i think people who enjoyed the title track will like the rest of the album too, it's similar in feeling but there's a lot of nice guitar soloing too
― ufo, Friday, 26 March 2021 02:06 (three years ago) link
kind of reminds me of lindstrom & prin thomas's ii which i love
― ufo, Friday, 26 March 2021 02:14 (three years ago) link
also maybe the closest we'll ever get to a new knife album? like it's not ripping them off or anything but very much feels like an unexplored direction they could have gone on
― ufo, Friday, 26 March 2021 10:51 (three years ago) link
Damn that sold out quick :/
― willem, Monday, 29 March 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
Listened to Menneskekollektivet after I saw it was a duo with Jenny Hval (from the cover I had thought probably a female indie rock band). I am not really feeling the long pieces, too meticulous and conceptual and not really gripping. Hval is not at her best. The true highlight turned out to be 'Real Life' (guitar also a nice addition on Losing Something).
― Nabozo, Monday, 6 September 2021 06:34 (two years ago) link
New cover:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXhVN_oRcv8
― lukas, Friday, 8 October 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
if you like Jenny Hval, I recommend the new Tirzah album
― Indexed, Friday, 8 October 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
I like both Jenny Hval & Tirzah - unsure how compatible they are. JennyH is far more wordy than Tirzah for one - that new Tirzah record has a kind of chilly, hazed ambiguity which is pointedly unpretentious in my mind. Part of her ineffable charm is that her songs have an unfinished , rough quality whereas Jenny H is unafraid of going into territory which sounds like she has composed dramatic decidedly 'unrandom' mini symphonies and she pairs this with lyrics which are an odd mixture of almost academic textbook ideas & visceral emotion. JennyH has got more material with probably more variety in there as wellm- Tirzah just has those two albums. Thinking this through now - it IS an interesting comparison and I can see some similarities in that they are both clearly thoughtful artists with layers of sub text - but the finished product for me & approach seems kinda opposite. Its got me thinking though.
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Friday, 8 October 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJB7UR91JrA
― bespoke sausages (seandalai), Saturday, 13 November 2021 00:55 (two years ago) link
yes!
― lukas, Saturday, 13 November 2021 02:30 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i2oJJwgLTk
gorgeous
― lukas, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 06:46 (two years ago) link
new album's very good, maybe not quite as good as the lost girls album last year but still very enjoyable
― ufo, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:10 (two years ago) link
general vibe reminds me of aerial and animals so it's really made for me
― ufo, Saturday, 12 March 2022 05:34 (two years ago) link
Her music is often beautifully layered, here it's beautifully bare, natural-mechanical, and placing more focus on her solo voice, almost approaching Susanne Sundfør lyrical art pop. It feels very confident and accomplished. Not every composition hits, but each tries something out convincingly and the eight songs are consistent.
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 March 2022 19:36 (two years ago) link
This is a really addictive and super-accessible album and I think my favourite Hval to date. Instantly gratifying as a fresh springtime pop album but there are layers and layers and layers to unpick. The structures are possibly less conventionally pop than on The Practice of Love but it is somehow a much easier and more nourishing listen.
― technopolis, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 22:31 (two years ago) link
the year of love is a fantastic song
― treeship., Wednesday, 6 April 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
Finally listening to this.
Given it is currently uncertain whether Julia Holter will make further albums in the vein of Have You In My Wilderness, I’m very grateful to Hval for stepping into the breach so consummately.
― Tim F, Saturday, 9 July 2022 06:35 (one year ago) link
Why'd it take me so long to listen to this? Julia Holter vibes are right, Tim F. A rather stunning, accessible, naturalist pop record.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link
coincidentally listening to it right now. excellent album!
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 23:18 (one year ago) link
I've had this on my 'to listen' list for a while, just getting round to it now thanks to the thread bump. This is great so far, Year of Love is such an arresting song.
― The Ghost Club, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 01:10 (one year ago) link
lovely new song, 'buffy':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoBkkXpvO9E
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 19:38 (one year ago) link
sublime
― ufo, Thursday, 17 November 2022 00:34 (one year ago) link
new lost girls album isn't as strong as menneskekollektivet or classic objects but is still quite nice
― ufo, Friday, 20 October 2023 00:00 (seven months ago) link