As her 30s roll by West Country lass Polly Jean Harvey plays another tour of the UK this month.

The pepper pot-sized spokeswoman for a jilted generation is in the Bristol Academy on Sunday, September 12.

Her band PJ Harvey are 13 years into a successful career which began on the Too Pure Label.

Born to a sculptor and quarry man heavily involved in the local music scene, Polly was always surrounded by music.

She played in local bands like Bologna and Automatic Dlamini on sax before teaming up with bass player Steve Vaughn to form PJ Harvey.

Too Pure released the singles Dress and Sheela Na Gig once drummer Robert Ellis had joined the band.

It established strong sexual drive and powerful attitude to men which veered from descriptions of physical to worries over what dress to wear.

There was even more disconcerting imagery on the first album, Dry in 1992, and a harder edge again on its follow-up Rid of Me in 1993.

They've made half a dozen long players now and themes have come and gone but they've always sounded a bit like early Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but with a wailing woman in the foreground.

And she remains passionate about her home ground so expect even more energy than usual in Bristol on Sunday.