The Eighty-th Day.

My last post on St. Vincent was very un-expansive, so I decided to post about here again; partly because she's all I listen too until the album gets kicked off of first listen (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103138882) and partly because I feel as a reader you deserve more about it.

Top Notch songs
- Strangers
- Marrow
- Actor out of Work

All three songs feature some awesome beat.
Strangers have the pounding bass behind so very airy sounds on top of it, and a surprising lack of hard guitar.
Marrow brings in that hard guitar and backed by a disco beat.
Actor Out of Work is the most addicting song on the album, I listen to it at least twice as much as any other song off the album (except for maybe Marrow). The charm of the song comes from it's again hard hitting drums, and brilliant horn sounds that awkwardly break up the song while progressing it (contradicting, I know). The lightness of Annie Clark's easily over-powering voice on this track gives way to the technical sounds, as well as the moments of chaos.

Back to the fact that this is an album of pieces. Though pieces, they all seem to come from a happier Annie Clark, not that she was ever unhappy, but IS undeniable that she LOOKS happier. Check out the new album cover and compare it to Marry Me's cover. Though the live shows may not show it, something still has changed from the DUMBO Sessions (widely accessible on You Tube) to her more recent performances. It might just be the hair, though it is completely necessary that someone that shares hare with Little Orphan Annie (and a name) should look so happy.

St. Vincent is now in her Daddy Warbucks stage and past the orphanage.


Here's the Video for Actor out of work