I Inside the Old Year Dying

I Inside the Old Year Dying
A dead branch casting a shadow on a white surface covered by plastic, with light reflecting off the plastic to the side of the image, Harvey's name in white to the side of the branch, and an orange sticker with the title in handwriting in the top-right corner
Studio album by
Released7 July 2023 (2023-07-07)
RecordedJanuary – February 2022[1]
StudioBattery Studios, London[2][3]
Genre
Length39:32
LabelPartisan
Producer
PJ Harvey chronology
The Hope Six Demolition Project
(2016)
I Inside the Old Year Dying
(2023)
Singles from I Inside the Old Year Dying
  1. "A Child's Question, August"
    Released: 26 April 2023
  2. "I Inside the Old I Dying"
    Released: 7 June 2023
  3. "Seem an I"
    Released: 26 February 2024

I Inside the Old Year Dying is the tenth studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician PJ Harvey, released on 7 July 2023 through Partisan Records. It is her first album of new material since The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016).

This is Harvey's first album on an independent label since Dry on Too Pure in 1992; Harvey had been signed with Island Records (Universal Music Group) for 30 years.[7] The album was produced by Flood and John Parish, with additional production done by Rob Kirwan.[8] The lead single, "A Child's Question, August", was released on 26 April 2023.[9] Upon release, the album was met with widespread critical acclaim, and debuted at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart.

The album has been nominated as the Best Alternative Music Album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.[10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AllMusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Anderson, Carys (7 July 2023). "PJ Harvey Returns With I Inside the Old Year Dying, First Album In 7 Years: Stream". Consequence (publication). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ Barton, Matthew (6 July 2023). "Album Review: PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ^ Snapes, Laura (1 July 2023). "'Am I still any good? Have I still got it?': PJ Harvey on doubt, desire, and deepest, darkest Dorset". The Observer. Retrieved 5 July 2023. Harvey used one just like it to capture some of the field recordings on her new, beguilingly strange 10th album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, where sounds like demob-happy kids and fizzing power lines are twisted around her pastoral post-punk and heretical hymns.
  5. ^ Sunnyvale (11 July 2023). "Review: PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  6. ^ Grow, Kory (6 July 2023). "PJ Harvey's New Album Packs A Dramatic Punch, If You Listen Deep". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. ^ "PJ Harvey signs to Partisan and announces new album, I Inside the Old Year Dying". Thelineofbestfit.com.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference PJS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "PJ Harvey announces new album, I Inside the Old Year Dying". Treble Zine. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  10. ^ "SZA Leads the 2024 Grammy Nominations". Vulture.com. 10 November 2023.

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