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WYRD AS FOLK

N January, 2015, witnessed Polly Harvey’s Recording In Progress installation at Somerset House, London. There in the basement, we watched as Harvey and her band worked on what became album, sealed behind one-way aquarium glass in a soundproofed box. The installation partly served to shine a light on the myths that cluster around Harvey’s intensely private methods, revealing

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