Beetles, canaries, tadpoles, seabirds, worms, mollusks, boars, birds, herrings, horses, larks, bats, dragons, bumblebees, clams, crabs, cockles, cowries, meadowlarks, sparrows, baboons, sows, grouse, hens, butterflies, birds, monkeys, bears, blackbirds, doves, lions, burros, dogs, whales, snails, hound-dogs, squids, seagulls, spiders, sea-cows, rattlesnakes, vultures, cats, moths, frogs, daddy longlegs, tarantulas, flies, rats, trouts, mares, rabbits, bunnies, cranes, deer, goldfish, jackrabbits, hawks, elephants, geese, wolf-spiders, crickets, bulldogs, waxwings, swans, pups, serpents, snakes, kingfishers, and lambs.
Important reference material. —Lars
Every defiant growl, jaded vocal fry and distorted guitar lick on St. Vincent’s fourth album flirts with the avant garde, yet uses an accessible, if inventive, musical vocabulary to do so.
