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9.0
90432
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Jenny Hval remains one of the most powerful, honest and funny performers working in music today, and this dissection of her self and her work is fascinating to the point of obsession
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9.0
90460
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Hval continues to be an artist streaking ahead on her own
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9.0
90929
9.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
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8.5
90680
8.5 |
The 405
An interesting step forward from previous record Apocalypse, girl. It takes the guilty, ominous tone of that record and transforms it into something transcendent
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8.4
90683
8.4 |
Earbuddy
As much Hval’s most frank exploration of herself as well as her most frank commentary on herself
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8.3
90509
8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
Vampire tropes and menstrual blood turn into beautifully crafted weapons of empowerment
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8.3
90665
8.3 |
Pitchfork
Draws on several traditions: vampire movies, the cross-hairs of art and pop, and the lineage of artwork made of menstrual blood
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8.0
90520
8.0 |
Exclaim
Few tracks work on their own, but together they convey an urge to achieve order through art
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8.0
90525
8.0 |
DIY
Brilliantly, ‘Blood Bitch’ also has a sense of humour
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8.0
90319
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Blood Bitch employs the most serene soundtracking: ambient music, soft-synth drone, spoken word, musique concrète, and an undertone of the gentlest black metal you’ll ever hear
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8.0
90342
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
Blood flows freely on Blood Bitch, a carefully composed collage album with a pronounced focus on body horror
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8.0
90345
8.0 |
The Skinny
An understated but intriguing album by a perpetually fascinating artist
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8.0
90346
8.0 |
Mojo
Hval’s most rounded missive to date unsettles. Print edition only
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8.0
90347
8.0 |
Uncut
It represents Hval’s coming of age
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8.0
90853
8.0 |
State
An album that feels right and necessary for the time it was made in
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8.0
90856
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Vampires, periods, sex, love, life, death... Blood Bitch is, ultimately, about everything and nothing
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8.0
90925
8.0 |
PopMatters
Whereas Apocalypse, Girl was contrived and Viscera was uneventful, this record is dreamy and memorable, both through its illusion of simplicity and its gentle invitation to listeners
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8.0
91093
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Despite controversial lyrics, unconventional song structures, and a lofty concept, Blood Bitch somehow fits like a defiant glove against all the odds
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7.5
90545
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Willfully enigmatic and unshakably fascinating in its atmospheric abstraction
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7.0
90455
7.0 |
Crack
A dazzling realisation of self from one of the most thought-provoking songwriters working today
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7.0
90668
7.0 |
musicOMH
At times, this is probably easier to admire than to actually sit down and enjoy, but it’s an impressive achievement nonetheless
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7.0
90334
7.0 |
The Music
It'd be a sub-genre unto itself if anyone knew what to call it
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6.0
90441
6.0 |
Gig Soup
Amidst the noises and hit-and-miss spoken word passages, there’s a good record bubbling inside ‘Blood Bitch’
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5.8
90544
5.8 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Blood Bitch commits the ultimate crime of all so-called concept albums: there is undeniable effort in the subject and story it was supposed to tell, but little magic in the execution
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