The Blood is the Life…
Jenny Hval’s Blood Bitch
1. Evan Minsker quoted Jenny Hval on sanguine meanings in Blood Bitch: “In a statement, Hval called the album ‘an investigation of blood.’ She elaborated that the album is specifically about “the purest and most powerful, yet most trivial, and most terrifying blood: Menstruation. The white and red toilet roll chain which ties together the virgins, the whores, the mothers, the witches, the dreamers, and the lovers” (Pitchfork).
2. Jenny Hval gave a statement about the fictional nature of Blood Bitch. She detailed a few of the characters and noted that this album is her most personal yet. Hval also incorporates a return to Goth and metal in this new work. Click HERE to read Hval’s full statement on Pitchfork.
3. Rachel Brodsky said, “It was only last June that art-pop personality Jenny Hval released her fifth album, Apocalypse, Girl. Now, the Norwegian songstress has announced that she’ll release a follow-up called Blood Bitch…” (Spin).
4. Hval’s bio states: “Multidisciplinary and transgressive are words often employed to describe her art, but Jenny Hval’s polyphonic artistry is in fact seamlessly interwoven between musical, literary, visual and performative modes of expression. Her artistic voice is altogether present, accessible and obscurely complex at the same time” (@JennyHval). Click HERE for the artist’s direct website.
“Female Vampire” by Jenny Hval from Blood Bitch:
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Album Release:
Blood Bitch is scheduled to release 29 September 2016 through Sacred Bones. Click HERE to purchase previous albums and watch for Jenny Hval’s new album.
Tour Dates:
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06-03 Dudingen, Switzerland – Kilbi Festival
06-04 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival
07-16 Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Festival
08-05 Katowice, Poland – Off Festival
09-01-04 Wiltshire, England – End of the Road
09-30 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
10-17 Glasgow, Scotland – Stereo
10-18 Manchester, England – Soup Kitchen
10-19 London, England – Oslo
10-21 Brussels, Belgium – AB
10-22 Paris, France – Point Ephemere
10-24 Luzern, Switzerland – Suedpol
10-26 Berlin, Germany – Kantine am Berghain
10-27 Amsterdam, Netherlands – De School
10-28 Hamburg, Germany – Kampnagel
10-29 Copenhagen, Denmark – Jazzhouse
11-11 Los Angeles, CA – Resident
Shout to Sources: Pitchfork, Spin, SoundCloud, Sacred Bones, BandsinTown
