I really enjoyed the Masseduction tour, although it was a bit odd--just her with pre-recorded backing. Her sense of visuals is off the charts, and on the rare occasions that she did let loose--I think "Rattlesnake" was one of those occasions--she really did shred (and lost part of her outfit).
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 8 February 2024 04:20 (four months ago) link
It sounds urgent and psychotic, in equal parts the most caustic sound and also, I think, the most sonically blooming. It’s high stakes and intentional. The last record, I was approaching tough subjects with a lot of biting humour and wit. I put on a wig, I was prancing around, it was so fun. This record is darker and harder and more close to the bone. I’d say it’s my least funny record yet! There’s nothing cute about it. I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever done.
https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/st-vincent-new-album-exclusive/
Self-produced, so no Antonoff
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Friday, 16 February 2024 19:39 (three months ago) link
That sounds like very good news.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 16 February 2024 19:43 (three months ago) link
I thought she was great opening for Roxy Music. I was honestly surprised, since I hadn't really been jibing with her vibe.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 February 2024 19:54 (three months ago) link
yeah I liked that material live more than I liked the album. she's a great performer always though
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:23 (three months ago) link
this person provokes a strong reaction somehow
― Swen, Friday, 23 February 2024 17:00 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYJxPg6quL4
oh she's making a nine inch nails album, cool. this is easily the most interested i've ever been in her
― ufo, Thursday, 29 February 2024 14:17 (three months ago) link
Mid '00s/Trent Reznor listening to DFA throwback vibes?
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 29 February 2024 16:24 (three months ago) link
I think I'm officially off the bus.
― Cow_Art, Thursday, 29 February 2024 18:27 (three months ago) link
Back on the bus
― Kraal Disorientation Chamber (emsworth), Thursday, 29 February 2024 18:34 (three months ago) link
that is...fine
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:22 (three months ago) link
Kind of Rattlesnake with different sonics I guess? a cool groove with a very precise build and some fun gonzo guitar stuff. But I am here for that much more than whatever wood-panelled retro 70s shit she was doing previously.
― Kraal Disorientation Chamber (emsworth), Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:37 (three months ago) link
It is quite Peej-y to my ears.
― Piedie Gimbel, Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:49 (three months ago) link
Yee haw this is great
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:55 (three months ago) link
Between this and Chelsea Wolfe the good '90s are back
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Thursday, 29 February 2024 21:00 (three months ago) link
I loved St Vincent but the last album was just plain bad and really put me off ever being excited about anything new so I wont be pre-ordering this time (though I haven't played that new song yet) I really hope she's back on form though.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 29 February 2024 21:18 (three months ago) link
well that was annoyingly not awful, ugh
― Swen, Thursday, 29 February 2024 23:30 (three months ago) link
― Piedie Gimbel, Thursday, February 29, 2024 7:49 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
way too perfect
― Swen, Thursday, 29 February 2024 23:34 (three months ago) link
with st. vincent's music since the s/t... i think it probably doesn't hold its own next to its influences, all else being equal
except that all else _isn't_ equal. she's always _had_ to be a visual performer. she's a woman who plays rock guitar. the success of a woman in rock is in large part measured by how much her fans want to fuck her.
which is a lot of where my unease about liking her music came from, early on. i remember seeing her in '11 or '12 in the egyptian room with my ex, and my ex complaining about all of the _guys_ there. (my ex had a bit of a misandrist streak.) i didn't want to fuck her. i wanted to _be_ her.
i haven't wanted to be her, or anybody else but me, for a little while now. she's still something of a role model for me. she's queer, femme-presenting, neurodiverse-coded (it's always been in her _choreography_, the way she _moves_. a lot of david byrne in there.) the way she navigates those things, the way she presents herself to an audience...
and the way gender plays into it as well. singing about being a "broken man". some people would think of me as a "broken man" - not a woman, but a _mutilated_ man. a man who's had _irreversible damage_ done to him. is how some people would frame me. i genuinely think that's pretty funny. with st. vincent... well, she's a woman who plays rock guitar. doing that _does_ almost seem inherently gender non-conforming.
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 1 March 2024 01:03 (three months ago) link
I'm getting Muse vibes from the new single. I was hoping for more after the disappointment of the last album, but this does nothing for me.
― kitchen person, Friday, 1 March 2024 01:25 (three months ago) link
Kate very much otm
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 1 March 2024 01:31 (three months ago) link
The track sounds totally generic, it’s like a mid-tier Lost Highway soundtrack song.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 1 March 2024 02:19 (three months ago) link
I'm getting Muse vibes from the new single.
haha can't unhear this
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 1 March 2024 13:53 (three months ago) link
way to put me off even giving it a listen
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Friday, 1 March 2024 14:27 (three months ago) link
“Broken Man” is the first thing I’ve heard since “Birth In Reverse” that I’m into - there’s a forward momentum that’s been missing since she went even more art rock/art project. Nice guitars too.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 11 March 2024 18:29 (three months ago) link
Second single "Flea" out today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E65yRApR9UU
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:49 (two months ago) link
NYT profile:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/arts/music/st-vincent-all-born-screaming.html
― jaymc, Thursday, 18 April 2024 16:15 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWW4tFuzxGE
this is decent
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 20:54 (one month ago) link
reminds me of peter gabriel, u2's "numb"
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 20:55 (one month ago) link
Ha yeah, the spoken word part is very Numb. This is probably the best of the songs so far, but these are all leaving me cold. Her albums used to feel like such an event and I just don't feel hyped for this new one at all.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 00:36 (one month ago) link
she really peaked with 'actor'. anything else i've heard hasn't hit nearly as hard. stunning record.
― maelin, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 00:45 (one month ago) link
idk this new material is the most interested i've ever been in her
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 06:41 (one month ago) link
VMIC in the Criterion Closet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPQG0BKNVqY
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 April 2024 00:22 (one month ago) link
Genuine WOW tho at her not being familiar with Ackerman.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 April 2024 00:24 (one month ago) link
Album is fun!
― Tim F, Friday, 26 April 2024 00:28 (one month ago) link
wow this is such a peter gabriel album
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 04:06 (one month ago) link
lol "violent times" sounds like muse??? but one of their ballads
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 04:07 (one month ago) link
i don't love it but i think this is my favourite album of hers, it's pretty good. the verse about sophie's death feels awkward and in poor taste though and i see people are already upset about it
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 04:20 (one month ago) link
i have generally really dug clark's work all the way since actor, not listened to this album yet. pretty stoked
reading this thread i'm like "yes!" "no." "yes!" "no." "ew, man i hope not" "YES!"
ok all the neg shit is about muse tbh
― schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Friday, 26 April 2024 04:25 (one month ago) link
I'm shocked how much I enjoyed this. The singles were not representative at all. Broken Man is still one of my least favourite songs she's done, but overall this is a step up from Daddy's Home despite some clunky lyrics.
― kitchen person, Friday, 26 April 2024 14:11 (one month ago) link
I loved St Vincent but the last album was just plain bad and really put me off ever being excited about anything new so I wont be pre-ordering this time (though I haven't played that new song yet) I really hope she's back on form though.― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 29 February 2024 21:18 (two months ago)
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 29 February 2024 21:18 (two months ago)
I like it and ordered the LP.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Friday, 3 May 2024 21:40 (one month ago) link
I finally gave this a listen last night; I need to listen to it more but it seemed much stronger than the last two (I didn't care for the last one, though it was fun seeing some of those songs live when she opened for Roxy Music).
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 6 June 2024 13:27 (one week ago) link