David Gahan album review

Dave Gahan - Hourglass
The surprise with Gahan's solo work is how accomplished he is as a musician, writing and performing on all tracks. It is also comparatively better than Gore or Wilder's obscure meanderings and more uplifting than his previous solo album. Hourglass demonstrates why he is the soul of Depeche Mode and the first two tracks could easily have been off a good new DM album. With so few good albums this year, this simply appeared from nowhere.
Overall review ****

PJ Harvey - Silence

A beautiful treatise of loneliness and desperate hope in the face of unrequited, unresolved or (possibly) lost love.

Silence
All those places
Where I recall the memories
that grip me,
and pin me down.

I go to these places
intending to think,
And think of nothing,
But anticipate.

And somehow,
expect you’ll find me there,
That, by some miracle,
You’d be aware.

I’d risen this morning
Intending to break the spell
my longing not to think

I freed myself from my family
I freed myself from work
I freed myself
Freed myself
And remained alone

And in my thinking
I’d steal you away
though you never wanted me anyway

Silence
Silence
Silence
Silence