St. Vincent - a.k.a. Annie Clark;

But yeah, I was saying to Em the other day, I don't know how I'd describe St. Vincent. At all.

Who else is supposed to sound like Kate Bush?

Blue Roses

one sad note - the album is solid gold awesome super brilliant for 7 tracks, but then loses momentum in the final stretch...'just the same but brand new' is really good, but 'the bed' and 'the party' slightly sabotage the flow

sheer martial panic of the slightly 'lonesome tears'-esque ending of 'black rainbow' into the similarly rising but this time utterly sweet rising motif of 'laughing...' = incredible feat of sequencing

erm delete the second 'rising'

The Party has such beautiful lyrics though, Louis.

Especially when she stops singing words.

i realise i'm pretty late to this, but having discovered this through the ilx albums poll a couple of months ago, i can safely say it's the most played thing i;ve had in the house this year... jesus is it already mid-April? I'll be 60 before I know it.

Annie has certain co-lineage w/ Sufjan; what mighst bequeathest if thee parturitate? Immediate immaculate and blinding white-hot winged ascension?

Tonight's Austin City Limits (http://video.pbs.org/video/1697650631/) demonstrates an axe-maven extraordinaire with, yes, the red lips and white skin of the aforementioned "minx" entrenched. It's all true; and i love her for it.

God save St. V!

the Sufjanphonic Squee

i want to eye fuck annie clark while she makes fuzzy noises with her electric guitar

Well it seems you've come to the right pl

Out of everything I discovered through last year's albums poll, "Actor" is the album that I come back to time and again. Absolutely amazing. Had it on constant rotation for 12 months and I still come back for more.

(realises he posted something similar only a few months back).

Set me on fire.

Is there a new album coming soon? Please!

holy shit shes awesome

Really excited for a new album from her, but I'm sure I'm the only person on ILM that thought the last one was a minor disappointment. It seemed to be universally loved, but I wasn't as excited by it as I was by her debut.

The last one wasn't a disappoint, but it wasn't nearly as entrancing as Marry Me.

that big black cover, oh yeah.

i want to eyefuck her while she makes fuzzy noises with her pedals

So great.

Wow. Yeah. "eyefucking". Great.

And you guys have a problem with how *I* talk about, say, Patrick Wolf on this board?

Wow. Yeah. "eyefucking". Great.

And you guys have a problem with how *I* talk about, say, Patrick Wolf on this board?

― Karen D. Tregaskin, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5:25 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark

I have absolutely no problem with how you talk about Patrick Wolf, so long as you agree that he's mind-blowingly pretty and totally fuckworthy.

But, yeah, while Annie Clark is v. attractive, the proper focus should totally be on the fact that she is a total musical genius.

I'd assumed DL was going "great!" at the cover rather than the weirdo posting above him.

I should probably go back to the last album, I liked it but it never quite resonated with me.

after seeing this thread i relistened to the last one again. i loved it before, still loving it.

Aw, Alex, I've come around on Patrick Wolf, but this isn't the thread for that.

I've just realised I've never actually listened to Marry Me. Which is completely remiss considering how much I loved Actor.

So it's like I get a brand new album now instead of having to wait for one!

To be fair Karen she does have some very large eyeballs

Haha! Oh I'm so looking forward to this. Why did I never check marry me?!?!

New album Sept 13. Stoked.

http://www.4ad.com/news/13/7/2011/stvincentunveilsstrangemercyartworkandtracklisting

Holy moley, her song Surgeon is absolutely dynamite!!

It's really good. Hated that high pitched ending though.

listening to actor atm

Quick trainspotting question for the ILX brane:

The descending vocal part in the intro of this new song, "Surgeon?" It's referencing a big string melody from some kind of soundtrack, something John Barry-ish, or maybe 60s sci-fi -- something I remember mostly because it was prominently sampled as the breakdown of a rave/hardcore track at some point. It's sort of bugging me; anyone recognize those first two lines?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFtQPgHyek

You Only Live Twice?

Ah, thanks! Thinking it was a score for something sent me barking up all the wrong trees.

Or at least the "score" part of the trees instead of the "title theme" part

it's from You Only Live Twice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDitUVMMzE0

doh too slow

dope song, love the bassline

ha, i came here to ask the question nabisco just asked. it's been bugging me for the last week.

I would absolutely love this song if it wasn't for the lyric repetition part at the end of each verse phrase. Feels so unnecessary to me for it to happen eevvvvrryy time like that

That new song is incredibe, best thing I've heard all year. Loved both her albums I'm now really excited about the new one.

Actor was a weird album for me - I could tell it was good and not unpleasant to listen to but for some reason I could never really engage with it. Listening to Surgeon now and it's gorgeous... not sure about the prog workout at the end though.

http://pitchfork.com/news/43603-video-st-vincent-cruel/

Another really great song from the new album. The video is really good too, very creepy.

I think I might get quite militant about championing this new album. Absolutely wonderful. Everything I liked about the last one, only moreso.

Love the new album so much. It's a really odd record but just stunning in every way.

Streaming on NPR right now. There is sounding really good so far, some really kinda wtf moments too. On first listen I'm liking this more than Actor (which, I know I'm alone on, but I thought it was a minor step down from the debut).