Listen to PJ Harvey’s cover of Joy Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
For the latest season of 'Bad Sisters'
by Surej Singh · NMEPJ Harvey has covered Joy Division‘s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ – check it out below.
For the cover, Harvey has re-teamed with composer Tim Phillips after the pair last collaborated on covers of the traditional American folk song ‘Run On’ and Leonard Cohen’s ‘Who By Fire’ in 2022. Both of those covers were released as part of the soundtrack for Apple TV+‘s first season of Bad Sisters.
Now, for the newly released second season of Bad Sisters, Harvey and Phillips have once again shared a new cover, this time putting an atmospheric take on the Joy Division classic ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’.
Listen to PJ Harvey’s and Tim Phillips’ ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ cover below.
Harvey said of the cover via a statement to Stereogum: “Our version of ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ is full of the passion we hold for the original song, but also imbued with the spirit of the new series and its narrative.”
The cover comes after Harvey most recently exclusively shared with NME the first song from the London Tide soundtrack in September. The London Tide soundtrack was then made available on streaming platforms in October.
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Harvey has since announced a run of headline shows in Australia and Japan for 2025 in support of her 10th and latest album ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’. Tickets for the Australian dates can be bought here. Tickets to the Japan shows are available here.
‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’ scored a four-star review from Elizabeth Aubrey, who wrote for NME: “‘I think the album is about searching, looking… and seeking meaning,’ Harvey said. While the meaning part is sometimes tough to decipher – far more so than her previous work – it’s not the answer here that’s important but the journey. It takes a little time to immerse yourself in Harvey’s world, but once there, you won’t want to leave.”
In a three-star review of Bad Sisters, NME wrote: “Bad Sisters season two might not quite capture the bottled-lightning originality of season one but it offers enough intrigue, brash boldness and spark to render it a compelling watch.”