Jenny Hval Announces North American Tour, Shares Video for New Song

Jenny Hval Announces North American Tour, Shares Video for New Song

Two versions of “The Artist Is Absent” accompany news of dates in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and more cities

Jenny Hval Shares Video for New Single ‘The artist is absent’

Jenny Hval has unveiled a new single, ‘The artist is absent’, lifted from her upcoming album Iris Silver Mist. Along with the studio version, the Norwegian singer-songwriter has also shared a ‘89 Seconds Rewrite’ extended mix, which is accompanied by a Jenny Merger Myhre-directed video. Check out the strangely groovy single below, and scroll down for Hval’s upcoming tour dates. Iris Silver Mist is set to arrive on May 2 via 4AD. The follow-up to…

Jenny Hval Shares New Song "The Artist Is Absent": Listen

Next month, the Norwegian avant-garde type Jenny Hval will release Iris Silver Mist, a new album that’s named after a perfume. We posted lead single “To Be A Rose,” and now Hval has followed it with a new track called “The Artist Is Absent.” That title is an obvious play on Marina Abramović’s The Artist Is Present, and it might be enough to convince you that this will be a heady, intimidating piece of music. It’s not. It’s a jam.

Jenny Hval has been quite busy working on multiple musical and literary projects, as a couple of years ago she introduced us to her first novel called Paradise Rot, along with the album The Practice Of Love and her collaborative project Lost Girls. For that reason, it took 5 years to present a new long-lasting material does not feel like an eternity, because, in Iris Silver Mist we find a composer twice as analytical and instrospective with song…

Jenny Hval shares video for new single "The artist is absent", announces North American tour

Norwegian musician Jenny Hval has unveiled "The artist is absent", the second taste from her upcoming album, Iris Silver Mist, due out May 2 via 4AD. See Jenny Hval LiveThe follow-up to the lead single, "To Be a Rose", comes in two different forms: an extended mix entitled "89 seconds rewrite" and the original album version. The former is accompanied by visuals directed by Jenny Merger Myhre, and features Hval and longtime collaborator Orfee Sch…