UPDATE 9/13 AT 5:57PM: We are sold out of passes to tonight's show.
St. Vincent is playing a show at
Space15Twenty in Los Angeles on Tuesday September 13! Her new album,
Strange Mercy, is out on
CD and
LP that same day.
Buy
Strange Mercy in-store at Amoeba Hollywood starting at 10:30am on 9/13 and get tickets to her show that night at Space 15Twenty!
One ticket per item, limit 2 per person. While supplies last!
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The 11 new tracks on
Strange Mercy showcase St. Vincent's (a.k.a. Annie Clark) gift for fusing the cerebral and the visceral, her melodically elegant arrangements packing hefty emotional punches. She redefines the idea of the guitar hero, utilizing the instrument as a pointillist artist might wield a brush. Countless judiciously placed riffs and instrumental flares, each distinct and unique, cohere into grand tableaus. On "Cruel," she elicits punchy bursts like an R&B horn section. "Cheerleader" froths and boils, with deep and fuzzy guitars bubbling up to the surface, while "Surgeon" twirls about endlessly, Clark's vocals dancing amid a blizzard of notes.
Clark reunited with producer John Congleton and recorded
Strange Mercy in her hometown of Dallas, TX. Other musicians on the album include the Grammy Award winning Bobby Sparks on mini Moog, clavinet, Arp and Wurlitzer; Midlake’s MacKenzie Smith on drums; and Daniel Hart on violin. Also contributing were Beck keyboardist and musical director Brian LeBarton, Evan Smith on woodwinds and Phil Palazzolo.
