Country : États-Unis Label : Virgin Music Genres and styles : Avant-Pop / Electronic / New Wave / Rock Year : 2024

St.Vincent – All Born Screaming

· by Alain Brunet

By 2007, with the release of her album Marry Me, the gifted Texan Annie Clark had become St.Vincent, and her alter ego went on to embody different profiles of singer and guitar heroine: both feminist and androgynous sex symbol. With Daddy’s Home, her previous album, the musician and singer perhaps brought this theatricality full circle. We’re back, temporarily at least, on Annie Clark’s side, closer to her own eclecticism and true identity as a human being. Closer to the fundamental things of her own existence, more connected to the most visceral feelings, more raw, without sumptuousness, St.Vincent here offers more conceptual diversity from a straightforward approach in which she highlights her great abilities as a singer, instrumentalist and director. All Born Screaming is about tragic death, the superficiality of relationships perverted by money, lechery, disillusionment with love and so on. Not sure this album will revive St.Vincent, whose essential cycle is behind us. Musically, she delves into post-punk, new wave, funk-rock, chamber pop (with brass and reeds), electro… but doesn’t shake up anything we already know about her or the references she draws on. This is a good album, perhaps opening the door to real reinvention, which should satisfy her base but probably won’t attract new fans.

Latest 360 Content

Classical Spree 2025 | Obiora Ensemble : A concert-feast for the eyes and ears of the whole family!

Classical Spree 2025 | Obiora Ensemble : A concert-feast for the eyes and ears of the whole family!

Tommy Crane/David Binney – The Isle

Tommy Crane/David Binney – The Isle

Orford 2025 | Stick&Bow, a tribute to transgressors

Orford 2025 | Stick&Bow, a tribute to transgressors

Curtis Nowosad – I Am Doing My Best

Curtis Nowosad – I Am Doing My Best

George Crotty Trio – Heart Music

George Crotty Trio – Heart Music

Quatuor Bozzini – Owen Underhill : Songs and Quartets

Quatuor Bozzini – Owen Underhill : Songs and Quartets

Tina Leon – Push & Pull

Tina Leon – Push & Pull

Sean Clarke – A Flower for my Daughter

Sean Clarke – A Flower for my Daughter

English National Opera Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins – Havergal Brian : Agamemnon; Sinfonia tragica; Symphony no 12

English National Opera Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins – Havergal Brian : Agamemnon; Sinfonia tragica; Symphony no 12

The Curious Bards – Sublimation: Songs and dances from 18th-century Scandinavia

The Curious Bards – Sublimation: Songs and dances from 18th-century Scandinavia

Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin – Bach, Telemann & Albinoni: Concerti

Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin – Bach, Telemann & Albinoni: Concerti

François Leleux/Lisa Batiashvili/Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Future Horizons

François Leleux/Lisa Batiashvili/Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Future Horizons

Nate Mercereau · Josh Johnson · Carlos Niño – Openness Trio

Nate Mercereau · Josh Johnson · Carlos Niño – Openness Trio

Theon Cross – Affirmations: Live At Blue Note New York

Theon Cross – Affirmations: Live At Blue Note New York

Fabia Mantwill Orchestra – In.Sight

Fabia Mantwill Orchestra – In.Sight

Hior Chronik – Apofanie

Hior Chronik – Apofanie

Kent Nagano/Rebekka Hartmann – Hartmann/Ravel/Sadikova

Kent Nagano/Rebekka Hartmann – Hartmann/Ravel/Sadikova

Frédéric Lambert; Chloé Dumoulin – Nouveau lyrisme

Frédéric Lambert; Chloé Dumoulin – Nouveau lyrisme

Sara Curruchich in concert : great songstress of mayan roots and feminist intensity

Sara Curruchich in concert : great songstress of mayan roots and feminist intensity

Steve Reich – Traveler’s Prayer

Steve Reich – Traveler’s Prayer

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Tania Leon : Horizons; Raices (Origins); Stride; Paisajes

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Tania Leon : Horizons; Raices (Origins); Stride; Paisajes

Andrew Staniland – The Laws of Nature

Andrew Staniland – The Laws of Nature

Cyrille Dubois, etc. – Geroges Bizet: Les Mélodies

Cyrille Dubois, etc. – Geroges Bizet: Les Mélodies

Subscribe to our newsletter