00-st._vincent-strange_mercy-2011.nfo
- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: St. Vincent
Album: Strange Mercy
Label: 4AD
Playtime: 40:52 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.ilovestvincent.com/
Rip date: 2011-09-20
Street date: 2011-09-13
Size: 74.22 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 241 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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As clever and insightful as Annie Clark's first two St. Vincent albums were,
collection of cracked veneers, eye-level confessions, and portraits of
songs. Contrast has always been a major part of her music, and Strange Mercy's
juxtapositions of harshness, softness, truth, lies, cruelty, and kindness feel
especially pointed and potent. Most apparent is her use of opposing sounds;
working with producer John Congleton, she focuses on luxurious strings and
woodwinds that float above wobbly keyboards and ugly, distorted guitars that
emphasize that these songs are under pressure. Clark finds plenty of range
confrontational jazz-rock and a dance-pop beat on the subtly frantic
woodwinds straight from a vintage musical and a messed-up, fuzzed-out guitar
solo. The song gets increasingly anxious as it closes, a pattern Clark repeats
throughout the album; indeed, while these songs are some of her most
much going on musically on Strange Mercy that it could be easy to overlook
storytelling as well as a melody that would do Joni Mitchell or Carole King
proud. Full of great lyrics and great playing, Strange Mercy is St. Vincent's
most reflective and most audacious album to date, and Clark remains as
delicately uncompromising an artist as ever.
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01. Chloe in the Afternoon ( 2:55)
02. Cruel ( 3:35)
03. Cheerleader ( 3:28)
04. Surgeon ( 4:25)
05. Northern Lights ( 3:33)
06. Strange Mercy ( 4:28)
07. Neutered Fruit ( 4:13)
08. Champagne Year ( 3:28)
09. Dilettante ( 4:03)
10. Hysterical Strength ( 3:16)
11. Yer of the Tiger ( 3:28)
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