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Jenny Hval Milton Court Concert Hall, London
Weird and sometimes wonderful concepts from the performance artist

A FAR cry from her last horror-flick and menstruation-inspired 2016 album Blood Bitch, Norwegian artist Jenny Hval’s latest release The Practice Of Love is a poetic homage to all things amour through the prism of 1990s trance music.

High concept: Jenny Hval

With this concept in mind, entering the intimate Milton Court to find Hval in a tent onstage is somewhat bemusing.

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