St. Vincent (singer Annie Clark) has been really active lately because her new album Strange Mercy is about to drop. Her music is extraordinary, so I’m excited for new songs. Her last album, Actor, was critically acclaimed and was widely regarded as one of the best of 2009. It sounds like we’re going to get more dark, conceptual material from her, which I’m very happy about.
You should check out her performance on yesterday’s David Letterman:
And then you should probably enjoy her acoustic session with Spin Magazine, complete with Tom Waits cover:
And then watch her grim but humorous music video for “Cruel,” in which she finds herself swept up into and literally buried by family life:
Strange Mercy will be released this September.
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