[ATTENDED: November 28, 2017] St. Vincent
Two summers ago St. Vincent co-headlined XPNFest. Our seats weren’t great but her show was spectacular. I was bummed that it was a co-headline, because she played five fewer songs than for her other shows, but it was still incredible. I knew I wanted to see her again.
And then she went into a kind of hiatus–she appeared doing a few things, but no tour. And then she came back with a whole new campaign–fear the future. Gone was the curly white hair and in was a whole new look. It was very day-glo and very sexy. Right down to the album cover of a woman’s ass bent over with her front end shoved through a wall.
It was a stunning visual campaign, with Annie doing filmed “interviews” while the “crew” of women walked around with their breasts and asses cut out of their body suits. There was clearly a message, although I’m not exactly sure what the message was. Or is.
And then I learned that her new tour was going to be just her on her (newly designed) guitar with backing tracks. While I didn’t doubt her ability to play to a backing track (I’ve seen her play amazingly with no backing at all), I was afraid it would lose some of the looseness that I’ve loved about her shows. (more…)
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