The exceptions are the title track and the first single, “Surgeon”, which is actually one of the weaker songs on the album. ![]() Clark’s signature distorted electric guitars are in full force on most tracks. More so than ever, she’s taking the inherent grandiosity of her instrumentation to its natural conclusion, turning each track into a swelling, jangly, distorted, yet organized chaos (think Arcade Fire with feedback), rather than constantly reeling it back in, which was one of the reasons Actor felt half-baked to me. Strange Mercy marks a sonic growth for Clark. I wanted to give myself a second chance to let Clark ‘wow’ me the way she did many others with Actor two years ago. Vincent is one of the reasons I wanted to write this review for Strange Mercy. I loved a few tracks (“Actor out of Work”, “Marrow”), but it faded from my mind after a week of listening to it. Vincent, Actor, was an album that I never truly embraced. Unfortunately, Annie Clark’s sophomore album (and most successful) as St. Many of the albums I review come from artists and bands I’m comfortably familiar with, so there’s some semblance of background knowledge. ![]() When I first started writing this review, I had trouble finding the right words to lead with.
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