedgehogs in their leafy ditch,
all waiting for His kingdom.

The eth waits.
The dead brakes
host the holly’s bloody beads;
they are His crown of thorns
and He will rise again.

Oh Wyman, Oh Wyman.
Unray I for en.

Slip from my childhood skin;
I zing through the forest,
I hover in the holway
and laugh into the leaves.

Oh Wyman, Oh Wyman.
Unray I for en.

I laugh in the leaves
and merge to meesh,
just a charm in the woak
with the chalky children
of evermore.

Executive Producer: Sumit Bothra
Management : Sumit Bothra, Brian Message, Olivia Plunket for ATC Management

#pjharvey #ininsidetheoldidying #iinsidetheoldyeardying

[violets]

God, what a f-ing genius! She never dissapoints even after so many years. Every album is another gem.

[Duke-Volpe]

What a genius she is, this is like the haunted hybrid child of White Chalk and Is This Desire.

[tabularasaable]

PJ
“This delicate and beautiful song eluded us until the very last day in the studio, ” Harvey said in a statement. “Over the previous five weeks we had tried so many times to capture it and failed, and/but then John [Parish] reinvented the feel of the guitar pattern. As he was demonstrating it in the control room, Flood handed Me a microphone and pressed record whilst I sat next to John trying to work out how to sing to it. The result somehow captures the ethereal and melancholic longing I was looking for. In the lyric everyone is waiting for the savior to reappear—everyone and everything anticipates the arrival of this figure of love and transformation. There is a sense of sexual longing and awakening and of moving from one realm into another—from child to adult, from life to death and the eternal.”
- Pitchfork

[wynflaeth]

The deep bass of Colin Morgan.

Oh. My. Goodness. ❤❤❤

[silvermillennial]

I don't know how, but this manages to be entirely new territory while also being classic PJ.

[pazzoredento]

Saw her in Melbourne (Australia, mate!) last night. A flawless performance of wailing, wistful, passionate, imploring, empowering brilliance. She and her equally flawless band played for 90 minutes practically without pause and then did two encores, and then PJ thanked us for our many years of support when all we wanted to do was thank HER for her many years of creative exceptionalism that STILL makes our lives blossom and bloom. If you ever get a chance to see and hear PJ... do not hesitate!

[jnnyoy]

This is seriously haunting, I can't stop listening to it

[matthewfischer]

Older Polly is very much a refined artist compared to young Polly, but they are VERY different. Rid of Me hooked me when I was a youngster, but as I grew to appreciate art, Polly grew to provide it. She's grown on the same timeline as her audience. She is very unique that way. I am thankful that she continues to find time for music among her other artistic adventures.

[claireakebrand]

The goosebumps that overtake me when I know I’m about to hear a new PJ Harvey chorus.

[manugabriele]

I recognized you at night on the radio, beautiful...

[allalanismorissette]

Cristóbal León y Joaquín Cociña grandes! La Casa Lobo me voló la cabeza!

[carlie-jeanfinch]

cant stop crying to this song, hits me so deeply, somthing ive craved

[jameskemmy]

Gorgeous. She manages to capture an atmosphere of melancholy with similarities to White Chalk and LES, yet with a new ethereal twist. This visual is also sadly beautiful and provides an aesthetic that matches the sound so well!

[ManWalksDogs]

my old boy used to shovel dirt like that with his nose, bless him, followed me around too, until he couldn't any longer...

[Luna_illus]

I’ll be honest. Came here strictly for Colin and I will support anything he does but I am in love with this song and her style. The video is amazing as well. Wow.

[musibaba]

Oh wonderful Polly, another gem for the soul! Thanks for your music! 💖

[essie_music]

wow wow wow wow wow... this video is heartbreakingly beautiful

[michaelkennedy]

This is the sweet melancholy of the churning of life. The sound and the vision are so entrancingly entangled.

[morganmagic]

Colin sounds lovely. Beautifully blended voices.

[rickclark]

30+ years of making records and never failing to break new ground. Amazing.