St. Vincent Confirms New Self-Titled Album Out Feb 25 via Loma Vista

HEAR "BIRTH IN REVERSE": http://youtu.be/0c5BhXdVBqw

St. Vincent—aka Annie Clark—will release her self-titled fourth album February 25 via Loma Vista. The record's 11 tracks showcase Clark at her most assured and gripping, as she meshes distorted, aggressive electric guitars and synthesizer arrangements on top of an infectious rhythm section and relentless percussion. You can stream "Birth In Reverse" here: http://youtu.be/0c5BhXdVBqw

"I knew the groove needed to be paramount," Clark says of the album, which she arranged and demoed extensively in Austin before heading into the studio in Dallas to record. She enlisted Dap-Kings drummer Homer Steinweiss and frequent collaborator McKenzie Smith of Midlake to share drum duties, while she returned to producer John Congleton to take the sonic potential they'd only just begun to tap with 'Strange Mercy' into dramatic new territory. "I wanted to make a party record you could play at a funeral."

The result is Clark's most riveting work yet. "Bring Me Your Loves" is a frenzied freakout, but even less frantic tracks like "Severed Crossed Fingers" still deliver her trademark blend of the beautiful and surreal. At the heart of all her music, though, lie larger questions about what it means to be human and the ways in which we seek to find meaning in our lives. "Regret" catches her at a moment of immense vulnerability, while "I Prefer Your Love" may be the purest expression of affection she's ever written. "Digital Witness" tackles identity in the era of Instagram, with Clark singing, "If I can't show it / If you can't see me / What's the point of doing anything?"

The album follows her last solo release, 2011's 'Strange Mercy,' which was called "one of the year's best" by the New York Times and "something to behold" by Pitchfork. The record cemented her status as one of her generation's most fearsome and inventive guitarists, earned her the covers of SPIN, Paper, and Under the Radar, performances everywhere from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Fallon to Letterman and Conan, and a year-long sold-out tour of her biggest venues to date around the world. She appeared on the hit IFC series Portlandia and graced the pages of Vogue's coveted September issue. In 2012, she teamed with David Byrne to release 'Love This Giant,' another critical smash that was dubbed "marvelous" by the New Yorker and "magical" by NPR. This fall, she received the Smithsonian's American Ingenuity Award in the Performing Arts category.

'St. Vincent' Tracklisting:
1. Rattlesnake
2. Birth In Reverse
3. Prince Johnny
4. Huey Newton
5. Digital Witness
6. I Prefer Your Love
7. Regret
8. Bring Me Your Loves
9. Psychopath
10. Every Tear Disappears
11. Severed Crossed Fingers

St. Vincent On The Web:
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