St. Vincent - Actor

St. Vincent - Actor
Actor marks the second release from former Polyphonic Spree/Sufjan Stevens guitarist Annie Clark. It's as much a departure from her first solo release, Marry Me, as a continuation of it. Actor shows Clark expanding upon the grand arrangements touched upon on Marry Me, but still retains an aspect of intimacy. Clark is largely influenced by film scores on Actor, an influence easily seen through the compositions. Her voice has the ability to drive a song forward or provide a rich and soothing addition to a track. As well as possessing a powerful and haunting voice, Clark is a proficient and effective guitar player. However, to the listener's pleasure she does not lean on her skills on the guitar when songwriting but instead melds seemingly simple progressions into haunting pop-infused masterpieces featuring a variety of instruments. Clark lays down the guitar, bass, and key parts and is helped by a conglomerate of friends including woodwind contributions by Hideaki Aomori (Sufjan Stevens) and Alex Sopp (Philip Glass, Björk). Actor doesn't shy away from dissonance and in true St. Vincent style traverses from melancholic to playful themes effortlessly, both lyrically and musically.

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