... the recording of a TV session for a French programme
called "L'album de la semaine", on Canal+, which features live
versions of songs from one particular album. As I suppose you can
guess, the album was "White Chalk". So we got to see Polly playing
solo in a studio that's much smaller than most venues where I've
seen her, even though we were a little further from the stage than
I'm used to. The crowd was really small, so I feel incredibly lucky
to have been there, especially as there are no tour dates yet.

It was amazing. She played most songs on the piano, only switching
to the guitar for "The Piano" (funnily enough) and to another
instrument (maybe the zither mentioned in Wire?) for "Grow Grow
Grow". "The Mountain" and "Silence" (which she had to do three times
due to a technical problem -- not that anyone complained about that)
actually gave me goosebumps. She was wearing the same white dress
we've seen on recent pictures and live videos and seemed quite
relaxed, even joking about the technical problems (it must not be
that easy to relax when you have several huge cameras revolving
around you). It was strange to actually see the decorated piano I'd
glimpsed on various videos, with the electric lights and all. It all
looks really good on stage. Before the show, I heard some grumpy
people in the crowd complaining that it might be boring if she only
stuck to the piano and didn't do any old numbers -- it definitely
wasn't.

I'm not sure about the order, but she did the following songs:

The Devil
Grow Grow Grow
Silence
When Under Ether
White Chalk
The Piano
The Mountain

I'm not sure when they're supposed to appear on Canal+ (one song a
day, all on the same week) but they will probably end up on YouTube
sooner or later. You should definitely check this out.

Mélanie