Jenny Hval Announces North American Winter 2019/2020 Tour Dates

Jenny Hval press photo 2016

Jenny Hval has a penetrating voice set against various beats and harmonious rhythms which captivate you through her exploration of music. The Norwegian artist has announced North American tour dates through April 2020, along with her European shows in Paris, Berlin and the UK which extend through February 2020. She will then head out on a North American tour beginning with a show in Chicago, Illinois set for the Constellation on April 2, 2020 and then stop in Brooklyn, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California along with a stop in Seattle, Washington on April 13, 2020 at Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall.

Recently, she released a new album, The Practice of Love which showcases various tracks that capture her peaceful and soothing nature. Her music has been described by The Ringer, “Hval has a knack for putting everyday phenomena under a warped microscope…Whether she’s tackling the algorithms of Spotify playlist culture, the false promises of late capitalism, or the empty commodification of self-care, listening to Hval’s music makes everything seem newly strange.”

Her new album, The Practice of Love was released via Sacred Bones. In a statement, the album is described as one that, “Considers the notion of intimacy from all sides as Hval uses the pop song format to attempt to make sense of what love and care actually mean — love as a practice, a calling, a vocation. The practice of love is the practice of language. The practice of language is the practice of magic. The practice of magic is the practice of love.”

In The Practice of Love, Hval’s lyrics brilliantly explore concepts of intimacy and desire, for others and for herself, over breakbeats and synthesizers. It’s modern, it’s mature and it’s delicately unique. The album includes tracks, “Lions,” “High Alice,” “Accident,” “Ashes to Ashes,” “Six Red Cannas” and “Thumbsucker.” The album is uniquely creative and dreamy. The Practice of Love was originally co-produced by Black Box Teater and Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, premiered September 20th, 2019.

Jenny Hval Tour Dates:
10/30 – Centre Pompidou – Paris, FR
11/09 – Le Guess Who? Festival – Utrecht, NL
11/17 – Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival – Huddersfield, UK
11/23 – Ars Cameralis Festival – Katowice, PL
12/11 – Nordwind Festival Kampnagel – Hamburg, DE
02/15 – Hau 2 – Berlin, DE
02/16 – Hau 2 – Berlin, DE
04/02 – Constellation (early show) – Chicago, IL
04/02 – Constellation (late show) – Chicago, IL
04/04 – Longboat Hall – Toronto, ON
04/06 – National Sawdust – Brooklyn, NY
04/07 – National Sawdust – Brooklyn, NY
04/09 – Bob Baker Marionette Theatre (early show) – Los Angeles, CA
04/09 – Bob Baker Marionette Theatre (late show) – Los Angeles, CA
04/11 – Grey Area – Grand Theatre – San Francisco, CA
04/13 – Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall – Seattle, WA

Kelly Tucker: Originally from Los Angeles, I grew up listening to all types of music. My first concert was Aerosmith with Skid Row, then moved on to concerts with Metallica, Lollapalooza, Guns N’ Roses, Soundgarden and more. One of my favorite shows of all time was when I was in college and someone took me to see the Allman Brothers play. I also scalped a ticket to see Pearl Jam and the amazing Eddie Vedder sing his heart out. My professional career started in 2000 at Nielsen Business Media where I was an assistant in a sales department and later got promoted to advertising account executive. When the recession hit in 2008 and the magazine was sold, I took a job at a call center and later got promoted to assistant to the CEO and COO of a global company. In 2017, I took a position at a pharmaceutical agency, and now currently responsible for coordinating meeting logistics for physicians and pharma reps throughout the United States. In my spare time, I work at Peace4Kids a non-profit in South Los Angeles and write screenplays in hopes to make a breakthrough.
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