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Blood Bitch
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Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 35 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest release for the Norwegian artist was co-produced with Lasse Marhaug and features a blood theme.
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Conceptual Romance
And sometimes I dream you've left me And I'm so lost I wake up high High on madness A sexual holding pattern Stuck in erotic self-oscillation This... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Oct 13, 2016
    90
    There are so many ways into Blood Bitch that it’s dizzying: Chris Kraus, Nino Nardini, the synths, the immensely pillowy hooks, black metal, menstrala. The themes run from menstruation to vampires to capitalism to loneliness to pap smears, and any thread you pick can take you to the core. You have been invited in.
  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Sep 26, 2016
    90
    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.
  3. Pitchfork
    Oct 4, 2016
    83
    Hval is a clear disciple of Kraus. On paper, Kraus moves fluidly from reference to reference, dense with ideas; Hval’s music is like this, too, and never more than on Blood Bitch.
  4. DIY Magazine
    Sep 27, 2016
    80
    The most uncomfortable elements of life, colliding to create frantic, disorganised, but completely coherent mess, this record isn’t basic. It’s anything but.
  5. AllMusic
    Oct 7, 2016
    80
    A bewitching album from an artist at the peak of her powers.
  6. Dusted Magazine
    Sep 30, 2016
    80
    It’s about making art in a capitalistic society, where the artist must cannibalize every part of herself and offer it to a sometimes unwilling and unreceptive audience. It’s all a quest for immortality and staying power among icy cold synths, quiet samples and screaming. Sometimes, Jenny Hval is the vampire, and sometimes she’s the one bleeding.
  7. Pretty Much Amazing
    Sep 29, 2016
    58
    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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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. All_ButTrU4
    Feb 9, 2021
    10
    This album is the most focused and high concept Jenny has been the duration of her career. Her 'vampire album' explores blood through theThis album is the most focused and high concept Jenny has been the duration of her career. Her 'vampire album' explores blood through the female experience kept taboo :periods.
    Through soft quasi-ambient compositions that feel large and fully formed even when under a minute(Ritual Awakening)she tells the tale of a female vampire with a high libido and bloodlust. She as well begins to dissect her own femininity through this character . The unaltered pain of "in the red" turns into pure romantic infatuation into the pop highlight "conceptual romance " which achieve her ambitious atttemp at conventional pop structures but decides to back out creating an ethereal manifesto of pure optimism shrouded in heaviness. The syths are what drive the entire release. Forming an ominous backbone for this genius to weave itself around. This album only flaw,to others atleast not myself, is that firstly it's cohesiveness can sometimes make it feel like one long song since sonic variety isn't it's strong suit and secondly it's best appreciated when comsumed whole in chronological order. Favourites: conceptual romance, in the red,the great undressing, untamed region, female vampire    … Expand
  2. bickybicky
    Apr 10, 2019
    10
    A deeply personal album exploring some of the most developed and transcendental themes running throughout the entirety of the LP. RemainingA deeply personal album exploring some of the most developed and transcendental themes running throughout the entirety of the LP. Remaining true to some of her lo-fi aesthetics of previous works and incorporate dub and rhythmic synths, instrumentation wraps and intertwines to create eerie tales exploring femme, witchy and dark aesthetics.… Expand
  4. Evic21
    Sep 30, 2016
    9
    This album is her most focused work to date. Not only that, but it is deeply personal, introspective and sometimes, disturbing. But, theThis album is her most focused work to date. Not only that, but it is deeply personal, introspective and sometimes, disturbing. But, the glue that hold it all together is Jenny's vocals and the way she massages her words to create a world all her own. Some of the tracks may be difficult to get through, but the end result is a breathtaking journey that makes you question what it is to be human.… Expand
  5. TobiasJC
    Oct 11, 2016
    5
    I just don't get how some reviewers just ignored such a masterpiece as Innocence is Kinky and are loving this weird mess. This album has aI just don't get how some reviewers just ignored such a masterpiece as Innocence is Kinky and are loving this weird mess. This album has a cool concept, but is sooo unfocused instrumentally.… Expand

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