St Vincent video for Cruel
Another day, another strange and beautiful chapter to the story of Annie Clark of Dallas, Texas , that is St Vincent . The first official video from her new album Strange mercy just surfaced, directed by Terri Timely . That's actually two people, who I've just learned have made music videos for Joanna Newsom, Darwin Deez and The Little Ones , as well as working with St Vincent a few times before. This particular piece features lots of stately tracking shots and buttoned-up performances, which are spookily at odds with the film's themes of abduction, imprisonment and torture. An average day for St Vincent, says you. Meanwhile, the tune has more of her trademark distorted guitar arpeggios. One memorable shot in the video has her playing a guitar solo in the boot of a car with a sack over her head. Baroque pop is right. There are some nice notes here by Annie Clark about the video shoot, courtesy of The Huffington Post . It was an absolute pleasure working with the Terr...