Photo by Lasse Marhaug

Experimental artist Jenny Hval is scheduled to release her new album ‘The Practice of Love’ on September 13th. Having unveiled the lead-off single ‘Ashes To Ashes’, Hval now brings forth her latest track titled ‘High Alice’. For this offering, the Norwegian artist delivers a seductive electro pop tune that is driven by stuttering, sequenced chords over shifting drums. With light vocals, occasionally dropping down to semi-whispers, the tune definitely has a sexy and steamy feel to it, making it a pleasurable delight.

Touching on the track, Jenny Hval said:

“For a while, this song felt like my entire album. I had no idea what the rest of it would be, just a feeling like this song and the title, the two words ‘High Alice,’ would get me there. My guiding stars at the time were Clarice Lispector’s The Hour of the Star and Kylie Minogue’s ‘Confide In Me.’ Maybe High Alice is the narrator of this album. I don’t know how I wrote it, it was automatic. But I found it really funny that I mentioned the sea three times. High Alice goes to all the places I have taught myself to avoid, like the four Big Themes: Love, death, life, the ocean. The ocean. The ocean.”