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St Vincent Review
St Vincent’s artistry has been rooted in pushing boundaries since the beginning. Annie Clark’s genre-bent songs combine sculptural vocals, intense guitars and surrealistic witticisms with an intensely personal point of view, resulting in funhouse-mirror pop that gives the sensation of delighting the artist as much as it does her audience. While David Bowie and Kate Bush are obvious influences, she’s also been upfront about the way the orchestrations from early Disney films made an impression on her: “All that stuff, it’s your first introduction to magic,” she told the podcast This Song in 2019.
TL;DR
- St. Vincent performed with the Boston Pops orchestra at Symphony Hall.
- The concert featured orchestral reworkings of her music, blending her genre-bending style with symphonic arrangements.
- Annie Clark displayed technical guitar mastery and engaging, playful stage presence throughout the show.
- Key songs performed included 'Hell Is Near', 'Violent Time', 'Marrow', 'Now, Now', 'Smoking Section', 'Digital Witness', 'New York', 'Candy Darling', and 'Slow Disco'.
- The performance demonstrated how St. Vincent's art pop is intertwined with high art.