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- Summary: The debut full-length release for the collaboration between Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden was recorded in a studio in Norway.
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- Record Label: Smalltown Supersound
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Mar 30, 2021The lack of surtext makes Menneskekollektivet as conceptually rich as anything Hval has ever done. It is a statement about the beauty of slowing down, of not worrying about what you say and instead focusing on how you feel.
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Mar 30, 2021Most of this review has been spent trying to use genre to back the record into a corner, but there is still so much ineffable that can’t be captured in words. Menneskekollektivet is impossible to pin down. That’s the thrill.
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UncutMar 30, 2021Menneskekollektivet's foibles – and the sense that it’s incomplete – are what make it so compelling. [May 2021, p.34]
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Jun 18, 2021Menneskekollektivet is more of an experience than a set of songs to be consumed passively, but it's a richly rewarding listen for those who give it the attention it deserves.
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MojoMar 30, 2021Hval's folkish vocals and poetic framing deliciously counterpoint a fusillade of muscular beats and Volden's jabbing guitar. [May 2021, p.87]
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Apr 20, 2021Their attempt to weld the cerebral and physical is not always smooth but part of the attraction is to sit in on a work in progress, to hear the musicians grasping at handholds and swinging for the next ledge, fearless in the vulnerability of thought and action.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Nov 21, 2021
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