Annie Clark is keeping it together despite falling apart over her new video for “Cheerleader” off her third album, “Strange Mercy” released last September. Hailed as one of the best albums of the year, the Berklee College of Music dropout and current New York resident’s music teeters between whimsy and madness. Who knew such booming cathartic vocals and heavy static guitar riffs could come from such a sweet looking woman?

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St. Vincent – “Cheerleader”

Guest post by Ariana H.