St Vincent Surgeon from 4 AD Session

View the full session at In September of this year, St Vincent took a giant leap forward with the release of third album, Strange Mercy. This time out Annie Clark was to combine her longcelebrated musical virtuosity with ambitious songwriting that ran a gamut of emotional cadences, all the while underpinned by a colourful sense of melody. Recording these songs live for the first time, St Vincent has performed four tracks from Strange Mercy for the tenth visual installment in the 4AD Session series. Shot at ShangriLa Studios in the heart of the Brooklyn film and photography district in Greenpoint, the session was recorded with Annie s new band, Daniel Mintseris (keys), Toko Yasuda (moog) and Matthew Johnson (drums). Given St Vincent s transgression from the underground to the pop spotlight over the course of three studio albums, it s somewhat fitting that ShangriLa host the session having initially earned its name as a secret spot known only through word