History Music / StVincent

In 2013, Annie was awarded the Smithsonian's American Ingenuity Award in the Performing Arts.

* FaceOnTheCover : The albums ''[[https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0652637291926.jpg Actor]]'' and ''[[http://images.rapgenius.com/cf6ac70704b2ac1a8a4d62705cffbc4a.998x1000x1.jpg Marry Me]]'' simply have Annie Clark on the cover in her signature clear wide eyed gaze.

As of 2017, she has released five albums:

As of 2014, she has released five albums:

St. Vincent is the {{stage name}} of multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Annie was part of Music/ThePolyphonicSpree (a choral symphonic rock band) and part of Music/SufjanStevens' touring band before going solo with the name St. Vincent, which she claims to be either a reference to Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, where the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in 1953, or her grandmother's middle name.

You can download the first track from her new album ''St. Vincent'', [[http://ilovestvincent.com/ here]].

'''St. Vincent''' is the {{stage name}} of multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Annie was part of Music/ThePolyphonicSpree (a choral symphonic rock band) and part of {{Sufjan Stevens}}' touring band before going solo with the name St. Vincent, which she claims to be either a reference to Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, where the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in 1953, or her grandmother's middle name.

** "Chloe In The Afternoon" shares its name with the 1972 Eric Rohmer French film([[InNameOnly though the content in both is largely unrelated]]).

** "Chloe In The Afternoon" shares its name with the 1972 Eric Rohmer French film([[InNameOnly though the content in both is largely unrelated]]).

** "Chloe In The Afternoon" shares its name with the 1972 Eric Rohmer French film. ([[InNameOnly Though the content in both is largely unrelated]]).

St. Vincent also opened shows to diverse bands like Television, {{Arcade Fire}}, {{Death Cab for Cutie}}, Grizzly Bear and Andrew Bird. She and Bon Iver also composed the song ''Roslyn'', part of the ''{{New Moon}}'' soundtrack- as one of the examples of critically-acclaimed musicians associated with the ''{{Twilight}}'' movies.

* RaisedCatholic: The reason why religious imagery is so prevalent throughout many of her songs...even though she doesn't really identify as being particularly religious.

* RaisedCatholic: Catholic religious imagery is prevalent throughout many of her songs.

* RaisedCatholic

* EpicRocking : Interestingly subverted, St. Vincent songs are always economical while still being able to showcase her crazy awesome guitar skills. It's during live performances where you can REALLY see her cut loose as she regularly extends her guitar solos.

** Really each album got progressively darker, moderately on the cereberal ''Actor'' and more intensely on the moody ''Strange Mercy'', though ''St Vincent'' seemed to smooth over some of her harsher edges for a more cohesive feel.

[[caption-width-right:345: The Patron Saint of Guitar Shreds and Lyrical Dissonance]]

* ObligatoryBondageSong: With references to "horsehair whips", safe words ("who will hear/hear your word?"), and masochism ("heal my hurt"), "Chloe In the Afternoon" can definitely be interpreted as this.

* FunWithPalindromes: Before she was St. Vincent and was a student of the Berklee College of Music, she released an EP titled ''Ratsliveonnoevilstar''.

'''St. Vincent''' is the {{stage name}} of multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Annie was part of Music/ThePolyphonicSpree (a choral symphonic rock band) and part of the {{Sufjan Stevens}}' touring band before going solo with the name St. Vincent, which she claims to be either a reference to Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, where the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in 1953, or her grandmother's middle name.

* NervousWreck : Exemplified when she was younger. She's had anxiety attacks since she was around 8 or 9. Fortunately, they've gotten better since and she has them less often.

* ObligatoryBondageSong: With references to "horsehair whips", safe words ("who will hear/hear your word?"), and masochism ("heal my hurt"), "Chloe In the Afternoon" can be interpreted as this.

* SelftitledAlbum: It took her four albums to get there, but she got there.

As of 2014, she has released five albums, one of them a collaboration with David Byrne:

* ''Love This Giant'' (2012)

St. Vincent is the {{stage name}} of multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Annie was part of Music/ThePolyphonicSpree [a choral symphonic rock band] and part of the {{Sufjan Stevens}}' touring band before going solo with the name St. Vincent, which she claims to be either a reference to Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, where the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in 1953, or her grandmother's middle name.