St. Vincent: tour and release of Marry Me
St. Vincent has signed with Beggars Banquet and will be launching a tour in July to support her debut album, Marry Me. The the first nine shows of the tour will be supported by Scout Niblett, and Death Vessel will be joining her for the final three. Marry Me will be released on July 10, four days after the tour kicks off in Annie's home state.
The touring life isn't new to Annie Clark, the curator of St. Vincent, as she has toured extensively with John Vanderslice and ,most recently, The Arcade Fire. She has also performed in Polyphonic Spree's and Sufjan Stevens' bands.
"On Marry Me we see a smartly crafted deluge of guitar, bass, and beats pulsing forward with warmth and immediacy alongside Annie’s classy soprano. Her lyrics can be weird or tongue-in-cheek or dead serious, capturing verily what it feels like to be 23 years old in America and caught up in the delirium of love blues and wartime blues and the various swashbuckling adventures of existence. Horns and strings cry out brassy and full-bodied over digital keyboards. Songs rock out vigorously, break down into squiggling post-noise-rock deconstructions, roll out mellow and slow-flowing as a river. Backing harmonies and kiddie choirs loom in the distance, rise, and lilt above the stately grandiosity. And she keeps good company. David Bowie’s longtime pianist Mike Garson shows up on two songs, as does Brian Teasley from Man or Astro-man but, mostly, it’s just Annie, a multi-instrumentalist for a new era." (MySpace)
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Fri July 06 Denton, TX Hailey's*
Sat July 07 Austin, TX The Parish*
Mon July 09 New Orleans, LA The Parish / House of Blues*
Wed July 11 Atlanta, GA The Earl*
Fri July 13 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506*
Sat July 14 Washington, DC The Rock and Roll Hotel*
Tue July 17 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
Wed July 18 Cambridge, MA Middle East*
Sat July 28 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue*
Mon July 30 Vancouver, BC Lamplighter #
Tue July 31 Seattle, WA Neumo's #
Fri Aug 03 San Francisco, CA Cafe du Nord #
* = w/ Scout Niblett
# = w/ Death Vessel