Jenny Hval’s debut on Scared Bones certainly starts off with a narrative unheard before. The unique album that is ‘APOCALYPSE, girl is out on 8th June, question is; is the world ready?

This Norwegian artist has produced a record that touches on Bjork, Kate Bush, Auteche and John Grant. This lady is not afraid to explored sounds and ideas providing the listener with a challenging album.

What it also is, is a grower. You will find yourself rewarded with repeated plays. Jenny’s third album revolves around an ambient background on which rests the lyrics. Language is is the key to the record whose theme is told through the dreams of an old science fiction movie.

Gospel choirgirls are punks and run the world with autoerotic impulses. It’s a gentle hum from a doomsday cult, a soft desire for collective devotion, an ode to the close-up and magnified, unruly desires”, explains the background information to the album.

This I can imagine would be a very visual show live. The song ‘Heaven’ is epic and would translate well to the stage.

The album closer is a 10 minute ambient piece with vocals right at the end.  The song is called ‘Holy Land’ and can only really be listed to with your eyes firmly shut, until you come out the other side.

Jenny will be supporting Perfume Genius across North America and with a London show on 10th June at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, this should turn out to be a wonderful pairing. Jenny also then has a series of dates across the UK in June.

Pete

8/11

 

Apocalypse, girl Tracklisting:

01. Kingsize

02. Take Care Of Yourself

03. That Battle Is Over

04. White Underground

05. Heaven

06. Why This_

07. Some Days

08. Sabbath

09. Angels and Anaemia

10. Holy Land

 

 

Jenny Hval Tour Dates;

June

10 - London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall w/ Perfume Genius 

11 - Manchester, UK @ Gullivers 

12 - Brighton, UK @ The Hope & The Ruin

13 - Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach 

14 - London, UK @ Cafe Oto 

 

17 - Amsterdam, NL @ Muziekgebouw 

18 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique 

19 - Paris, FR @ Espace B 

20 - Cologne, DE @ Stadtgarten w/ Circuit de Yeux 

22 - Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain w/ Circuit de Yeux 

23 - Hamburg, DE @ Kampnagel w/ Circuit de Yeux 

24 - Copenhagen, DK @ Jazzhouse w/ Circuit de Yeux