The Long Sleep [EP]
by Jenny Hval
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. fwtll636
    May 31, 2018
    8
    There are moments that challenge the likability of 'The Long Sleep', but its when Jenny uses those moments to create something extraordinary that leaves you speechless.

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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The Wire
    Jul 12, 2018
    80
    Here as elsewhere, Hval manages to perfectly combine an eerie, folkish, ethereal pitch that even veers on yodelling at times, as if summoning an army of hidden folk, with an earthly sensuality that speaks of all kinds of lust, particularly the kinds that hint at lengthy afternoons in obscure cabins. [Jun 2018, p.58]
  2. PopMatters
    Jun 13, 2018
    70
    Any music that Jenny Hval has produced addressed the listener on a personal level. There always seems to be an inherent honesty about her music and the concept behind her works, and that continues to be the case with The Long Sleep.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Jun 4, 2018
    79
    Unclear messages and unspooled melodies break new ground for Hval, and she inhabits it with grace on The Long Sleep. It’s as penetrating a work as Blood Bitch and its predecessor, Apocalypse, girl, but more humble in concept and more suspicious of its own claims.
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