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