release date: Jul. 10, 2007
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,32]
producer: Annie Clark with Brian Teasley and Daniel Farris
label: Beggars Banquet - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Now, Now" (live) - 3. "Your Lips Are Red" - 4. "Marry Me" - 5. "Paris Is Burning"
Studio album debut by St. Vincent [aka Annie Clark - birth-name: Anne Erin Clark], former member and guitarist of (project-band) The Polyphonic Spree (from 2003-06). According to Clark, she had already begun work on the album before joining with The Polyphonic Spree, and while opening for Surfjan Stevens at a concert in London she made contact with Beggars Banquet.
The album has a distinct St. Vincent particular sound, which builds on chamber pop and art rock with a certain... quirkiness. It's singer / songwriter material with songs dealing with sadness and hope, love and despair. Some songs are (twee-pop) positive and others more harsh rockers.
I like it, but don't think of it as an immediate favourite.
[ allmusic.com, Slant 4 / 5 stars ]
