Annie Clark’s “technicolour animatronic rides” coming in May
After asking us so perfectly to wed her back in ‘07, Annie Clark has decided she was just pretending all along…or at least, that’s the tenuous link we’ve concocted in the 10 seconds since we got the press release about the new St Vincent album, Actor. Yes, we were that excited. Out on May 4th through 4AD, the 11-track album finds the fearsomely talented Ms Clark teaming up with producer John Congleton, presumably an old friend from her Polyphonic Spree days, to bring us what sounds like an even more ambitious album than the first. Annie describes the songs as “technicolour animatronic rides”, which sounds good to us. The topical first single ‘Actor Out Of Work’ is out on April 20th.
In addition to Annie’s own masterful guitar work and keys, the album features woodwinds from Sufjan Stevens and Björk collaborators Hideaki Aomori and Alex Sopp, with extra rhythmic beef from Midlake’s McKenzie Smith and Paul Alexander and a trio of percussionists, as well as some other bods. Annie takes her St Vincent show to SXSW next month as part of the 4AD and Billions Corporation showcases. Info on a full US and European tour is expected soon.
Actor
01 The Strangers
02 Save Me From What I Want
03 Neighbours
04 Actor Out Of Work
05 Black Rainbow
06 Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood
07 Marrow
08 The Bed
09 The Party
10 Just The Same But Brand New
11 The Sequel
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