Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- "Clark has whittled a motley crew of characters who sit inside taut, ever so slightly paranoid, Byrne-influenced P-funk....Wonderful.", "Our narrator sings of cutthroats and psychopaths, toys with religious imagery, and isn't afraid to work blue...", "Annie Clark, aka ST. VINCENT, is a musical mad scientist. And her new self-titled album is her most advanced experiment to date.", "Annie Clark's bold and almost jarringly confident fourth record, St. Vincent, does not sound like it was recorded here on Earth. Its songs sprout with their own strange, squiggly lifeforms and are governed by unfamiliar laws of gravity.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Annie Clark isn't just a great songwriter. She's a great song dissector, breaking down pop's essential rhythmic, melodic and emotional components, retooling every impulse.", "ST. VINCENT earns its eponymity in how fully it embodies its creator’s essential idiosyncrasies. Of course, there is Clark’s merciless, mercurial guitar-wielding, often juxtaposed against some of her most tenderly lyrical vocal melodies.", "'Birth in Reverse,' 'Digital Witness' and 'Regret' light St. Vincent’s other vigorous fireworks displays....As in all things, Clark is very much doing her own thing."
