Track Listing
1. Now, Now
2. Jesus Saves, I Spend
3. Your Lips Are Red
4. Marry Me
5. Pais Is Burning
6. All My Stars Aligned
7. Apocalypse Song, The
8. We Put a Pearl Into the Ground
9. Land Mines
10. Human Racing
11. What Me Worry?
| Details | | Producer: | Annie Clark, Brian Teasley, Daniel Farris | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Daniel Hart (violin); Nathan Blaz, Heather Macintosh, Rick Nelson (cello); Lauren Ross (bassoon); Louis Schwadron (French horn); Mike Garson (grand piano); Lester Nuby (vibraphone); Annie Clark, Mark Pirro (bass guitar); Brian Teasley (drums); Aynsley Powell (drum programming); Al Carlson (sound effects); Merrilee Challis, Jessica Grant, Andrea Paschal, Daniel Farris (background vocals).
With the likes of Cat Power, Feist, and Joan as Policewoman on the rise, the mid-to-late 2000s proved something of a renaissance for indie-minded female singer-songwriters. Annie Clark, who performs under the name St. Vincent, is another formidable force among the ranks. Clark's resume includes stints with Sufjan Stevens and the Polyphonic Spree, and while her 2007 debut MARRY ME is influenced by the orchestral majesty of those performers, it is sparer and maintains its own utterly unique flavor.
Clark is a powerful writer: her songs are honest and confessional, yet smart and reflexive enough to avoid the pitfalls of cliche and sentimentality. There is an artful polish to the arrangements and instrumentation throughout, but there is also a pulsing edge to the album that grows organically from its rawer emotions. Moving, surprising, and beautifully composed, MARRY ME is a sparkling indie pop debut.
Editorial Reviews
[A] solo debut that swerves from sweet-as-molasses love songs -- laced with lethal humor -- to industrial tracks reminiscent of a less squawky Bjork.
Uncut
[With] clever instrumentation....She's made a great album.
CMJ
3 stars out of 5 -- [The album] showcases a vivid and fully formed talent clearly versed in quirky, often humorous songcraft.
Uncut
3 stars out of 5 -- 'Now, Now' is a chaotic collision of children's choir, Clark's sweet vocals and a violent guitar wig-out. It simultaneously recalls Tori Amos and Captain Beefheart.
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