Daddy's Home - St. Vincent // Album Review
St. Vincent takes her musicianship to downtown New York, heels in hand, with yesterday’s paint on and no intention to relinquish any control over a spotty narrative.
released via Loma Vista Records, 14 May 2021
Annie Clark has been inhabiting her moniker through savant rounds of reinvention with each album cycle. Born out of a Nick Cave lyric, St. Vincent first reflected the experiences of youth and the friction between reality and fiction in Marry Me (2007) and Actor (2009). She then pushed the envelope of self-expression in Strange Mercy (2011) and a self-titled album (2014) before picking up latex gloves and high heels to play the dominatrix on 2017’s Masseduction. This time around, a sepia-toned deadpan stare beneath a blonde wig with a sketch of a smirk welcomes you to her latest body of work, a 70s-indebted collection of tracks (loosely) based on Clark’s father’s release from prison. Daddy’s home.
Favorites: Pay Your Way In Pain, Live in the Dream, The Melting Of The Sun, Down, Somebody Like Me, My Baby Wants A Baby
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