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St. Vincent - "Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood"

The video for "Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood", from the album "Actor".

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St. Vincent - 'Cruel'

The first video from "Strange Mercy", out Sept 12 (UK)/13 (US): http://bit.ly/qITQhG

Directed by Terri Timely - http://www.territimely.com

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St. Vincent Tour Videos // 10

The tenth and final episode in the St. Vincent Tour Videos series. In this video, we hear "Just The Same But Brand New " as we look back on the ama...

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St. Vincent Tour Videos // 09

This is the ninth video in the series, which looks at the time we spent up north while we hear the final moments of "Your Lips Are Red"

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St. Vincent Tour Videos // 08

This is #8 in the St. Vincent Tour Videos series. We see a another side of Annie Clark as she talks about making music.

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St. Vincent Tour Videos // 07

The seventh tour video. In which we admire some of the venues we have played at during this tour, and listen to St. Vincent perform "Marry Me" live...

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St. Vincent Tour Videos // 06

In this installment, watch St. Vincent perform the album version of "Actor Out Of Work" live in South Carolina.

Directed By: Alan Del Rio Ortiz

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St. Vincent Tour Videos // 05

The fifth installment of the St. Vincent Tour Videos. In this video, the band performs "Now, Now" and we get a look into what life is like on the r...

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St. Vincent Tour Videos // 04

The fourth St. Vincent Tour Video. Annie Clark and Daniel Heart practice and perform "Oh My God"

Directed by: Alan Del Rio Ortiz

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St. Vincent Tour Videos // 03

This is the third installment of the St. Vincent Tour Videos. Here, Annie talks about her band and her life on the road. Directed by: Alan Del Rio ...

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St. Vincent Tour Videos // 02

This is the second installment of the St. Vincent Tour Videos, shot in a magical place inside St. Louis, MO. Enjoy.

Directed by Alan Del Rio Ortiz

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Two years ago, Annie Clarks recorded debut as St. Vincent, Marry Me, gave immediate notice that a dizzying new talent had emerged from the flatlands of Texas. Critics from all points of the cultural compass—from Pitchfork to Spin to the New York Times Magazine—were entranced by the albums precocious arrangements and elegant lyrics, and the steadily growing crowds at St. Vincents live shows were astonished by Clarks gargantuan musical chops and her magnetic stage presence. No small number of St. Vincent fans took the title of Marry Me literally, had their hearts duly broken, and wouldnt have had it any other way. The record was heralded as a remarkably successful entrance and Clark capped a year of international touring by winning the Plug Awards Female Artist of the Year.

Actor, St. Vincents beguiling, sophisticated new record, takes that debuts ambition as its starting point and never looks back. The arrangements are more masterful, the songwriting grander, the performances ever more confident and inspired. Clark developed an idiosyncratic writing process for Actor, immersing herself in some of her favorite films—Badlands, Pierrot le Fou, The Wizard of Oz, Stardust Memories, Sleeping Beauty—and beginning each song as a secret film score, then slowly giving it independence as its structure and lyrics came fully into focus. The resulting eleven tracks are as cinematic as pop songs can be, but the movie is a private one, revealing its storyline in hushed, cunning couplets and cascades of scathing guitar.

Here is a record to listen to with your eyes closed. Melodies are transposed and inverted. The fantasy of Disney is juxtaposed with the sweep of Morricone, David Mamets unsettling dramatic form and the alienation of Philip Roth. Igor Stravinsky scores Roger Cormans horror flicks.

The Strangers starts off as a deceptively dulcet elegy for a lost love, then suddenly capsizes under a flood of distortion. Actor Out Of Work is a devastating sonic kiss-off, complete with slyly poisonous lyrics and steamrolling guitars. The strings and woodwinds at the opening of Marrow might be escorting Dorothy to the Emerald City, or straight into the flying monkeys clutches. The crackerjack band, including supporting turns by McKenzie Smith and Paul Alexander of Midlake, has the crunch of a tank and the grace of a chamber ensemble.

If Marry Me served as the worlds introduction to Annie Clark, Actor may prove to be her coronation. As the terrifyingly beautiful movie inside Clarks head flickers across the screen, we can all feel privileged to be in the seats.

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