Re-released as a deluxe edition with additional tracks to coincide with the Grammys, the album is very much a triumph of digital trickery.
Beautiful lilting moments of poetic beauty collide with buzzsaw guitars, primeval rhythms and eerie beeps and bops, painting a collage of sound ... and this is just one track.
Hardly an instant fix of gratification, St Vincent demands attention and when given, delivers an aural assault of sweet but twisted melodies.
• St Vincent -Deluxe Edition. Self-Titled. Loma Vista/Republic
• Four stars (out of five)
Single download: Bad Believer
For Those Who Like: Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Elbow, Prince
- Mark Orton
