HARVEY: The book "Orlam" is my second collection of poetry. KELLY: NPR's Ann Powers sat down with Harvey to hear more about the album, which is out now.ĪNN POWERS, BYLINE: Can you explain the story and the world of "Orlam" and the new album for those who might not have yet had the pleasure of entering them?
I only set out to write a collection of poetry, but this work kind of morphed into drawings and then into music as well. HARVEY: (Singing) Drush repeats 'enself, over underwhelem. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I INSIDE THE OLD YEAR DYING") Last year, she published a narrative poem called "Orlam," a vivid work of magical realism, which has now evolved into a new album called "I Inside The Old Year Dying." KELLY: Her latest project bleeds together those elements intricately. But as I've got older, it's become more and more natural for me that they all just sort of bleed together. HARVEY: I think when I was younger, I used to try and keep them separate, in their separate categories. KELLY: Along with the songs, she has always written poetry and created visual art, too. She first broke out in the early '90s with hits like "Rid Of Me" and "Dress." KELLY: Harvey is best known as a singer-songwriter. And if I'm a bit stuck on a poem and I can't work out where it's going, I'll often spend time drawing it. P J HARVEY: In the early stages of writing a song, I very often see it in images and colors. For PJ Harvey, words, music and images all come from the same creative wellspring.
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