Musical Discovery - St. Vincent

Before we move onto other parts of the world with musical discovery, I have to talk about St. Vincent.  A relatively well known indie pop/rock artist, St. Vincent is one of my favorite current American artists.  St. Vincent is the stage name of the singer songwriter Annie Clark.  To date she has released three incredibly colorful and wonderfully different albums.

Her first album Marry Me is definitely the most accessible of the three albums that she's released.  With a strong pop sound coupled with a myriad of wildly different instrumentations, she forges a fun and enjoyable debut album.  Starting with 'Now, Now', her album throws interesting chords directly at the listener.  Paired with her voice, it's an experience that's just plain different from any current pop artist out there.  Getting to track 4 is the titular track Marry Me.  While not the most memorable track on the album, it makes awesome use of panning and is a completely solid song in its own right.  Chugging along is 'Paris Is Burning', which is perhaps the most popular and memorable track on the album.  To be fair, that exact song is how I got hooked into St. Vincent's sound back in 2008 and ever since I just always come back to the song.  With an awesome cello line and a surprisingly refreshing meter change from 4/4 to 3/4, it's just an awesome song that I could listen to for hours.  After that, the remaining songs kinda pale in comparison to me, but are each incredibly well thought out and good songs.