The two time Mercury music Prize winning artist PJ Harvey could never be accused of resting on her laurels. Harvey has announced the follow up to her award winning Let England Shake will be a more immersive experience, with fans being able to witness the working process during its creation.

In collaboration with Artangel, Harvey and longtime musical collaborator John Parrish and producer Flood will set up a studio in the recently opened wing of Somerset House. Audiences will be able to observe the recording process through one way glass, making the experience less performance art and more an opportunity for creative transparency. Time slots of 45 minutes have already sold out for the month long residency in which audience members are unsure as to what they might see; perhaps a period of tuning up, maybe some artistic difference, or if they're lucky, maybe a run through of a song or two.

For Harvey, this is an opportunity to reinvent the notion of the album and the way it is presented to the world. For James Reekie who joined Somerset House as director last year, this mutually feeds into his aspirations of making the space not just a place for creating work but for showcasing the making of it.

Over recent years the album as an art form has been going through an identity crisis with artists looking at new ways of breathing new life into a form which is becoming less practical given the ways we consume music. Many artists are looking to alternative ways to market their albums, Wu Tang Clan took to the auction houses last year with the release of their one and only copy of Once Upon a Time In Shaolin.