St Vincent 4AD Session

For more info: http://www.4ad.com/sessions/010

Tracklisting:
1. Chloe In The Afternoon
2. Surgeon
3. Strange Mercy
4. Year Of The Tiger

In September of this year, St Vincent took a giant leap forward with the release of third album, Strange Mercy. This time out Annie Clark was to combine her long-celebrated musical virtuosity with ambitious songwriting that ran a gamut of emotional cadences, all the while underpinned by a colourful sense of melody.

Recording these songs live for the first time, St Vincent has performed four tracks from Strange Mercy for the tenth visual installment in the 4AD Session series. Shot at Shangri-La Studios in the heart of the Brooklyn film and photography district in Greenpoint, the session was recorded with Annie's new band, Daniel Mintseris (keys), Toko Yasuda (moog) and Matthew Johnson (drums). Given St Vincent's transgression from the underground to the pop spotlight over the course of three studio albums, it's somewhat fitting that Shangri-La host the session having initially earned its name as a secret spot known only through word of mouth.

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[Olivia Harper]

I've always wanted Bjork and Radiohead to do a mashup. Looks like they had a baby named Annie Clark.

[Sasha Gambrill]

i guess you just dont get it dude

[Haneef Williams]

hey bitch! Can you play guitar without a pick and SING? + I don't think producers waist millions funding bands who play cheep guitars and don't keep them in tune.

[Haneef Williams]

how many women can play guitar like that and sing? this chick is talented!

[Haneef Williams]

Hey chikotntw, you're right. This bands sucks cuz you dislike them. oh wait, no one cares what u think because you're a narrow-minded fuck who is flying through life at a million miles per second with your fingers stuck up your ass.

Atleast this band is original and not copying all those fake ass mainstreamers like the ones you fancy, you fuck'n my-chemical-romance ass licker. Open up your eyes, your ears, and your god forsaken soul and develop your puny brain!

[Haneef Williams]

people who are stuk in a box with a rag over there face might dislike this

[Houston Kirk]

You realize that music is an art form right? So that would make you an art-fag too since you know so much about it.

[Klaus Göpfert]

Thom and Bjork did a collab once...

[sdowhaniuk]

It's not the guitar, it's the guitarist.

[alencett]

How could someone possibly dislike this??

[chikotntw]

Alright. A guy here with half a brain. Someone that actually has heard great music by Robert Johnson, Art Tatum, etc. and also knows about lower-grade Fender P-basses which are made in either Korea, Mexico or China.

AND HE STILL LISTENS TO THIS SHIT!

sad : (

[Joemac255]

Yeah, that Robert Johnson guy, that Leadbelly guy, they would have been so good if only they'd played vintage fenders. And if only Art Tatum played Steinways, he would have been one of the best piano players of all time. And Pino Palladino would be one of the best bass players of today if only he didn't play a Mexican-made P-Bass. Oh wait a minute... and since when does advanced syncopation make music worse? There's these things called Jazz & Funk, you might have heard of them.