Charlie George, Vampires and Periods

James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

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Music

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Jenny Hval’s 2016 concept album, on the theme of blood, is a collection of light and beautiful melodies interspersed with dark and haunting soundscapes.

James tasks Charlie George to have a listen and report back.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.6	This podcast might contain strong language and adult contents.
0:08.8	Two of my favourite things.
0:13.0	James Acaster here, comedian and music fan, and in 2017, I had a breakdown.
0:18.7	I dealt with that breakdown by buying as much music from 2016 as I possibly
0:22.7	could. As a result, I now own over 700 albums that came out in 2016 and I'm convinced it's
0:30.2	the greatest year for music of all time. But it's not enough me being convinced. I also want to
0:34.7	convince each and every single one of you, plus a guest every
0:38.4	week. I'm going to send them an album in advance. They're going to come on the podcast. We'll
0:42.4	talk about that album. This week, my guest is Charlie George, and we're talking about the
0:47.7	album Blood Bitch by Jenny Haval. It's about vampire. It's about vampire. Like capitalism,
0:56.0	Wow.
0:57.0	It works like unrequired to the love.
1:02.0	Ginny Havilvaal is an avant-garde, kind of pop experimental musician from Norway.
1:08.0	It has a huge following.
1:10.0	People really obsessed with her work. This album,
1:13.2	Bloodbitch, was at the top of most people's, and it's quite a vague term, but experimental
1:18.3	albums of the year list.
1:23.7	It's an incredible concept album about blood and the theme of blood.
1:32.9	It basically focuses, the kind of headlines, I guess, focuses on vampires and periods.
1:37.3	That was on every single bit of promo for this album was those two words.
1:42.4	They were put front and centre, but it's about way more than that, as Jenny says herself on the album.
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