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PJ Harvey Has Made 'Red Right Hand' Even More Disturbing Than Nick Cave's Original

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Recorded for BBC's Peaky Blinders

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The BBC have posted a stream of PJ Harvey's cover of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Red Right Hand.

The original version of the song is currently used as the theme of BBC's ultra-violent period gangster series Peaky Blinders — the show has also featured music from PJ Harvey.

PJ Harvey was commissioned to adapt the theme for series two of the show which features Australian actor Noah Taylor in a major role (the show stars The Dark Knight's Cillian Murphy and lauded theatre actor Helen McCrory).

Harvey's version is a minimal, piano-based take on Red Right Hand, giving the song an even more haunting atmosphere than the original.

Listen here:

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Peaky Blinders series two is currently screening in Australia on Foxtel's BBC First channel.