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St. Vincent’s sophomore release where she captured something closer to her now signature style: Dark witty lyrics with distorted lush guitars.
Film is a surprisingly large influence this time around as Annie Clark watched several Disney films from her youth on mute and composed music along to her favorite scenes to create sharp atmospheric soundscapes.
“Actor” Q&A
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What has the artist said about the album?
Because I got so obsessed with the idea of being a filmmaker who was making music, I started to think about casting in terms of the instrumentation, and started thinking, “Oh, well, the woodwinds will be this thing that represents this absolute purity and whimsy,” And then the guitar will be this sort of scary monster that comes in and threatens to topple the entire piece.
– via NPR
I would say it deals with love as well, but it’s also kind of about the subtle ways in which we deceive ourselves and deceive others–a lot of the difference between the appearance of something and the reality. I wanted to make something that was more like what grown-ups do. Marry Me was – in a good way – and in an appropriate way, sort of teenage. I wanted to make something that was more human, more real.
– via The Village Voice
