The Long Sleep

by Jenny Hval

The Long Sleep cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 25 May 2018
  • Label: Sacred Bones
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 23:01
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Providing a distinctly softer, jazz-inflected contrast to her typically confrontational avant-pop themes, the Norwegian artist explores hypnotic, looping compositions. The title track features intricate saxophone and gentle synthesizer beds, exploring themes of human connection and subconscious reflection. It serves as a beautiful, meditative interlude within her deeply conceptual and intellectually rigorous body of work.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, experimental, dreamy, female-vocals, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Spells (6:10)
  2. The Dreamer Is Everyone in Her Dream (4:40)
  3. The Long Sleep (10:48)
  4. I Want to Tell You Something (1:21)

Credits

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