Jenny Hval Releases Ethereal New Album ‘Iris Silver Mist’ Blending Scent, Synths, and Surrealism


Jenny Hval returns with Iris Silver Mist, a fragrant, fearless exploration of memory, domesticity, and dreamy disruption. Inspired by a string of live performances that filled rooms with the warm scent of rice cookers, Hval’s new album—named after a delicate perfume—feels like stepping into a vaporous dream where the everyday becomes uncanny.
Layering mist-soaked synths with towering, ethereal melodies, Hval creates a world that’s both intimate and cinematic. Her voice hovers like incense smoke over lush arrangements, delivering lyrics that are at once oddly funny, piercingly honest, and emotionally razor-sharp. From poetic snapshots of bodily mess to absurdist reflections on routine, Iris Silver Mist finds Hval turning mundane moments into philosophical portals.
The album’s genius lies in this contrast—grandeur meeting absurdity, softness cut with satire. It’s Jenny Hval at her most personal and playful, reimagining art-pop as a vessel for scent, sensation, and radical introspection.