Real Or Fantasy?

Jenny Hval’s seventh album, The Practice Of Love, finds her continuing that most intriguing of prog quests: asking questions about the human condition through fiction and semi-fiction. This time, these questions asked are from the perspectives of older versions of characters from her previous albums. And she’s not worried if she doesn’t come up with any answers.

Hval has a fascination for how sounds, and even frequencies, can be harnessed to express feelings, and so her musical output is best consumed open-minded. Those of a certain age may find themselves transported back to the late 80s or early 90s via the sounds and beats she’s used this time – and while that’s her intention, she doesn’t mean it to be nostalgic.

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