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Free and legal MP3 from St. Vincent (quirky, orchestral, nostaglic, with shredding)

Mar 10, 2009, 3:05pm

"The Strangers" - St. Vincent Annie Clark, who by herself is St. Vincent, is an elusive talent. Be seduced by her charming, idiosyncratic voice, with tinges of jazz singer about it; be intrigued by her lush, unusual arrangements; be surprised by that wallop of crazed guitar noise (it's a taste of what is known as "shredding") that invades an otherwise airy-sounding song two-thirds of the way in. (Then again, she's repeatedly singing about painting the black hole blacker, so maybe this isn't so airy after all.) Get to the end of the [...]

St. Vincent - The Strangers

Artist: St. Vincent
Title: The Strangers
Link Text: "The Strangers" - St. Vincent
File Name: stvincent_thestrangers.mp3
Year: 2009

Artists: St. Vincent

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