St. Vincent - Actor
There's something miraculous about the way St. Vincent brings so many different elements to an album as aesthetically cohesive as Actor. "The Strangers" beckons you down into the rabbithole, a dark and surreal maze quasi-soothed by bouncy reminders like "paint the black hole blacker." Light flickers across the shadows ("Black Rainbow"), the air grows thick ("The Neighbors"), and the earth shakes ("Actor Out of Work"), but nothing ever crumbles. Slowly revealing itself over the first of many listens to follow, Actor's infinite array of nuanced detours and subtle surprises make for the perfect perpetual listening experience. As the song title alludes, every listen leaves you just the same but brand new.
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