PJ Harvey has confirmed she was disappointed with her previous album 'Uh Huh Her', and is looking to make amends with 'White Chalk', released this week.
Speaking to The Times newspaper in the UK, Harvey admitted that the 2004 album "was just finding its way. I felt disappointed with it. I knew I had to be much more vigilant this time."Of 'White Chalk', her eighth studio album, Harvey says "I'm really proud of it. This album is everything I wanted it to be, which doesn't always happen. My goal is always not to repeat myself, but I'm a bit lenient on myself sometimes.
"I knew I had to write an enormous amount to find something that I hadn't done before. I was very strict."
The songstress also revealed that she spent a year in 2005 as a gigging bassist for Morris Tepper's band in Los Angeles. "It was fantastic," she said. "Lifting gear around, driving vans to venues, rehearsing and practising new songs. It really made me think about tuning in to other people, and I'm not used to doing that."
