Yesterday St. Vincent had a show on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the first musician to ever play there. You can see her in a little over a month here at the Walker, when she plays two back to back shows in the McGuire Theater on October 2—7 pm and 10 pm. This Walker show will kick off her fall tour, where she will play behind her new album Strange Mercy (out September 13).
The first video for a track off her new album just premiered. The song is called “Cruel” and you can watch it here:
The new album’s first single, “Surgeon” is a real doozy. Pitchfork recently called it a “powerful and cerebral comeback” and named it one of their Best New Tracks, read the review and listen here.
This video for “Laughing with a Mouthful of Blood” (off her last album Actor) is my personal fave and features two of the Portlandia folks, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, back when they were ThunderAnt.
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