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PJ Harvey goes to Kosovo in "The Wheel" video

photo: Maria Mochnacz
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PJ Harvey has shared the video for “The Wheel” from her upcoming album The Hope Six Demolition Project. It was directed by Seamus Murphy who was with Harvey, filming, for much of the project. The song was inspired by a trip to Kosovo (where the video was filmed), and Murphy talks about the video, and the song:

The song ‘The Wheel’ has the journey to Kosovo at its center. Who is to say what else has influenced and informed its creation? The sight of a revolving fairground wheel in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje near the capital Pristina is the concrete reference point for the title. I can tell you its date–4th August 2011–from the piece of footage I made as we walked up the street to our parked car near the train station. It was a passing observation of a commonplace image, one of many that day. While Polly took notes I might have been more interested in something else happening across the street and not bothered to shoot or even have seen it. That day we were gathering material in a blind, optimistic endeavor; characteristic of the way we tend to work together. We had no idea if any of it would ever be seen, heard or would make sense.

Watch the video, below.

The Hope Six Demolition Project will be out April 15 via Island/Vagrant.

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