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Jenny Hval signs to Sacred Bones, announces North American tour dates

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Jenny Hval, our favorite non-black metal Norwegian artist (sorry Jan Garbarek), has signed a deal with Sacred Bones Records. The Brooklyn label, home to some of the most interesting underground music in recent memory (Pharmakon, Cult of Youth, The Men, Moon Duo, Destruction Unit), will be releasing Hval’s new album “in coming months.” Though more details on Hval’s future LP are yet to surface, it’s safe to say one could hardly think of a better outlet for the Norwegian’s first official release outside her native country.

True to character, the restless novelist/multimedia artist has lately divided her time between studio work and touring. All indicates Hval plans to stick to that modus operandi, having just announced a bunch of North American shows. Mirroring her move from Norway’s premiere experimental label Rune Grammofon to Sacred Bones Records, she toured in support of Swans in 2014 and will be opening for St. Vincent and Perfume Genius this year. You can check the full slate below.

So these are all signals that 2015 might be Jenny Hval’s (definitive) breakout year. With Innocence Is Kinky (2013) and last year’s collaboration with Susanna Meshes of Voice — both of which made it to their respective year’s TMT best-of lists — reaching such magnificent heights, all we can say is she had it coming.

Jenny Hval tour dates:

03.03.15 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall #
03.04.15 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall #
03.05.15 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall #
03.06.15 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Ballroom #
03.07.15 - Clifton Park, NY - Upstate Concert Hall #
03.08.15 - Providence, RI - Lupo’s #
03.09.15 - Hudson, NY - The Half Moon
03.10.15 - Portland, ME - Space
03.16.15 - Columbus, OH - Wexner Center ^
03.17.15 - Washington, DC - Black Cat ^
03.19.15 - New York, NY - Stage 48 ^
03.20.15 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair ^
03.21.15 - Providence, RI - Columbus Theatre ^
03.23.15 - Hamden, CT - The Outer Space ^
03.24.15 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
03.25.15 - Kingston, NY - BSP Kingston ^
03.27.15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum ^

# w/ St. Vincent
^ w/ Perfume Genius

• Jenny Hval: http://jennyhval.com
• Sacred Bones: http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com

[Photo: Mads Teglers]