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Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch

Review by Lee Adcock

These are pop songs for moonlit lakes, soft throbs to bob in while no one else is looking»

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Norwegian artist Jenny Hval releases her new album, 'Blood Bitch' via Sacred Bones. Co-produced with acumen noise producer Lasse Marhaug, 'Blood Bitch' is in many respects a complete 180° from her last album, 'Apocalypse, Girl', in subject matter, execution and production. It is Hval's most focused album, but the lens is filtered through a gaze which the viewer least expects. Jenny Hval has developed her distinct take on intimate sound since the release of her debut album in 2006. For her last two solo albums, 2013's 'Innocence Is Kinky' and 2015's 'Apocalypse, Girl', Hval has received thoughtful and widespread international acclaim for her fascinating voice, singular delivery and markedly non-traditional arrangements which incorporate elements of poetry, prose writing, performance art, and film. She eloquently brings to light issues of both male and female gaze.
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