Menneskekollektivet

Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet
Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
2021 Ratings: #111 / 752
User Score
Based on 341 ratings
2021 Ratings: #254
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CRITIC REVIEWS

84
Pitchfork

The debut LP from the duo Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden is a warm-blooded exploration of the sensuality of the artistic process.

81
Beats Per Minute

This record evades categorization. It’s a strange beast, like a sphinx: you can’t tell where one animal begins and where the other ends.

80
Uncut

The music is merely caught in a state of evolution and, had they not chosen to nail it down to tape when they did, it might have developed differently. What therefore emerges - in Hval's occasionally tentative melodic explorations as much as Volden's instrumental experiments — is an insight into the very process of making an album.

80
Mojo

You'll scent strong hints of Arthur Russell's twisted marginal disco within Menneskekollektivet ((The Human Collective"), as Hval's folkish vocals and poetic framing deliciously counterpoint a fusillade of muscular beats and Volden's jabbing guitar.

80
FLOOD Magazine

Menneskekollektivet takes listeners on a journey that is both transcendent and meditative. The experimental qualities allow the album to be many records at once—electronic and poppy in some places, ambient and symphonic in other places, and in places, all of these things simultaneously.

strangegeyser
82

⭐MUST HEAR ALBUM⭐
Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden's latest collaborative project is an ode to the creative process. Menneskekollketivet, which means 'The Human Collective' in Norwegian, transcends boundaries of what we consider to be 'conventional', but in the most infectious way possible. In its most simple form, Menneskekollektivet is a dance record backed by mesmerising synths, washed over with conversational spoken word passages. Hval's poetry is presented more candidly than ever ... read more

ulittlefuckers
70

omg it's bjork's debut?

JohnLouisHoward
91

apparently this is the year for spoken word vocals, whether it be Florence Shaw or Greep or that other little kid in the children's band, or in this case Jenny Hval. I have found it hard to get into Hval's music but I find this project to be much more accessible than her other work. the interesting layers and textures provided by Hval and Håvard Volden create a visceral electronic soundscape that frames her voice perfectly. the two longer pieces, the title track (12 minutes) and ... read more

goodmornincaptn
80

The exquisite debut LP by Lost Girls, Norwegian singer-songwriter Jenny Hval's duo with multi-instrumentalist and long-time collaborator Håvard Volden, offers 5 trippy tracks that stretch and dissolve in melancholic meditations barely torn with ethereal noise, heady chants and spoken words, borrowing equally from ambient, techno and krautrock.

~ My homemade cover of the album cover: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcS9cwdMFt0/

HerbBride
90

some delightfully off-the-wall art pop that expands upon the electronic instrumentation and house music influences of jenny hval's previous projects

folkleftcry
28

Menneskekollektivet - 6,5/10 🤍
Losing Something - 7/10 🤍
Carried by Invisible Bodies - 6/10 🤍
Love, Lovers - 5/10
Real Life - 6/10

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Track List

1Menneskekollektivet
12:10
77
2Losing Something
4:16
74
3Carried by Invisible Bodies
6:15
69
4Love, Lovers
15:30
72
5Real Life
6:03
69
Total Length: 44 minutes
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Added on: February 16, 2021