Annie Clark, known as St. Vincent, launched her career as a guitar virtuoso—a real shredder—in indie rock, playing alongside artists like Sufjan Stevens. As a bandleader, she’s moved away from the explosive solos, telling David Remnick, “There’s a certain amount of guitar playing that is about pride, that isn’t about the song. . . . I’m not that interested in guitar being a means of poorly covered-up pride.” Her songs are dense, challenging, and not always easy, but catchy and seductive. Remnick caught up with Clark before the launch of her new album, “MASSEDUCTION.” They talked about the clarity of purpose she needed in order to “clear a path” to write the “glamorously sad songs” she’s become known for.This segment originally aired on October 13, 2017.
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Welcome to The New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Not long ago, I spent the afternoon at a concert hall on the west side of Manhattan, where Annie Clark was getting ready for a show. Clark performs under the name St. Vincent, and she started out in indie rock. She played with artists like Sufjan Stevens. But St. Vincent was an old-school shredder, a terrific guitar player and a rock star.
As a solo artist, she's been compared to David Bowie, and her music is heady and layered and not always easy. but it's catchy and somehow seductive. St. Vincent's new album, Just Out, is called Mass Seduction. I asked her about the title track.
This is Toko Yasuda, who plays in my live band. I wanted her to pretend like she was an alien describing how to seduce someone, but in Japanese.
Why Japanese?
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