St. Vincent

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2010

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Annie Clark, the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, performs under the moniker St. Vincent. She got her start playing guitar for The Polyphonic Spree and in Sufjan Stevens' touring band, then struck out on her own, playing almost every instrument on her debut album, Marry Me. Clark's most recent album, Actor, is a striking blend of beautiful vocals, orchestration, and distorted guitar.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Josh from Lichfield Park, Arizona.
0:03.0	Hi, this is Mark from Anchorage, Alaska.
0:05.0	I'm Colin Sherp from Vancouver, Canada.
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0:18.0	I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from My House in Los Angeles.
0:21.0	It's the Sound of Yen America from MaximumFund.org and PRI, public radio, international.
0:30.0	It's the Sound of Yen America, I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:35.0	We're live on the site of the Calgary Folk Festival in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
0:40.0	There are all kinds of performers here and my guest is one of them.
0:43.0	And Annie Clark performs as St. Vincent.
0:46.0	Her two records called Mary Me and Actor have been critically acclaimed and commercially successful,
0:54.0	at least on their own terms.
0:56.0	They are an eclectic and beautiful mix of her clear and sometimes sweet vocals and orchestration.
1:05.0	And her, frankly, somewhat rocking and sometimes very distorted guitar playing.
1:13.0	Let's take a listen to one of the singles from actor Merrill.
1:18.0	My circumstance too, then to the other, I'm Merrill.
1:27.0	I wish I had a chin, mine, and this, my baby, boy, mine.
1:36.0	I wish I had a chin, mine, and this, my baby, boy, mine.
1:43.0	I wish I had a chin, mine, and this, my baby, boy, mine.
1:50.0	I wish I had a chin, mine, and this, my baby, boy, mine.
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