| Artist |
Jenny Hval |
| Album Title: |
The Practice Of Love |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
Vinyl |
| Released |
09/13/2019 |
| Label |
Sacred Bones Records |
| Catalog No |
SBR-229 |
| Bar Code No |
8 43563 11906 8 |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Lions (3:58)
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| A2.
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High Alice (4:46)
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| A3.
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Accident (4:11)
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| A4.
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The Practice Of Love (3:03)
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| B1.
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Ashes To Ashes (4:15)
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| B2.
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Thumbsucker (4:16)
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| B3.
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Six Red Cannas (4:07)
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| B4.
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Ordinary (5:18)
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| Date Acquired |
12/08/2021 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Criminal-Rewind (Discogs) |
| Purchase Price |
21.44 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Written, performed, arranged and recorded at the best studios in Oslo
Additional tracks recorded at the best studio in Oslo
Vivian Wang recorded in her bedroom, on her bed, in Singapore just after brain surgery
Laura Jean Englert recorded in Sydney
Félicia Atkinson recorded at home between summer and fall 2018 with little I.
Mixed at Westwood Studios, Stockholm, except A4 and B4 at the best studio in Oslo.
Supported by Fond for lyd og bilde.
Jenny Hval is published by Smalltown Supermusic / Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia.
Track A4 described in booklet as:
Hello reader. This song consists of a) a test reading of a narration for the film Something Must Happen, written by Jenny and read by Vivian Wang (Lasse Marhaug can be heard in the background), and a conversation between Laura Jean Englert and Jenny.
Includes eight tarot cards, each corresponding to a song on the record and 8-page booklet with lyrics and credits.
Includes digital MP3 download.
Art Direction – Lasse Marhaug
Artwork [All Artwork] – Esra Røise
Co-producer – Lasse Marhaug
Lacquer Cut By – Loop-o
Management – Shaun MacDonald
Mastered By – Heba Kadry
Mixed By – Chris Elms (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3)
Producer – Jenny Hval
Recorded By [Additional Tracks] – Lasse Marhaug
Recorded By [Félicia Atkinson] – Félicia Atkinson
Recorded By [Laura Jean Englert] – Laura-Jean Englert
Recorded By [Vivian Wang] – Vivian Wang
Written-By, Performer, Arranged By, Recorded By – Jenny Hval
Recorded At – The Best Studio In Oslo
Mixed At – Westwood Studios, Stockholm
Mixed At – The Best Studio In Oslo
Published By – Smalltown Supermusic
Published By – Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia
Pressed By – GZ Media – 193835E
Barcode (Hype Sticker): 843563119068
Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): SBR229 A 33⅓RPM Loopo/2019
Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped, mirrored): 193835E1/A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): SBR229 B 33⅓RPM Loopo/2019
Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped, mirrored): 193835E2/A1
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| Reviews |
The Practice of Love Review by Heather Phares:
With each of her albums, Jenny Hval uses different facets of pop music to express her intricate concepts. To explore love as an action rather than a passive state of being, on The Practice of Love, she borrows the sound of '90s trance as a backdrop for her musings. It's an unlikely but ultimately inspired combination: The washy synths, wide-open spaces, and hypnotic yet energetic beats of trance music let Hval's ideas flow in a remarkably engaging way while also harking back to the floaty sounds of Innocence Is Kinky. The very smoothness of The Practice of Love's music demands that her audience listen closely as Hval suggests that maintaining connection, whether through the senses or through questions, may be the key to being an attentive friend, lover, or artist. Sometimes, she mulls over these concepts on her own, as on "High Alice," a blissful union of her searching nature, sexuality, and commitment to creativity, and on the serenely complex "Ashes to Ashes," a song about a dream of another song that describes the fleeting nature of life, its joys, and its sorrows. More often, though, Hval enlists a select group of collaborators to help her look inward and reach outward on The Practice of Love. The soothing yet commanding intonations of Vivian Wang, a classically trained pianist (and former TV presenter) on "Lions" gives the song the feel of a guided meditation that takes mindfulness to a new level when she asks, "Where is God?" Throughout the album, Hval and company reflect on the seemingly natural order of things, in particular motherhood -- or the lack of it. "Accident," a poignant dialogue between two childless women featuring Australian musician Laura Jean, sends its existential questions hurtling through space via the most cosmic side of trance music. On the album's title track, Hval makes the layers she's working with more literal as she juxtaposes Wang's reading of a monologue Hval wrote for the film Something Must Happen with a conversation between herself and Jean; as their thoughts on love, death, and family collide and combine, it makes for fascinating -- if complicated -- listening. By contrast, Hval, Wang, Jean, and Félicia Atkinson join forces on "Six Red Cannas," a rapturous celebration of female creativity that reconnects it to elemental forces. The way that Hval combines the different perspectives that form relationships and communities with the ritualistic, repetitive nature of dance music makes The Practice of Love feel like a rave exploring the nature of love, existence, and time. It may be her subtlest, most approachable album yet; though its ideas are just as complex and provocative as those of Blood Bitch or Apocalypse, Girl, there's something welcoming about it that engages the hearts and minds of her listeners fully.
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