Blog: Stereogum

Apparently, the appeal of a girl that looks an American Doll who also happens to create manic, spastic riffs is not lost on the people. Annie Clark's St. Vincent project has been universally admired and rhapsodized over ever since she sprung from Sufjan's Stevens' band (which also serves as some kind of songwriting academy ). Her second LP Actor earned high marks across the board , and her third, Strange Mercy will likely repeat that success. In case there were still doubters, she went ahead and covered Tom Waits [...]