{"title":"Mick Harvey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMick Harvey is an Australian musician, born on 29 August 1958 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia. He has made significant contributions to the music industry as a talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career, Mick Harvey has collaborated with renowned artists such as *Rowland S. Howard*, *Nick Cave*, *Anita Lane*, and many others. His unique style blends elements of rock, post-punk, and alternative genres to create captivating and evocative music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith his involvement in various bands including *The Birthday Party* and *Nick Cave \u0026amp; The Bad Seeds*, Mick Harvey has established himself as a key figure in the Australian music scene. His musical prowess extends beyond performing; he also showcases his skills as a producer for albums by artists like *Grinderman* and *16 Horsepower*.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"five-ways-to-say-goodbye","title":"Five Ways to Say Goodbye","description":"\u003cp\u003eMelbourne music legend Mick Harvey unveils his latest solo album, \u003ci\u003eFive Ways to Say Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e, via Mute.  \u003ci\u003eFive Ways to Say Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e marks Harvey’s fifth solo album, featuring an introspective blend of originals and covers brimming with wistful acoustic rock gems. The vinyl includes Harvey's translated reworking of Marlene Dietrich's 1950s ode to Berlin, 'A Suitcase in Berlin' ('Ich Hab' Noch Einen Koffer in Berlin'), which was released as a standalone single in 2023, hinting at the album.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn true Mick Harvey fashion, the album pays homage to fellow Australian musicians with covers of songs by Ed Kuepper - 'Demolition'; Fatal Shore - 'We Had an Island'; David McComb - 'Setting You Free'; Lo Carmen - 'Nashville High'; and The Saints - 'Ghost Ships.' These tracks sit alongside a cover of Lee Hazelwood's 'Dirtnap Stories,' and Harvey's rendition of Neil Young's 'Like a Hurricane.’  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing on from the collaborative album Phantasmagoria in Blue with Amanda Acevedo, who also lends her voice to 'Dirtnap Stories' on this record, \u003ci\u003eFive Ways to Say Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e adds to Mick Harvey's extensive repertoire, affirming his significant contributions to music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50415243886923,"sku":"2179912","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50415242281291,"sku":"2179911","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5400863156442_2ca5461c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726688522"},{"product_id":"sketches-from-the-book-of-the-dead","title":"Sketches From The Book Of The Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSketches From The Book Of The Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is Mick Harvey's first solo album since leaving the Bad Seeds, a group he was part of for 25 years, mostly as the band's musical director. It could just as easily have been titled \"Sketches from My Book of the Dead\". This collection of all-original songs was written as a memoriam for people, places, and things; it's a look at how the present impacts life as it moves toward its conclusion, and what will be left unsaid, undone; what will be left behind that matters. Harvey plays most of the instruments himself, with help from longtime collaborator J.P. Shilo on violin and accordion, bassist Rosie Westbrook, and backing vocals by Xanthe Waite. This is Harvey the songwriter; these are the most skilfully written, tender, and empathic tomes in his career thus far. \"October Boy,\" the album opener, is obviously for the memory of former Birthday Party bandmate and collaborator Rowland S. Howard, who died in late 2009. Shilo contributes a second guitar played in Howard's signature stun gun style, it offers a direct look at Howard's life, his demons, and his obsessions. Its spaghetti western framework is balanced by a minor-key, two-chord vamp with feedback and tempered noise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Harvey sums up Sketches from the Book of the Dead with two songs that alternately counter loss with beauty and bravado: \"How Would I Leave You\" features his lilting piano, which creates a melodic line for a sublime poetic reflection on the questions framing one's taking leave of his beloved and friends. \"Famous Last Words\" is the bookend: a swaggering rock \u0026amp; roll tune full of razor-blade guitars, fuzzed-out basslines, and tribal percussion, that answers both the Grim Reaper and God himself with wonderfully gaudy panache. Harvey's music has never been more self-assured than it is here, and this album marks the dawn of a new era for him as an artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50452340441419,"sku":"337712","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Sketches_from_the_Book_of_the_Dead_c44876c4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727147918"},{"product_id":"phantasmagoria-in-blue","title":"Phantasmagoria In Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhantasmagoria In Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is Mick Harvey’s new album of duets in collaboration with Mexican artist Amanda Acevedo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album contains 14 tracks sourced from existing duets, songs that previously were not duets, translations from Spanish and a sprinkling of original compositions. Thematically it explores the perennial themes of mortality, love and mankind’s search for meaning as well as an enthused engagement with the enigmatic and mythical. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvey and Acevedo met several years ago in Mexico City, but it was during 2020\/21 that the project burst into life, as ideas were exchanged across the oceans and through the ether. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resulting collection of songs is lush and sweeping in its emotional content and is full of nourishment for the imagination and the senses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50484147650891,"sku":"2015075","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50484147880267,"sku":"2015076","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Mick_Harvey_and_Amanda_Acevedo_Phantasmagoria_in_Blue_front_efa8854c_thumbna.jpg?v=1727582815"},{"product_id":"four-acts-of-love","title":"Four (Acts of Love)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormer member of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and PJ Harvey collaborator, Mick Harvey releases a new solo album, \u003ci\u003eFour (Acts of Love),\u003c\/i\u003e a contemplation on romantic love - its loss, re-awakening, its tumultuous struggle and its place in our universe. The album is a song cycle, divided into 3 Acts. The album features original compositions by Mick Harvey alongside a song by long time collaborator PJ Harvey ('Glorious') and interpretations of The Saints' 'The Story of Love', Van Morrison's 'The Way Young Lovers Do', Exuma's 'Summertime in New York' and Roy Orbison's 'Wild Hearts (Run Out of Time)'. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50490777272651,"sku":"360396","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Four_Acts_of_Love_4e65a95f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727673969"},{"product_id":"intoxicated-man-pink-elephants-remastered","title":"Intoxicated Man \/ Pink Elephants (Remastered)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMick Harvey releases a double collection of his two Serge Gainsbourg albums, 'Intoxicated Man' and 'Pink Elephants', through Mute. 'Intoxicated Man' (1995) and 'Pink Elephants' (1997) are Mick Harvey's interpretations of the songs of legendary singer, songwriter and poet Serge Gainsbourg and are the first major works translating Gainsbourg's influential work from French to English. The collection includes two unreleased tracks, 'Dr Jeckyll' and 'Run From Happiness'. Originally Harvey embarked on the project as a result of his own curiosity about the songs and particularly the lyrics. At the time of the original recordings Gainsbourg was little known outside classic works such as 'Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus' ('I Love You... Nor Do I'), 'Lemon Incest', 'Harley Davidson', 'Initials B.B.' and 'Bonnie and Clyde'. On this collection these classic works are presented alongside some of Gainsbourg's lesser known compositions. The vocal parts originally sung by Gainsbourg's muses Jane Birkin, Brigitte Bardot and daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg are here sung by longtime collaborator Anita Lane. Guests on the albums include Bertrand Burgalat, Warren Ellis and David McClymont.LP - Double Vinyl set with 7\" Single.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"CD | x2","offer_id":50491709981003,"sku":"371733","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/92975bff-78cc-4684-9d99-0d29fd0563f2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727688516"},{"product_id":"delirium-tremens-songs-of-serge-gainsbourg-volume-3","title":"Delirium Tremens (Songs of Serge Gainsbourg Volume 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt has taken 20 years for Mick Harvey to resume his project of translating Serge Gainsbourg's songs into English and June 2016 sees the long awaited continuation of the series, \u003ci\u003eVolume 3 - Delirium Tremens'\u003c\/i\u003e The intervening years have, of course, been full of activity and dozens of releases including 4 solo albums and several albums as a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and in collaboration with PJ Harvey. \u003ci\u003eDelirium Tremens\u003c\/i\u003e brings us another wide cross-section of Gainsbourg material. From 1976's 'The Man With the Cabbage Head' (L'homme a tete de chou) all the way back to early songs such as 'Deadly Tedium' (Ce Mortel Ennui) and 'Coffee Colour' (Couleur Café) from the late 50s and early 60s. as well as a selection of 5 songs from the TV special 'Anna' which starred Anna Karina with the female parts here executed with enormous charm by Xanthe Waite who has been joining Harvey on his recent shows. The album is rounded out by a beautiful rendering of the late period Jane Birkin duet 'The Decadance' (La Decadanse) where Harvey is joined on vocals by his wife Katy Beale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50493990011211,"sku":"401498","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50493992239435,"sku":"401499","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Delirium_Tremens_d1365a98_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727702492"},{"product_id":"intoxicated-women","title":"Intoxicated Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntoxicated Women\u003c\/i\u003e contains many duets and songs written by Gainsbourg, mostly during the 60s, in a period where he was focusing his songwriting on singers such as France Galle, Juliette Greco and most famously, Brigitte Bardot. Here Harvey has enlisted the talents of guest singers Channthy Kak (Cambodian Space Project), Australian singers Xanthe Waite (Terry, Primo), Sophia Brous, Lyndelle-Jayne Spruyt and Jess Ribeiro and the German chanteuse Andrea Schroeder plus a special appearance by Harvey's son, Solomon. The album opens with a stunning version of \u003ci\u003eJe T'aime... (Moi non plus)\u003c\/i\u003e - here titled \u003ci\u003eIch Liebe Dich... (Ich Dich Auch Nicht)\u003c\/i\u003e - rendered in the sexiest imaginable German by the divine Ms. Schroeder and culminates with \u003ci\u003eCargo Cult\u003c\/i\u003e, the closing track from the classic \u003ci\u003eMelody Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e album. 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The first, \u003ci\u003eWaves of Anzac\u003c\/i\u003e looks at Sam Neill’s personal family history interwoven with the history of the First World War and the ANZACs through to the modern era while the second, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, is a four-part composition released in support of #KidsOffNauru, a campaign working for the child refugees and people seeking asylum who find themselves in offshore detention. \u003ci\u003eWaves of Anzac\u003c\/i\u003e is a 10-track score, created for the ABC documentary on forgotten war stories and lives lost, a personal history by the actor Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, The Piano) set against a contemporary increasingly divided political backdrop. \u003ci\u003eWhy Anzac? with Sam Neill \u003c\/i\u003e(Dir. Kriv Stenders, 2015) is named for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served together in the Gallipoli Campaign, their first engagement in World War I and continued as a military unit until after WW2. The film is a look at this pivotal point in our shared history, and the impact it still has on a personal and on a geopolitical level. Harvey recently examined this period via the prism of a fictional soldier \/ poet for his collaboration with Christopher Richard Barker, The Fall and Rise of Edgar Bourchier and the Horrors of War. \u003ci\u003eThe Journey\u003c\/i\u003e is a four-part composition, recorded with The Letter String Quartet, in support of people seeking asylum who have found themselves in Australia’s offshore detention program. 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These covers include First St. Blues by country-pop singer Lee Hazelwood, Tim Buckley’s The River, and Mother Of Earth by Jeffrey Lee Pierce of The Gun Club. The creation of One Man's Treasure unravelled spontaneously, the majority of the album was recorded at Harvey’s home studio with him explaining, “It was something I was doing to entertain myself.” After receiving words of encouragement from Mute’s Daniel Miller, Harvey subsequently finished One Man’s Treasure at Atlantis Studios in Melbourne, using his time there to add instrumental and mixing refinements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second album included is Harvey’s \u003ci\u003eTwo Of Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 2007. Following the positive reaction to \u003ci\u003eOne Man's Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e, Harvey was reinvigorated to record a new album. This time his band accompanied Harvey: Rosie Westbrook (double bass) and fellow Bad Seeds James Johnston (organ and guitar) and Thomas Wydler (drums), along with guest musicians Rob Ellis from P.J. Harvey's band (piano\/drums) and Julitha Ryan (piano) of Melbourne’s Silver Ray. In true Mick Harvey fashion, \u003ci\u003eTwo of Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e is an eclectic collection of songs: obscure classics combined with original Harvey compositions, including ‘Out of Time Man’ which featured prominently in various TV Series including Breaking Bad, Orphan Black and The Tourist. 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