Remind me again; have we already talked about how DANGEROUSLY SEXXY Blood Bitch (“an investigation of […] the white and red toilet roll chain which ties together the virgins, the whores, the mothers, the witches, the dreamers, and the lovers”) is? And that it’s coming out on September 3o via Sacred Bones? We have, right? Right. Okay great! This is gonna be easy then.
Norwegian artist Jenny Hval has added a few more dates to her giant summer-and-fall-length vampire flight across North America since the last we talked, and she’s also unleashed a FACE-MELTING (seriously, though) new video for the album’s lead single, “Female Vampire.” It was directed by Jenny Berger Myhre and shot, like all fine cinema is in 2016, on an iPhone. It stars Hval and friends, and believe it or not, it’s a nod to “the low budget horror sexploitation films of the late 70’s and early 80’s from which the album was inspired.”
“Usually, the vampire is depicted as a lonesome, all-knowing and ancient creature combining violence, aggressive sexuality and deceitful youth,” Hval says of the clip. “The pack behind the video for ‘Female Vampire’ wanted to explore vampiric eternity in a different narrative: in a group of romancing friends.”
Um. Enticed much, yet? Good! Me too! Check out the video down below. And while you’re at it, pre-order Blood Bitch now; it makes a great gift for that special someone in your life.
Jenny Hval expanded tour dates:
07.15.16 - Chicago, IL - Constellation w/ Circuit Des Yeux
07.16.16 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Festival
08.05.16 - Katowice, PL - Off Festival
09.01-04.16 - Larmer Tree Gardens, UK - End of the Road
09.14.16 - Oslo, NO - Ultima Festival
09.29.16 - Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA
09.30.16 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
10.04.16 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
10.05.16 - Montreal, QC - Casa del Popolo
10.07.16 - Toronto, ON - The Drake
10.08.16 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
10.09.16 - Washington, DC - DC9
10.17.16 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo
10.18.16 - Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen
10.19.16 - London, UK - Oslo
10.21.16 - Brussels, BE - AB
10.22.16 - Paris, FR - Point Ephemere
10.24.16 - Luzern, CH - Suedpol
10.26.16 - Berlin, DE - Kantine am Berghain
10.27.16 - Amsterdam, NL - De School
10.28.16 - Hamburg, DE - Kampnagel
10.29.16 - Copenhagen, DK - Jazzhouse
11.11.16 - Los Angeles, CA - Resident
11.12.16 - Oakland, CA - Starline Social Club
11.14.16 - Portland, OR - Holocene
11.15.16 - Seattle, WA - Kremwerk
11.16.16 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
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