St. Vincent MassEducation (Vinyl LP) * * *

Stripped Down Piano-Based Reimagined Version Of 2017's Acclaimed Masseduction!

A stunning standalone work in its own right, MassEducation is in fact another dimension of St. Vincent's universally acclaimed 2017 album Masseduction. Recorded live in the studio over two nights in August 2017 while at Electric Lady Studio mixing the original album, MassEducation lays bare the exquisite songcraft of its other half. Performed entirely by Annie Clark on vocals and Thomas Bartlett on piano, the new album renders songs like "Young Lover" and "Fear The Future" and their subjects in vivid, vulnerable new light. Clark describes the refashioned versions as "two dear friends playing songs together with the kind of secret understanding one can only get through endless nights in New York City."