There are so many incredible aspects of this video--it's difficult to pick one place to start. I guess it makes most sense to start from the most shallow, materialistic points and progress to deeper thoughts that actually concern the music. So on that note, Annie Clark, or more commonly known as St. Vincent, is probably the sexiest human specimen to ever pick up the electric guitar. This video is from 2009, and although she's undeniably sexy here, I assure you she has only gotten hotter, as I saw her perform last weekend with David Byrne, a concert that rocked my world so hard that I could never forget it even if I tried.
Now onto the music. This song Marrow is one of the major highlights of Clark's second studio album Actor. One of the aspects of Clark's performance that I've always gravitated toward is the sound of her fragile, high pitched-voice contrasted against her filthy, insanely raw guitar playing, and this song, in my opinion, best demonstrates that unique combination. The song begins with a brass section that conjures in my mind a scene from a fairytale--perhaps Cinderella gingerly descending the staircase as she makes her way to the royal ball. Then Annie adds her soft voice on top of the brass, and then next comes the delicious grime, and suddenly Cinderella starts to have violent convulsions and head thrash about. Clark sporadically and briefly strains her guitar, producing a loud buzzing sound until the chorus when she repeats "Help me, Help me" as she jams along with the trumpets and trombones that suddenly come into play. Brass instruments have a dominant role in my many of her songs, enhancing the noise of her lead guitar. As the song continues, you'll hear that the loud guitar, the trumpets and trombones, and that initial serene brass section all combine to produce a song that is of another world. Someone as sexy, talented, and "I don't give a shit" as Clark renders her the most impressive female musician of our time.