St. Vincent Signs to Beggars
Tours with John Vanderslice

[Photo by Tod Seelie]

Singer and multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, has signed to Beggars Banquet to release her debut album, Marry Me, on July 10 in the U.S. (with an August release in the UK). The 23-year old is a veteran guitar slinger in two musical armies, the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens' touring band.

Marry Me, however, features Clark front and center with just a few contributions from longtime David Bowie pianist Mike Garson and Man or Astro-man? drummer Brian Teasley. It also features the greatest song title we've heard so far this year: "Jesus Saves, I Spend".

St. Vincent will kick off a two-month jaunt across the U.S. in Portland on April 6. All non-festival dates of the tour are with John Vanderslice. St. Vincent's last show of the tour is at the Homefires Festival in London on June 2, and Beggars plans to release "Now, Now" as a single around that time.

Tracklist:

01 Now, Now
02 Jesus Saves, I Spend
03 Your Lips Are Red
04 Marry Me
05 Paris Is Burning
06 All My Stars Aligned
07 The Apocalypse Song
08 We Put a Pearl in the Ground
09 Landmines
10 Human Racing
11 What Me Worry?

Dates:

04-06 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
04-07 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
04-09 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
04-10 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04-12 Ames, IA - The M Shop
04-13 Chicago, IL - Lake Shore Theater
04-14 Grand Rapids, MI - Ladies Literary Club
04-15 Athens, OH - Ohio University Union
04-17 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
04-18 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
04-19 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
04-20 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs
04-25 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
04-26 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
04-28 Charleston, SC - The Map Room
04-29 Columbia, SC - The (Art) Garage
04-30 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
05-01 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
05-02 St. Louis, MO - St. Louis University Biliken Club
05-03 Springfield, MO - Randy Bacon Gallery
05-05 Denton, TX - Dan's Silverleaf
05-06 Austin, TX - Emo's
05-08 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
05-09 San Diego, CA - Casbah
05-10 Los Angeles, CA - Largo
05-26 Gorge, WA - Sasquatch! Festival
06-02 London, England - Homefires Festival

Stream: St. Vincent: Various Tracks