When Violent Hot Pitch Words Hurt

When Violent Hot Pitch Words Hurt is Polly Paulusma's latest sisteralbum, the title an anagram of The Pivot On Which The World Turns which was released in September. It is possibly her most vulnerable accompanying piece yet, revealing early demos, lyric changes, musical alterations, draftings, and even spoken-word origin poems that proceeded the songs.What is a sister- album? In 2004, Paulusma released Scissors In My Pocket to international critical acclaim. Like many first albums, it was the product of many years of writing and recording, produced largely in her garden shed, and there was a plethora of overflow material, and a clamouring of fan interest for more. In 2005 Paulusma released a sister-album for Scissors, an album of alternative versions of the songs. Because Pivot contains song material spanning a decade, there was a lot of work from behind the scenes. In fact, there were more than 50 songs written to go on the album, and many remaining unreleased. This alterno- album doesn't include them, but explores the songs that did make it in more detail. It provides Paulusma a unique space to reveal the different imaginings of the material as it travelled with her through time, moving across instruments and presentations. Process is on show here for all students of song, and an invitation to enter the world of this "master songsmith" (Folk Radio).