PJ Harvey Readies Expanded 'Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea' Reissue

The album comes back to vinyl alongside unreleased demos

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Jan 6, 2021

Continuing to bring her catalogue back to wax, PJ Harvey has now detailed a vinyl reissue of 2000's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, complete with previously unreleased demos.

The reissue of Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, which turned 20 last fall, arrives February 26 through UMe/Island. The demos will arrive on their own LP, pressed on 180-gram vinyl with unseen photos by Maria Mochnacz.

Harvey has shared a demo of "This Mess We're In" alongside the announcement, which you can find alongside the demos LP tracklist below. While the final album version featured Thom Yorke, its demo finds Harvey alone with guitar.

The Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea repress will follow a reissue of Is This Desire?, due to arrive later this month. Reissues of DryTo Bring You My Love and Dance Hall at Louse Point also have been released.

Harvey's most recent studio album remains 2016's The Hope Six Demolition ProjectLast year, she shared original soundtrack material for All About Eve and The Virtues.
 

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea:

1. Big Exit
2. Good Fortune
3. A Place Called Home
4. One Line
5. Beautiful Feeling 
6. The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore 
7. This Mess We're in 
8. You Said Something 
9. Kamikaze 
10. This Is Love
11. Horses in My Dreams
12. We Float

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea — Demos:

Side 1
1. Big Exit – Demo
2. Good Fortune – Demo
3. A Place Called Home – Demo
4. One Line – Demo
5. Beautiful Feeling – Demo
6. The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore – Demo

Side 2
1. This Mess We're in – Demo
2. You Said Something – Demo
3. Kamikaze – Demo
4. This Is Love – Demo
5. Horses in My Dreams – Demo
6. We Float – Demo

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