Album Rating: 3.5
I loved Practice of Love but Viscera is probably my favorite Jenny Hval, so I’m excited to check this. Even if it wasn’t an artist I already liked, it seems like the style she’s using is something I’d be into anyway. Nice review!
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Album Rating: 4.0
Thanks mathias, expect you'll enjoy this then!
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I really liked the two singles I heard from this, she got a bit too experimental there for a bit and it compromised replay value for me
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Album Rating: 4.0
i wish she would get super experimental so i can gatekeep this from you
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Album Rating: 4.0
she went from experimental to being actually good at music lol
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Album Rating: 4.0
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Album Rating: 3.8 | Sound Off
Cool rev boi! Am kinda like you - Hval's earlier material never really hooked me - but am vibing with this atm
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Album Rating: 4.0
@jasdev She embraced more structured song structures and sings more instead of going on endless spoken word passages. And is so much better for it.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Thanks dedex! Yeah, this seems to be getting quite a positive reception, feels like an album with a broad appeal regardless of a listener's particular taste.
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Album Rating: 4.0
'she went from experimental to being actually good at music lol'
*laughs in rockettothesky and Viscera
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Album Rating: 4.0
this has to be one of the warmest and most inviting albums she's ever done overall
Freedom is hitting the spot
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Honestly this sucks. Couldn’t make it through.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Oof potsy taking a big fat L this round. Hate to see it.
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Album Rating: 3.5
American Coffee is pretty nice
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i think this is noticeably better than her last couple albums, but it does peak with the opener which is a bit of a bummer
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Album Rating: 4.0
for me the best is the 1st half of Jupiter. The droning at the end gets old quick, but overall it's still my favorite track here.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Welcome to Olympus, Sunny! Based energy to tackle a first listen with Jenny Hval as your inaugural staff review. You have warmly conveyed the pleasures of this album and touched on its themes in a way that feels welcoming to newcomers.
I was rather cool to this album at first, perhaps because I was such a fierce champion of Hval’s career thus far. It really seemed after The Practice of Love she was poised to make a grand statement of purpose, but this album felt at odds and more stately— not as vital at first glance. But upon reflection it has revealed itself as a perfect synthesis of the calm calamity of the pandemic, and her natural state to dismantle her surroundings with that universal specificity. It never feels like a retread, ultimately. Maybe we deserved the barnburner I expected, but after the all of it, I am grateful for this patient and observant meditation.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Thanks plane, appreciate it!
Very well said too, I can see this album feeling like a letdown given high expectations, it's quite possible my lack of any real expectation let me appreciate it immediately.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Viscera is an anomaly (and standout) so I highly recommend just starting there and moving forward. It’s all pulled apart and re-fashioned. Remarkable music imo.
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Yeah even if you don't end up hearing her whole discog, at least check viscera. It's a one of a kind album
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