St. Vincent

Certain Songs #2449: St. Vincent – “… At The Holiday Party”

September 16, 2022 by Jim Connelly

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Album: Daddy’s Home
Year: 2021

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Gotta say, it’s pretty funny/ballsy to release a song called “At The Holiday Party” smack dab in the middle of a global pandemic that basically wiped that concept from the face of the earth.

But other than that, “At The Holiday Party” is a deeply empathetic look at someone who is — as R.E.M. once sang — “alone in a crowd.”

Certain Songs #2448: St. Vincent – “Severed Crossed Fingers”

September 15, 2022 by Jim Connelly

Album: St. Vincent
Year: 2014

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Guitarist and singer Annie Clark had been making records under the nom de song St. Vincent since 2007 when 2014’s self-titled record came out. While I think she had previously crossed my radar — and I’d checked out the album she made with David Byrne, Love This Giant, a couple of years prior — St. Vincent was the first time I listened to a whole St. Vincent album.

And the song that jumped out at me was the final track on the album, “Severed Crossed Fingers,” a achingly gorgeous synth-led torch song about hanging with someone who was having some issues.