Education
She studied at the University of Melbourne, Australia, specializing in creative writing and performance.
composer musician singer writer songwriter
She studied at the University of Melbourne, Australia, specializing in creative writing and performance.
She has released five albums - two under the moniker Rockettothesky, and three self-titled. Until 1999, Hval was the vocalist of a gothic metal band called Shellyz Raven. While studying, she was vocalist in Australian bands iPanic and Folding Foreign Air with Thomas McGowan releasing an European Parliament "Are you afraid of heights?" in 2004.
Moving back to Norway, she released her debut European Parliament Cigars in 2006, and was nominated for a Spellemannprisen (the Norwegian equivalent of Grammy awards) in the "best newcomer" category.
Adopting the name Rockettothesky, she was signed to Trust Maine Records, releasing two studio albums - To Sing You Apple Trees in 2006, and Medea in 2008. Following the release of Medea, she went back to using her birth name.
Signing on the label Rune Grammofon, she has so far released the albums Viscera (2011) and Innocence Is Kinky (2013). In 2015 she released her third album, Apocalypse, girl on New York City"s Sacred Bones Records.
Her solo music has been described as avant-garde, art-popular, and "a kind of experimental folk music," among others terms.
She has also collaborated with Håvard Volden, as Nude on Sand, releasing a self-titled album, Nude on Sand, in 2012, and with Susanna Wallumrød, which resulted in a 2014 album Meshes of Voice (released on the Norwegian SusannaSonata label). She supported Saint Vincent on a tour. Jenny Hval published her novel Perlebryggeriet (Pearl Brewery) in 2009, and has also published article works in journals and anthologies, after studying literature and working as a freelance columnist and writer