Sounds great to me - her songwriting is always intriguing.
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Saturday, 14 September 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
I'm seeing her in two months (on the top floor of a shopping centre, partially converted into a theatre space, which seems oddly fitting given some of her lyrics) and the organizers are going out of their way in the promos to describe the event as a 'performance' rather than a gig, so I wonder what's in store. Her live concerts have mostly been pretty bizarre, haven't they?
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Saturday, 14 September 2019 09:49 (four years ago) link
The one I saw a couple years back was adequately described as a 'performance', yeah. I mean, the music was there, and it was played live, but there was dancers and some of the more droning songs worked more as soundtracks to... performative things...
― Frederik B, Saturday, 14 September 2019 10:06 (four years ago) link
Love this album.
― Tim F, Monday, 16 September 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
Took a couple of listens, but absolutely adore this album. Not sure how many times I will need to hear that radio interview (?) in The Practice of Love over and over again, but the rest of it is wonderful.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 20 September 2019 00:04 (four years ago) link
Too short.
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Friday, 20 September 2019 00:43 (four years ago) link
this is oscar's 2019 pick for album of the year so far
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
"six red cannas" and "ordinary" are so good
it all belongs together, at 33 minutes. the lost girls "feelings" ep from last year also flowed nicely, 2 long songs, 24 minutes.
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
I feel stupid for asking, but does anyone know what the years referenced in Six Red Cannas mean?
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
i'm not sure if they reference anything specific, or if it's more about suggesting communication and connecting between different points of time
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 04:05 (four years ago) link
This is such a beautiful album.
― jmm, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 01:15 (four years ago) link
have never really got into her previous work, but i'm really loving The Practice of Love
― ufo, Saturday, 14 December 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
Came across the phrase “the practice of love” in The Will to Change and now I’m wondering if that’s where she got it?
― lukas, Sunday, 29 December 2019 12:34 (four years ago) link
the practice of love is the first jenny hval record i've ever liked and boy do i LOVE it. it's a garden of crystal
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 3 January 2020 00:27 (four years ago) link
i have no idea who jenny hval is but big ups to lukas for reading the will to change
― ingredience (map), Friday, 3 January 2020 01:57 (four years ago) link
Matt you would like this record I think!
― Tim F, Friday, 3 January 2020 02:56 (four years ago) link
I’ll look for it thx!
― ingredience (map), Friday, 3 January 2020 03:02 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URjW9mLegcY
love this
― ufo, Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
I just watched all her music videos and here is my ranking. How Gentle was kind of too different to rank against the rest.
SabbathThat Battle Is OverConceptual RomanceThe Great UndressingFemale VampireTake Care of YourselfAccidentSpell
shout out to Grizzly Man
wish she'd done videos for High Alice and Ashes to Ashes
also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MF830eJw7M
― lukas, Thursday, 9 April 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
really why so few videos on the last album? :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HXi4JtQWYU
― lukas, Friday, 10 April 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
I never thought to look at her videos before (I don't really watch videos generally). They're interesting, but they have a lot of people in them. Is she making loads of money or does she just have a lot of friends? I'm not into huge groups of people, in any context.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
those do look like posse videos
― lukas, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 23:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IwDEUV6yA0
definitely my favorite so far, with a special treat for fans of the last album
― lukas, Saturday, 18 April 2020 01:52 (four years ago) link
the first Lost Girls LP is out on March
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/602bd80030935c407867c3a0/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Lost-Girls.jpg
01 Menneskekollektivet02 Losing Something03 Carried by Invisible Bodies04 Love, Lovers05 Real Life
the structure of the title track is similar to "Drive" on the Feeling EP from 2018 (I think their only other release under the Lost Girls name?) - over 10 minutes, beginning with a long spoken word (in this case about jehovah's witnesses and an inverse "in the beginning" featuring darkness and silence) before building up to the more synth/singing/song-oriented last half.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ah7o9sxpHk
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 01:16 (three years ago) link
Love this. Enjoying hearing her stretch out over beats that aren't her usual.
― lukas, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 02:07 (three years ago) link
Wish I still mixed, I would love to put this track in a set.
― lukas, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 02:10 (three years ago) link
Lost Girls album is out, it's lovely.Also still surprises me to hear the Australian in Hval's spoken word bits, even though I know she lived here for a while.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 25 March 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
Where's it out? I see a pre-order link on Bandcamp ...
― lukas, Thursday, 25 March 2021 23:33 (three years ago) link
oh out tomorrow, I can wait.
― lukas, Thursday, 25 March 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
ah i'd never noticed the australian influence in her accent before
album is great
― ufo, Friday, 26 March 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
can't wait to listen to the full thing!
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 26 March 2021 00:48 (three years ago) link
i mean, i can wait. just saw lukas' post and thought well yeah, i can wait too i guess :)
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 26 March 2021 00:50 (three years ago) link
It's on Spotify here--does that stagger releases by local date? I assumed it came out everywhere at once.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 26 March 2021 01:37 (three years ago) link
i don't see the album yet on spotify, just the two singles (menneskekollektivet and losing something)
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 26 March 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
it's not on Spotify here yet. it is not yet available in the United States. I am prevented from hearing it.
― lukas, Friday, 26 March 2021 01:46 (three years ago) link
spotify staggers releases by local date in general except for the occasional major label pop album which gets a global worldwide release
― ufo, Friday, 26 March 2021 01:51 (three years ago) link
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