St. Vincent

Annie Clark deservingly ascended to rock star status years ago, but the trials and tribulations of that journey are what make her latest St. Vincent album so compelling. Filled with pop production (some of it care of Taylor Swift and Lorde collaborator Jack Antonoff) and plenty of powerful guitar riffs, Masseduction confronts the downfalls of music industry success, and all the drugs, sex and loneliness that come with it. Through it all, Clark shifts from electro-pop anthems to noisy rockers with Bowie-like precision, letting each side of her personality take the microphone and get a few things off its chest.