St. Vincent-Actor (2009)

Genre: Indie, Pop, GREAT!
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Tracklist

01 The Strangers
02 Save Me From What I Want
03 Neighbors
04 Actor Out of Work
05 Black Rainbow
06 Laughing With a Mouth of Blood
07 Marrow
08 The Bed
09 The Party
10 Just the Same But Brand New
11 The Sequel

When idiosyncratic guitar-shredder Annie Clark released her first album as St. Vincent, she named it after a running joke from "Arrested Development", arguably the greatest televised comedy of all time. So it's time to start speculating about Actor, the former Polyphonic Spree cultist's forthcoming second album. What's the story with that title? Team America inside joke? Open letter to casting directors of indie romantic comedies? I hope it's the latter. Seriously, she would kill it.

4AD will release Actor on May 5. Clark produced the album herself alongside Modest Mouse boardsman John Congleton. She also sings and plays guitar, bass, and keyboard on it, which might indicate why it's taken her two years to release her Marry Me follow-up. The album will also feature woodwinds, French horns, and three percussionists, all of which are fitting considering Clark's Sufjan connections.