![]() ![]() Jenny Hval’s trains of thought are long and can wander from musings on linguistic development, to mundane anecdotes about annoying Jehovah’s witnesses, to daydreams of a collective conscious, all in a single song. On “Love, Lovers,” from her Menneskekollektivet album with Håvard Volden, she’s less verbose but more opaque. Her cold monotone speaking voice and repetitive lyrics here are enough to repel the unacquainted ear from finishing the track, but those who dedicate 15 minutes of their day to giving it a deep listen will not be disappointed. In the song’s first section, she commands listeners to do their job and listen, but it eventually becomes clear that the point isn’t to absorb Hval’s words and their ambiguous meanings. ![]() Instead the focus belongs on the sound of her voice and Volden’s underlying instrumentation, which remains sparse for most of the track but grows more urgent by the moment. “Untangle the word from the mind,” she orders. Follow her vocal track as it slowly opens into melody. Push past the ego and let Hval and Volden spirit you into their ecstatic waterfall of harmony and rhythm. Let go of language and lose yourself in sound. SLEEPING DOGS DOWNLOAD OST FREEWhat do Ben Franklin, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Algebra, and Cardi B’s vocal inflections have in common? They all get roasted on “American tterroristt,” a nearly 10-minute masterpiece of extreme logorrhea and/or therapeutic free association from Rochester rapper RXKNephew. ![]()
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