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April 9, 2007

New St. Vincent - "Now. Now."

The buzz on St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark) has been roaring for awhile now, and she's worth every drop. The 24-year-old Polyphonic Spree trouper/Sufjan-touring-brigade member instigated a bit of a bidding war last year, and the folks at Beggars were lucky enough to scoop her up and good enough to unleash this single from her forthcoming album. The track is a mover, starting all sweet-like but getting stirred up with a dose of fusion-y fretless bass, devolving into a delirious, cataclysmic outro.

St. Vincent - "Now. Now." (MP3)

Marry Me is out 7/10 on Beggars Banquet. St. Vincent will be preaching the gospel on the road this and next month (including a stop at Sasquatch!). Tour dates after the jump.

04/09 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court*
04/10 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive*
04/12 Ames, IA @ The M Shop*
04/13 Chicago, IL @ Lake Shore Theater*
04/14 Grand Rapids, MI @ Ladies Literary Club*
04/15 Athens, OH Ohio University @ The Union*
04/17 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s*
04/18 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s*
04/19 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge*
04/20 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs*
04/25 Washington, DC @ The Rock And Roll Hotel*
04/26 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506*
04/28 Charleston, SC @ The Map Room*
04/29 Columbia, SC @ The (Art) Garage*
04/30 Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club*
05/01 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree*
05/02 St. Louis, MO St. Louis University @ Biliken Club*
05/03 Springfield, MO Randy Bacon Gallery*
05/05 Denton, TX @ Dan’s Silverleaf*
05/06 Austin, TX @ Emo’s*
05/08 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified*
05/09 San Diego, CA @ Casbah*
05/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Largo*
05/27 George, WA (Sasquatch! Festival)

* with John Vanderslice

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Man, this is a great song. I'm going to see her at The (Art) Garage, and I'm really curious to see what people think of her. Plus the show should be amazing. I'm probably more excited about her than Vanderslice.

Posted by: Tug at 04/09/07 4:13 PM | Reply
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She's an INSANE guitar player! she's great, nice post Stereogum.

Posted by: dusty at 04/09/07 4:40 PM | Reply
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If you like Joanna Newsome, you will probably also like this crap. Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Amy Winehouse, Feist she is not. Actually I could go on listing female folk poppy indie vocalists that she is not and the only one that I can think she is as bad as is Joanna Newsome. I don't buy the hype.

Why the hell is she touring w/ Homeslice?! At least he makes good muzak.

Posted by: fratboyz at 04/09/07 5:05 PM | Reply
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She's fucking awesome and this is great.

Good stereogum

Posted by: Bobby at 04/09/07 5:24 PM | Reply
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As Sufjan alumni go, I like her a hell of a lot more than My Brightest Diamond.

Posted by: Erin at 04/09/07 5:34 PM | Reply
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i'm so glad to see a post about her - i saw her open for midlake last month, was wary of her (not a joanna newsom fan and i thought she'd be a clone), and she absolutely blew me away. i think she's going to be huge.

Posted by: cait at 04/09/07 5:42 PM | Reply
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wow, that was hideous.

Posted by: rkan at 04/11/07 6:17 PM | Reply
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I saw her open for Sufjan Stevens in the middle of November in Sweden last year and it was just amazing. Everyone in the audience was stunned. She said: "This song is called... 'Marry Me Sufjan Stevens'... No, wait, 'Marry Me John'." She's so cute. I am really looking forward to the album!

Posted by: Olle at 04/15/07 5:40 PM | Reply
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very very happy for Annie Clark! mostly seen her play solo; the arrangements on this track are bomb. yep, she's definitely got IT.

Posted by: su at 04/16/07 9:35 AM | Reply
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I love St. vincent or aka Anne Clark, I saw her at the Arcade Fire show in deer lake park. I found her music very entertaining and enlightening. I definatly think everyone should check her out expecaily live. All the best in the future Anne

-Vancouver B.C. Canada

Posted by: katie at 08/04/07 11:31 AM | Reply
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Annie's persona Is almost the reversal of Hedwick and his angry inch, hip and faulted and full of irony.

But I'm crazy for this Indy Chick, her band, and the doses of their magic which takes us to higher levels of energy.

Posted by: BillieTBill at 06/29/08 8:36 PM | Reply
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