I Can't Turn Off What Turns Me On - My Favorite Artist This Year, St. Vincent

I wish I had known about her earlier. I just watch the wrong stuff.

I love everything Anne Clark and band do, particularly Los Ageless, Masseduction at 9:30, Pills, Digital Witness, Rattlesnake (maybe a good hiking song?), and Slow Disco (or is that Fast Slow Disco?). Someone who chose NOT to finish at the Berklee College of Music in Boston (where Utsav is studying right now). A Texan native playing in Texas.

Apparently David Bowie is an influence. Has echoes of Kylie Minogue in my mind (but she may be distant enough not to be a strong influence).



Rattlesnake

Follow the power lines back from the road
No one around so I take off my clothes
Am I the only one in the only world?
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, whoa

I see the snake holes dotted in the sand
As if the Seurat painted the Rio Grande
Am I the only the one in the only world?
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, whoa

Sweatin', sweatin'
No one is behind me
Sweatin' sweatin'
No one will ever find me

The only sound out here is my own breath
And my feet stuttering to make a path
Am I the only one in the only world?

Is that the wind finally picking up?
Is that a rattle sounding from the brush?
I'm not the only one in the only world
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, whoa