There's something nice about getting an album on the day it is released. Yesterday I found myself in Kings Heath and so popped along to Polar Bear and picked up a copy of PJ Harvey's Let England Shake. I toyed with buying it on vinyl but in the end opted for the CD.
Despite having heard quite a lot of the album prior to release, you need to sit down and listen to it in it's entirety to get to see what it is really like. Having only played it through once, my first impressions are good. Only time will tell as to whether it's a classic. I have no doubt it will feature heavily in the end of year lists judging by the reviews it is getting. I wonder if it will make mine?
