History NightmareFuel / PJHarvey

* "Rub 'Til It Bleeds" seems to be ADateWithRosiePalms taken to the extreme.

''Music/Dry''

"Plants and Rags" is a haunting song with some very creepy violin work in it.

* Many of the lyrics on ''The Hope Six Demolition Project'' are inspired by PJ's firsthand accounts of human suffering and poverty as a direct result of war and politics during her travels to Kosovo, Afghanistan and Washington D.C. with photographer/filmmaker Seamus Murphy between 2011 and 2014. Songs recall children and civilians being abducted and massacred, child street labor, political violence, and drone strikes carried out by the United States.

* Many of the lyrics on ''The Hope Six Demolition Project'' are inspired by PJ's firsthand accounts of human suffering and poverty as a direct result of war and politics during her travels to Kosovo, Afghanistan and Washington D.C. with photographer/filmmaker Seamus Murphy between 2011 and 2014. Songs recall children and civilians being abducted and massacred, child street labor, and drone strikes carried out by the United States.

* Everything about the title track. A Beefheart-esque snarl about a comic grotesque hermaphrodite “mummy’s boy” with “chicken liver balls”, delivered with an almost pantomimic relish. PJ sounds unhinged as she sings through gritted teeth about wanting to explore the "damp alleyways" of his soul. The first half of the song ends with her shouting at him to "stick it up his [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] ass" before fading into a jarringly jaunty folk instrumental.

* "Rid of Me" starts off creepy and quiet with some rather disturbing lyrics, and then slowly gets louder and then "'''''[[JumpScare DON'T YOU WISH YOU....NEVER....NEVER MET HER DON'T YOU]]!!!!!'''''"

* "Working For the Man" is also exceptionally creepy, particularly because PJ's voice is recorded in such a way that it sounds like she's whispering in your ear. The lyrics could be interpreted as being from the perspective of a man who picks up prostitutes in his car and murders them, but believes he is doing the work of God.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4G1TjKYg "Down By the Water".]] No one's quite sure what this song is about. Murder, rape, child abuse, infanticide, sexual abuse, jealousy, shame, incest, some horrible combination of any of those: the theories are out there, but what everyone can agree on is that this is an extremely dark song on an extremely dark album. What makes it even worse is that this track was actually used as a ''radio single''.

* Hearing Polly Jean belt out the titular lyrics of "Long Snake Moan" counts as Nightmare Fuel and FetishFuel at the same time.

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''Is This Desire?''

** This song was inspired by the J.D. Salinger story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," which is the first of Salinger's stories about a member of the Glass family, Seymour. In the story, Seymour is on vacation with his wife in Florida. While his wife stays in the hotel room and talks on the phone to her mother about his strange behavior, Seymour is having a day at the beach. Afterwards, he comes into the hotel room where his wife is sleeping and shoots himself.

''White Chalk''
* ''White Chalk'', the entire album. Some standout songs include "The Piano", "Grow Grow Grow", and "When Under Ether".

* "Pig Will Not" from her ''A Woman A Man Walked By'' album.

** "Taut" from ''Dance Hall at Louse Point'' is similarly vague and terrifying. There's clearly ''something'' horrific going on, but the lyrics barely rise above a frantic whisper except for Harvey wailing "Jesus save me!"
* "Rid of Me" starts off creepy and quiet with some rather disturbing lyrics, and then slowly gets louder and then "'''''[[JumpScare DON'T YOU WISH YOU....NEVER....NEVER MET HER DON'T YOU]]!!!!!'''''"

* "Working For the Man" is also exceptionally creepy, particularly because PJ's voice is recorded in such a way that it sounds like she's whispering in your ear. The lyrics could be interpreted as being from the perspective of a man who picks up prostitutes in his car and murders them, but believes he is doing the work of God.

-->Louis ran forward from the line, I never saw him again\\

Nothing more than a pile of bones, but I think of him still
* Try listening to "Man-Size Sextet" late at night in the dark. Sweet dreams.

Nothing more than a pile of bones, but I think of him still

* "Rid of Me" starts off creepy and quiet with some rather disturbing lyrics, and then slowly gets louder and then "'''''DON'T YOU WISH YOU....NEVER....NEVER MET HER DON'T YOU...'''''"

* Most of the tracks on ''Let England Shake'', often combined with being {{Tearjerker}}s and with a sizeable dose of WarIsHell. Highlights include severed limbs strewn in trees, deformed children, fleeing civilians drowning in sewage and a soldier being haunted by the voice of a dying comrade crying out for help.

* Most of the tracks on ''Let England Shake'', often combined with being [=tearjerker=]s and with a sizeable dose of [[{{WarIsHell}} War is Hell]]. Highlights include severed limbs strewn in trees, deformed children, fleeing civilians drowning in sewage and a soldier being haunted by the voice of a dying comrade crying out for help.

* Most of the tracks on ''Let England Shake'', often combined with being [[{{TearJerker}} tear jerkers]] and with a sizeable dose of [[{{WarIsHell}} War is Hell]]. Highlights include severed limbs strewn in trees, deformed children, fleeing civilians drowning in sewage and a soldier being haunted by the voice of a dying comrade crying out for help.

** "Taut" from ''Dance Hall at Louse Point'' is similarly vague and terrifying. There's clearly ''something'' horrific going on, but the lyrics barely rise above a whisper except for Harvey wailing "Jesus save me!"

* Most of the tracks on ''Let England Shake'', often combined being [[{{TearJerker}} tear jerkers]] with a sizeable dose of [[{{WarIsHell}} War is Hell]]. Highlights include severed limbs strewn in trees, deformed children, fleeing civilians drowning in sewage and a soldier being haunted by the voice of a dying comrade crying out for help.

* "Pig Will Not" from her ''A Woman A Man Walked By'' album.

* ''White Chalk'', the entire album.