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Tweet Buy the album - Vinyl / MP3 / CD or Download it for free Annie Clark has gotten a whole lot of press lately. She's been on the cover of Spin's style issue and had plenty of wattage added to her star-power by places like Pitchfork. It's a disappointment, then, that the album that's getting the most buzz may be her worst to date. [...]
Words by Jacob Barron Released: September 13, 2011 Label: 4AD Some albums are great because they ebb and flow between fast songs and slow songs, loud ones and quiet ones, grandiose and intimate ones. They tell a story of sorts, whether they're organized according to some conceptual framework, or they just work together to tell whatever story the listener hears. Other albums are great because every song is just as energetic and perfect as the one that preceded it. Consider it a split between great albums that have patience, and great albums [...]
The inventive artist delivers even more dynamite on her new album.
[Welcome to Sophomore/Sophomoric, where we'll catalog the tiptoed journeys of the literally thousands of bands who have attempted, not all of them successfully, to navigate their way from debut success and past the proverbial "sophomore slump" into the rarefied air of "sophomore glory." Is that a term? It'd be better if it was alliterative. How about, "sophomore splendor"? That works better, yeah.] Words by Jacob Barron Artist: St. Vincent Albums: Marry Me (2007) and Actor (2009) [...]
[Welcome to Sophomore/Sophomoric, where we'll catalog the tiptoed journeys of the literally thousands of bands who have attempted, not all of them successfully, to navigate their way from debut success and past the proverbial "sophomore slump" into the rarefied air of "sophomore glory." Is that a term? It'd be better if it was alliterative. How about, "sophomore splendor"? That works better, yeah.] Words by Jacob Barron Artist: St. Vincent Albums: Marry Me (2007) and Actor (2009) [...]
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Tweet I've been listening to this album for about a week now and I have to say, it's blowing me away. St. Vincent 's first album "Marry Me" was excellent and she somehow managed to top it with her second album "Actor" in 2009, and two years later we have her third album "Strange Mercy" that has only taken a week of listening to topple "Actor" as her best album. She's doing the undoable, something only the greatest [...]
Thanks to the talented Anika Mottershaw for permission to use the shot. Annie Clark is a strange proposition. Her music occupies an uneasy middle place between movie soundtrack, run-of-the-mill Indie Rock, and jazzier, more acoustic, singer-songwriter leanings which produces a synthesis that is almost as uneasy and peculiar as the venue she plays in tonight. The consciously hip Institute of Contemporary Arts too occupies an uneasy middle place, strangely out of place in a high-rent location just off The Mall, cushioned between the achingly unhip locales of Buckingham Palace, St James's park and [...]
Listen: St. Vincent - Actor Out Of Work Listen: St. Vincent - Black Rainbow MP3: St. Vincent - Actor Out Of Work MP3: St. Vincent - Black Rainbow I want her babies.
Listen: St. Vincent - Actor Out Of Work Listen: St. Vincent - Black Rainbow MP3: St. Vincent - Actor Out Of Work MP3: St. Vincent - Black Rainbow I want her babies.
In the wake of their acclaimed new album, All Together , Philly's own, Pattern Is Movement [ MySpace ] have announced that they are hitting the road with friend and long-time supporter St. Vincent throughout May and June. This should make for one of the best tours of the Spring - if you haven't heard the new tracks from All Together , you need to come and check them out. Tour dates, mp3s and more after the jump [...]
Artist: St. Vincent Album: Actor Label: 4AD Released: 04/05/09 Words by: Jack Phillips If you've once been a part of Sufjan Stevens and Polyphonic Spree's touring band you have some eclectic tastes and influences. Add supporting the likes of Arcade Fire, The National, Midlake and Death Cab to name but a few with your own project, St Vincent to that and you have a artist that's as experienced as you could probably get after just two releases. St Vincent's Annie Clark doesn't stop there though, David Bowie's [...]
Like most music bloggers out there we get lots of unsolicited music sent to us each week, and a large portion of it is unimpressive to say the very least. You could imagine our hesitation when we saw this morning a cover version of St. Vincent's "Marry Me," sitting in our inbox, from a guy named John. We have no room to judge though, as we can't leave a karaoke bar or norebang without belting out hits from ABBA or Alanis Morissette. Listening to it on the phone in the car while driving back from the airport at [...]
St Vincent debuted her video for 'Actor Out of Work', the first single off her new album 'Actor' (out on 4AD from May 5th) on spinner.com today... If you have an appreciation for a good song, a simple video concept, and a pretty nifty pair of shoes, press play above. If you also have an appreciation for an over crowded caravan and the odd well placed hand clap... press play below.
On May 5, 4AD will release Actor the anticipated new album by St. Vincent (nee Annie Clark) [Myspace], and the follow-up to her first album 'Marry Me,' one of the most acclaimed debuts of 2007. Actor was co-produced by Clark and John Congleton (Modest Mouse, Polyphonic Spree etc...) and features eleven new songs, all written [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Marry Me 1. Skip the flowers. Skip dinner and the bended knee. Hell, skip the ring. Get her something she'll really value. A vinyl copy of American Analog Set's Know By Heart perhaps. Be thoughtful. 2. Weddings are overrated. A week in Italy spent drinking wine and listening to Akron/Family's "Italy" is not. 3. Write her a song. Sing off key. Make it sincere. Knowledge of instruments is optional. If necessary buy a tambourine and shake it. Clap your hands. [...]
English Version: I posted about her before , Marry Me is the debut of Annie Clark , member of The Polyphonic Spree and tour member of Sufjan Stevens. This work includes 2 of the songs from Paris Is Burning EP so we already knew a little bit more from her proposal with a strong influence by Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Pj Harvey, gospel and a lot of blues. I thought this album was more aggressive… nope; it's more relaxed, melodic and beautiful than what I was expected. [...]
As you probably noticed, the blogosphere has exploded with love for Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, since the promo mp3 from her upcoming debut LP Marry Me was made available. The love is certainly well earned; 'Now Now' is one of the prettiest songs I've heard since The Reminder . If you're unfamiliar with St. Vincent, think some sort jazz/pop/indie combo, and you're close. You can hear Marry Me here , and Paris Is Burning here . Marry Me is set to be released July 10th via Beggars Banquet . [...]
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