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PJ Harvey

"The Words That Maketh Murder"

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January 28, 2011

Fairly peppy for a PJ Harvey song about murder, this folky shuffle finds Polly Jean warbling about dead soldiers while hand claps and horns add to the oddly catchy melee.

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