Album Review: I Inside The Old Year Dying by P J Harvey Partisan Records 2023 Is it really seven years since The Hope Six Demolition Project? Did touring that album nearly do for PJ Harvey? It seems that that the success of that tour turned out to be a double-edged sword. Yet, from within that draining experience, were drilled the seeds of this new album I Inside The Old Year Dying. As Harvey's musical life began to crumble during this intense period, so closely entwined with the music biz, she had to ask herself “Do I want to carry on for the remainder of my life doing the same thing?” She realised that she had lost her spiritual connection with music and was “heartbroken.” Heart-break is not a concept I tend to bandy about. Believe me, it is a condition that is not simply remedied and for an artist of such feeling as Harvey, if she says ‘heartbroken’ it is likely to be a pretty dark experience. The years-long path ba...