Jenny Hval

Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval
	Hval performing in Aarhus, 2012
Background information
Birth name	Jenny Hval
Also known as	Rockettothesky (2006–2008)
Born	11 July 1980; Tvedestrand,[1] Norway
Genres	Avant-garde; art pop; electronic; experimental folk; spoken word; gothic metal (early);
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter; record producer; musician; writer;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar; piano; synthesizer;
Years active	2003–present
Associated acts	Nude on Sand; Lost Girls; Susanna;
Website	www.jennyhval.com

Jenny Hval (born 11 July 1980) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and novelist. She has released seven solo albums, two under the alias Rockettothesky, and five under her own name.

In 2015, Hval released her fifth studio album, Apocalypse, girl, to widespread critical acclaim. The following year, she released Blood Bitch, a concept album influenced by vampires, menstruation and 1970s horror films.

Music career

Until 1999, Hval was the vocalist of a gothic metal band called Shellyz Raven.[2] She studied at the University of Melbourne, Australia, specializing in creative writing and performance. While studying, she was vocalist in Australian bands iPanic and Folding For Air with Thomas McGowan releasing an EP "Are you afraid of heights?" in 2004.

Moving back to Norway, she released her debut EP Cigars in 2006, and was nominated for a Spellemannprisen (the Norwegian equivalent of Grammy awards) in the "best newcomer" category. Adopting the name Rockettothesky, she was signed to Trust Me Records, releasing two studio albums – To Sing You Apple Trees in 2006, and Medea in 2008.[3]

Following the release of Medea, she went back to using her birth name. Signing on the label Rune Grammofon, she released the albums Viscera (2011)[4] and Innocence Is Kinky (2013). In 2015 she released her third album, Apocalypse, girl on New York City's Sacred Bones Records. Her solo music has been described as avant-garde,[5] art-pop,[6] and "a kind of experimental folk music,"[7] among others terms. She has also collaborated with Håvard Volden, as Nude on Sand, releasing a self-titled album in 2012, and with Susanna Wallumrød, which resulted in a 2014 album Meshes of Voice (released on the Norwegian SusannaSonata label). She supported St. Vincent on a tour.

In 2016 she released the album Blood Bitch where she collaborates with Lasse Marhaug.[8] The album was awarded the Phonofile Nordic Music Prize in 2017. The judges released a statement calling the album "engrossing, atmospheric, challenging and thought-provoking." [9] In 2018 she collaborated with Volden again under the name Lost Girls, to release an EP entitled Feeling.[10]

In September 2019, Hval released her seventh album, The Practice of Love, featuring guest vocals from Vivian Wang, formerly of the psych rock band The Observatory, Australian singer-songwriter Laura Jean, and French experimental musician Félicia Atkinson.[11]

Writer

After studying literature and working as a freelance columnist and writer, Jenny Hval published her novel Perlebryggeriet (Pearl Brewery) in 2009. An English edition, titled Paradise Rot: A Novel, was translated by Marjam Idriss and published by Verso Books in October 2018.[12] Her second work, Inn i ansiktet (Into the Face), was published in Norway in October 2012.[13] Hval published her third novel, Å hate Gud (To Hate God), in 2018, which also received a translation into English by Marjam Idriss and was published by Verso Books in October 2020.[14][15]

Discography

Studio albums

As Rockettothesky

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	NOR [16]
To Sing You Apple Trees	Released: October 2, 2006 Label: Trust Me Records Formats: CD, digital download	—
Medea	Released: October 13, 2008 Label: Trust Me Records Formats: CD, digital download	20

As Jenny Hval

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	NOR [17][18]
Viscera	Released: April 26, 2011 Label: Rune Grammofon Formats: LP, CD, digital download	24
Innocence Is Kinky	Released: April 19, 2013 Label: Rune Grammofon Formats: LP, CD, digital download	31
Meshes of Voice (with Susanna Wallumrød)	Released: August 15, 2014 Label: SusannaSonata Formats: LP, CD, digital download	—
Apocalypse, girl	Released: June 9, 2015 Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: LP, CD, digital download	—
In the End His Voice Will Be the Sound of Paper (with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kim Myhr)	Released: February 26, 2016 Label: Hubro Formats: LP, CD, digital download	—
Blood Bitch	Released: September 30, 2016 Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: LP, CD, digital download	—
The Practice of Love	Released: September 13, 2019[19] Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: LP, CD, digital download

With Nude on Sand

Title	Album details
Nude on Sand	Released: January 6, 2012 Label: Sofa Formats: CD, digital download

EPs

As Rockettothesky

Title	Album details
Cigars	Released: 2006 Formats: CD, digital download

With Lost Girls

Title	Album details
Feeling	Released: March 2, 2018 Formats: LP, digital download

As Jenny Hval

Title	Album details
The Long Sleep	Released: May 25, 2018 Formats: Digital download

References

Bergan, Jon Vidar (6 January 2017). "Jenny Hval". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-01-09.
"Jenny Hval Website". JennyHval.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
Wallace, Wyndham (2010-01-12). "Jenny And The Jets: The Musical Universe of Rockettothesky". TheQuietus.com. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (2013-04-18). "Singer Jenny Hval: 'I'm so cruel'". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
Mapes, Jillian (12 June 2015). "Jenny Hval 'Apocalypse, girl' Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
Hutchinson, Kate (4 June 2015). "Jenny Hval: Apocalypse, Girl review – provocative, compelling art-pop". the Guardian. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
Crawford, Anwen (22 June 2015). "Jenny Hval's Experimental, Feminist Folk Music". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
Pelly, Jenn (4 October 2016). "Jenny Hval: Blood Bitch Album Review". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
"Jenny Hval Wins 2017 Nordic Music Prize". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
Pelly, Jenn (8 March 2018). "Lost Girls: Feeling EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
Pelly, Jenn (16 September 2019). "How Dried Figs, Norwegian Coffee, and Rotting Porn Magazines Inspired Jenny Hval's The Practice of Love". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
1980–, Hval, Jenny. Paradise rot : a novella. Idriss, Marjam (English-language ed.). London. ISBN 9781786633835. OCLC 1043955944.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Hval, Jenny (2012). Inn i ansiktet. Norway: Forlaget Oktober. ISBN 9788249510559.
Hval, Jenny (2020). Girls Against God. Verso Books. ISBN 9781788738958.
Hval, Jenny. "more work – Jenny Hval". Jenny Hval. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
"Rockettothesky discography". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
"VG List – Top 40 Albums Week 9, 2011". VG-lista. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
"Jenny Hval discography". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
@jennyhval (July 10, 2019). "New album The Practice of Love will be out September 13th! Single is out today. It's called Ashes To Ashes and is not a cover. I have a lot of things to share with you about this record, but for now, I leave you with this. Love and link 🐉: youtu.be/7Bq5s2oRp24" (Tweet). Retrieved July 10, 2019 – via Twitter.

External links

Awards
Preceded by Susanna and Ensemble Neon	Recipient of the Open-Class Spellemannprisen 2014	Succeeded by -

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[snl._Jenn-1] Bergan, Jon Vidar (6 January 2017). "Jenny Hval". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-01-09.

[2] "Jenny Hval Website". JennyHval.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-26.

[3] Wallace, Wyndham (2010-01-12). "Jenny And The Jets: The Musical Universe of Rockettothesky". TheQuietus.com. Retrieved 2014-12-26.

[The_Guardian_–_18Apr2013_–_Singer_Jenny_Hval:_'I'm_so_cruel'-4] Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (2013-04-18). "Singer Jenny Hval: 'I'm so cruel'". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2013-05-05.

[roll_Jenn-5] Mapes, Jillian (12 June 2015). "Jenny Hval 'Apocalypse, girl' Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

[theg_Jenn-6] Hutchinson, Kate (4 June 2015). "Jenny Hval: Apocalypse, Girl review – provocative, compelling art-pop". the Guardian. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

[newy_Jenn-7] Crawford, Anwen (22 June 2015). "Jenny Hval's Experimental, Feminist Folk Music". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

[pitc_Jenn-8] Pelly, Jenn (4 October 2016). "Jenny Hval: Blood Bitch Album Review". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

[9] "Jenny Hval Wins 2017 Nordic Music Prize". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2019-03-11.

[10] Pelly, Jenn (8 March 2018). "Lost Girls: Feeling EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[11] Pelly, Jenn (16 September 2019). "How Dried Figs, Norwegian Coffee, and Rotting Porn Magazines Inspired Jenny Hval's The Practice of Love". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[12] 1980–, Hval, Jenny. Paradise rot : a novella. Idriss, Marjam (English-language ed.). London. ISBN 9781786633835. OCLC 1043955944.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[13] Hval, Jenny (2012). Inn i ansiktet. Norway: Forlaget Oktober. ISBN 9788249510559.

[14] Hval, Jenny (2020). Girls Against God. Verso Books. ISBN 9781788738958.

[15] Hval, Jenny. "more work – Jenny Hval". Jenny Hval. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[nor1-16] "Rockettothesky discography". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

[viscera-peak-17] "VG List – Top 40 Albums Week 9, 2011". VG-lista. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved August 5, 2017.

[nor2-18] "Jenny Hval discography". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

[19] @jennyhval (July 10, 2019). "New album The Practice of Love will be out September 13th! Single is out today. It's called Ashes To Ashes and is not a cover. I have a lot of things to share with you about this record, but for now, I leave you with this. Love and link 🐉: youtu.be/7Bq5s2oRp24" (Tweet). Retrieved July 10, 2019 – via Twitter.