popjunkie88 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 i don't know about anyone else but i heard a lot of bjork influence on this that i luvvvv beginning of violent times kinda sounds like anchor song and the synths in big time nothing gives army of me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonourableVomit Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 15 hours ago, Fancyhoodlum said: omg what is this story about boxes? It was camp. Earlier in July, in London, Clark found alternative ways to conduct interviews for hours at a time. She invited some female journalists to get massages with her (too weird with men, even though she was face-down on the table the whole time, avoiding eye contact). Other writers were invited into a 10-by-10-foot pink wooden box that was constructed in a North London studio especially for the occasion. Her interrogators had to duck through a low door to enter the blacklit space. "Not full-on crawl, because that's a little heavy-handed," she clarified. Inside, she looped a pedal steel recording and lit a Diptyque candle that struggled to mask the paint fumes. There was her press cycle in 2017 for the album Masseduction, during which she made journalists crawl into a small, pink wooden box in London for interviews and chose to play prerecorded answers or check her email if someone asked a boring question. After GQ published a profile of Clark in 2019, the writer Molly Young posted a now-deleted addendum to the piece on her own website describing how much Clark seemed to hate the entire process. She reportedly barely looked at Young, gave extremely short answers to her questions, and at one point asked her with "audible hostility" if she "liked doing this." "Why had she agreed to this story?" Young wrote. "St. Vincent does not need to be in GQ. This is an elective activity." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kh-Loud Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Honestly, I've played this album back to back several already while I was at work and the only actual criticism I have for it is that it's too short It's AOTY for me along with CC I love stanning quality music 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campelo Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 the army of me and wanderlust reference was so clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shookspeare Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 48 minutes ago, campelo said: the army of me and wanderlust reference was so clear wait this tea... wanderlust is the blueprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor fanboy Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 This is such a morning album. Love having coffee with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VENUSWAVE Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 now is it just me who certain melodies of Sweetest Fruit remind of SWEET by Beyoncé? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edibles. Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Honestly kind of nervous to listen to this album. I stanned during Self-Titled Era and Masseduction. Daddy's Home kind of lost me ngl, had a few good songs but the press cycle was annoying. I only listened to the lead once when it came out, and not the other singles because I want to experience the entire project as one whole meal. Watching the Zane Lowe interview now though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dareeyecare Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 1 hour ago, Edibles. said: Honestly kind of nervous to listen to this album. I stanned during Self-Titled Era and Masseduction. Daddy's Home kind of lost me ngl, had a few good songs but the press cycle was annoying. I only listened to the lead once when it came out, and not the other singles because I want to experience the entire project as one whole meal. Watching the Zane Lowe interview now though It bodies daddy's home tbh. And I thought daddy's was pretty great. It's like… similar Quality of actor - through her self titled period of albums. Production is nuts It's my new favorite - but I feel like it'll be viewed as in her top 3 by many fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudbusting Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 what i love most about this is that there are clear influences from her past work + others, but everything feels... fresh and evolved? like it never feels like a retread or a pastiche even if those referential points are clear because it's still so undeniably Annie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonourableVomit Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 The Power's Out being the evolution of Prince Jonny and The Laughing Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 today's ranking 01 Broken Man 02 The Power's Out 03 Violent Times 04 Hell is Near 05 Flea 06 Reckless 07 All Born Screaming 1st half 08 Big Time Nothing 09 Sweetest Fruit 10 So Many Planets 11 All Born Screaming 2nd half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Slayne Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 13 hours ago, JoeAg said: the fact that the second listen through i'm doing right now in my quiet apartment without the noise of the rainy streets last night is even better? jfc, album of the year for sure! I mean that solo in So Many Planets is GNARLY god and the TITLE TRACK RIGHT AFTER THAT? oh man, this is the definition of a progressive rock masterpiece! she's the 21st century Pink Floyd as one person imo AOTYanka I fear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NordicGuy Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 This is how I feel after listening to it more than 10 times: 1. Violent Times 10/10 2. All Born Screaming 10/10 3. The Power's Out 10/10 4. Hell Is Near 10/10 5. So Many Planets 9,5/10 6. The Sweetest Fruit 9,5/10 7. Reckless 9,5/10 8. Broken Man 7/10 9. Big Time Nothing 6/10 10. Flea 6/10 I'm still holding out hope that the singles start opening up to me but so far it's not looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonourableVomit Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Can't Believe I sat through an hour long Zane Lowe interview and he just talked over her the whole time and kept trying to put words in her mouth and telling his own stories. But for 5-10 minutes of that hour, she was spilling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edibles. Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 1 hour ago, HonourableVomit said: Can't Believe I sat through an hour long Zane Lowe interview and he just talked over her the whole time and kept trying to put words in her mouth and telling his own stories. But for 5-10 minutes of that hour, she was spilling. I feel like I learned absolutely NOTHING about this album from the interview! It felt like more of a standard conversation and not an album interview. Zane is usually pretty good - but this was… not! Also worth nothing this was probably filmed in January/February because he brought up his interview with Ari*na Gr*nde and said it was a few days prior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dareeyecare Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 3 hours ago, NordicGuy said: This is how I feel after listening to it more than 10 times: 1. Violent Times 10/10 2. All Born Screaming 10/10 3. The Power's Out 10/10 4. Hell Is Near 10/10 5. So Many Planets 9,5/10 6. The Sweetest Fruit 9,5/10 7. Reckless 9,5/10 8. Broken Man 7/10 9. Big Time Nothing 6/10 10. Flea 6/10 I'm still holding out hope that the singles start opening up to me but so far it's not looking good. 1. (tie) Violent Times / Broken Man 10/10 3.Big Time Nothing - 10/10 4.Reckless - 10/10 5.Flea - 10/10 6.Hell is Near - 10/10 7.The Power's Out 10/10 8.All Born Screaming 9.8/10 9.So Many Planets - 9/10 10.Sweetest Fruit - 8.8/10 I feel strongly the first 7 tracks are her most powerful run to date. Weigh in the incredible production, variety and raw performances and it's a far 10/10 for me. Modern Classic. My least fav tracks on this album are still major major highlights and I love them. Can't stress how the first 2 tracks floored me leading into the singles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeawish Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 2 hours ago, HonourableVomit said: Can't Believe I sat through an hour long Zane Lowe interview and he just talked over her the whole time and kept trying to put words in her mouth and telling his own stories. that sounds exactly like every zane lowe interview i've ever listened to, why do they pay this man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Yeah I can't stand Zane Low. He is just the most annoying interviewer. He always makes it about himself and asks the most uninteresting questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On The Bound Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Violent Times-The Power's Out is genuinely one of the most insane 1-2 punches ever Annie Clark the LEGEND that you are 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendulum Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Can I just say that the art direction this era is nothing short of AMAZING?? like.. HELLO?! Personally, I would have loved any of these shots as the album cover 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendulum Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Actor Masseduction ST All Born Screaming Strange Mercy Marry Me Daddy's Home Discog ranking.... I need to listen to ABS more and maybe revisit her whole discog cause honestly I don't remember much of Marry Me and SM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dareeyecare Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 1.All Born Screaming 2.STV (self titled) 3.Strange Mercy 4.Actor 5.Masseduction 6.Daddy's Home 7.Marry Me I love them all so much, but the top two, especially- are absolute God Tier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kh-Loud Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 (edited) The album production is getting soooo much better when you have the melodies memorized… Ooh idk, this might be top 2 In ha discog 1. Misunderstood 2. All Born Screaming 3. Self titled Edited April 27 by Kh-Loud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melly_ Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Freaking great album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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