St. Vincent (Annie Clark) – Marry Me Review
I ran across St. Vincent aka Annie Clark quite randomly. I am trying to figure out which song opened the door to me deciding to review this album. I think my curiosity even overlooked the fact that St. Vincent and the title Marry Me gave off that Christian-y vibe that would usually have me running away. It’s weird for me being a non-Christian to listen to artists who are quite open about their beliefs. It asks the question whether I would’ve bothered to listen to Sufjan Stevens had I known…
Anyway back to Annie Clark, religion aside, she’s a 25-year old singer/song writer from Tulsa, Oklahoma with one hell of a beautiful voice. She’s a member of the Polyphonic Spree (who also kinda scare me).
Marry Me does contain some religious lyrics but I’m doing my best to ignore it. Almost everything is sung beautifully on “Marry Me”. With more of a soul/jazzy vibe on these songs it reminds me a bit of some of the songs on Feist’s Let It Die. None of the songs on the album are overly addictive but I find that all these songs are solid and are carried by Clark’s vocal prowess when things are getting dull. I think it’s a great album from top to bottom though at some points I wish I had more substance but I think I guess it gets coming with the style.
I also think her voice is kind of deep in some areas and I guess I don’t enjoy the lack of femininity (at those times…hmm this statement doesn’t come off the way I like it to). Either way there are some beautiful tracks on Marry Me. The titled song “Marry Me”, I would change my name to John for that song…
Rating: 4 out of 5.
Check out my two favorite tracks.
I hardly think of this as “Christian” music. But then again, I don’t think of a deep voice as not “feminine” either.