All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

All Born Screaming

by St. Vincent

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    Best, Favorite, & Most Interesting Albums Of 2024

    Mark
    • Genre: Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Indie Rock, Experimental.
    • Influenced by: David Bowie, Talking Heads, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Nine Inch Nails.
    • Similar artists: Björk, Grimes, Arca, SOPHIE, Roxy Music, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno.
    • About this album: The seventh studio album from St. Vincent (Annie Clark), showcasing a heavier, more experimental sound with a focus on industrial rock, noise rock, and avant-garde elements. Clark's innovative guitar work and distinctive vocals are front and center, exploring themes of alienation, anxiety, and the complexities of modern life.
    • Metacritic Score: 89 (universal acclaim).
    • Grammy Nominations: Best Alternative Album, Best Alternative Music Performance "Flea," Best Rock Song "Broken Man," Best Rock Performance "Broken Ma
    • Song To Sample: "Flea," a driving and aggressive track that showcases Clark's innovative guitar work and the album's raw energy. Some guy on drums named (checks notes) Dave Grohl. Other tracks on the album feature collaborations with notable musicians like Josh Freese, and Mark Guiliana.
    • Trivia Bonus: The name St. Vincent comes from the line "And Dylan Thomas died drunk in / St. Vincent's hospital" from the Nick Cave song "There She Goes My Beautiful World."
  • LAFANDAR by Heems, Lapgan Still Nervous by Bad Nerves This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway by Lola Young Moon Mirror by Nada Surf

    2024 Top 20

    Adam Wood

    Annie Clark’s previous three LPs have taken 2nd, 6th and 9th on this list respectively. An achievement made all the more remarkable by the fact of each St Vincent record existing so distinctly in its own sonic and aesthetic world. Apple Music informs me that St Vincent is my third-most-played artist of 2024, and part of the appeal is undeniably the rich breadth available across the seven solo studio LPs to date.

    All Born Screaming almost winks at its title by starting quiet, with the table-setting ‘Hell is Near’. It’s not until the pining vocal is overtaken by invasive synth stabs at 2:39 on second track ‘Reckless’, that things really take off. Then lead single ‘Broken Man’ arrives: all disjointed limbs and uncontainable bass eruptions, track and video alike bring to mind that near namesake of Clark’s pseudonym: St Vitus’ dance. ‘Flea’ is thick and rolling, before ‘Big Time Nothing’ takes things to the dancefloor, with a detectable tinge of the previous album’s 70s funk/disco influence.

    In short, All Born Screaming sounds unlike anything else, and yet entirely like the latest series of explorations by a restlessly inventive artist. Clark’s daunting command of her craft (this record also marking her first solo outing on production duties) allows her to go where her heart takes her, and always yields fascinating results. By the time Cate Le Bon shows up for the title-track/album closer, any surprise that the song evolves half-way through into opera-meets-electropop, should itself have transfigured into awe.

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    Best of 2024

    Jason Dettbarn

    One of rock music's most talented guitar players and performers. All Born Screaming is her best album since her self-titled 2014 album.

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