Jenny Hval’s Lost Girls are in rock mode on new song “Ruins”

thefader.com:

Jenny Hval has been on an incredible run these past few years: In 2021, Lost Girls — her duo with her husband and creative partner, avant-guitarist Håvard Volden — released their expansive, experimental debut LP, Menneskekollektivet, The FADER’s 35th favorite album of the year.

Last year, as a solo artist, she guested on The FADER Interview and released Classic Objects — an unprecedentedly poppy entry into her catalog, and our 15th favorite record of 2022.

Today (July 17), Lost Girls have returned with the surprisingly rocking single “Ruins.” At just under five minutes, it’s quite compact compared to most of Menneskekollektivet.

Centered on a penetrating bass and crunchy power chords, the track does what Hval’s songs do best — gradually building momentum as synths begin to blossom around her towering voice, which ascends at an accelerating pace until she takes the whole affair stratospheric.