This is Fresh Air. I'm David B. in Cooley. St. Vincent is a singer, songwriter, guitarist,

multi-instrumentalist, and a multi-grammy award winner. Her guitar playing can be shredding,

and her songs often can be dark, but her lyrics typically read like poetry. She's been making

music as a solo artist for 17 years across seven albums. New York Times

music critic John Perelis described her as, quote, a grown-up fascinated by personas, gender roles,

connections, obligations, self-destructive behavior, and looming mortality. In addition to her own albums, she co-wrote the Taylor

Swift song, Cruel Summer, and the Olivia Rodriguez song, obsessed, and recorded an album of duets with

David Byrne. On her new album, St. Vincent Live in London, she's backed by the 60-piece Jules Buckley Orchestra on stage at London's

Royal Albert Hall. It was recorded last September. Let's listen to a track from it. This is

Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, the winter never comes. In Loseless, the mothers milk they're young

But I can keep running

Oh, I can keep running

I

Oh, I

The low sages

sang out by the bar

burn the pages

of unwritten memoirs

but I can keep

running

oh I can keep running

I

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