Stories From The City… saw Polly Harvey abandoning her tendency towards bruising electronica and post-rock atmospherics, in favour of rich melodies and fat classic rock riffs.
Two particular tracks took the breath away – the heart-rendingly melancholic Thom Yorke duet ‘This Mess We're In’, and the furious quasi-metal rush of ‘Kamikaze’. Her best work, at a time when we least expected it.