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TUE 26 NOV

ALWAYS LIVE and Frontier Touring present

St. Vincent (USA) All Born Screaming Tour with Bec Sandridge

St. Vincent (USA) with Bec Sandridge

Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat

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ALWAYS LIVE & Frontier Present St Vincent – All Born Screaming Tour

One of the most innovative and fascinating presences in modern music, GRAMMY award-winning artist St. Vincent is thrilled to announce her long-awaited return to Australia this November with the All Born Screaming Tour. 

Her first live appearances down under since 2018, St. Vincent (Annie Clark) will perform at two of the state’s most exquisite venues, in a tour exclusive to Victoria: St Kilda’s iconic Palais Theatre on Monday 25 November, and Ballarat’s newly refurbished, 149-year-old Her Majesty’s Theatre on Tuesday 26 November. The shows are proudly presented by ALWAYS LIVE, the state-wide celebration of contemporary live music supported by the Victorian Government through Visit Victoria, and Frontier Touring.

This tour follows the release of All Born Screaming, the seventh album from St. Vincent. The triple-GRAMMY-winning iconoclast’s first self-produced record, All Born Screaming is an invitation to test the limits of what is possible – and to then keep going. Featuring singles ‘Broken Man’, ‘Flea’ and ‘Big Time Nothing’ and brought to life with the aid of a highly curated roster of friends – Rachel Eckroth, Josh Freese, Dave Grohl, Mark Guiliana, Cate Le Bon, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Stella Mogzawa and David Ralicke – the album is an unadulterated expression of St. Vincent’s singular vision

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Annie Clark made her recorded debut as St. Vincent in 2007 with Marry Me, quickly becoming regarded as one of the most innovative and fascinating presences in modern music. Her subsequent albums would include Actor (2009), Strange Mercy (2011), her self-titled fourth album and winner of the 2014 GRAMMY for Best Alternative Album. In 2017, her fifth album MASSEDUCTION would break St. Vincent into the U.S. and UK top 10s and win two more GRAMMYs (Best Rock Song for its title track, and Best Recording Package).   2021’s Daddy’s Home found St. Vincent channeling the hungover glamor and gritty sepia-toned soundtrack of 1970s downtown NYC to an ecstatic reception, ultimately winning her a second Best Alternative Album GRAMMY. Following a 2021-2022 global tour that reaffirmed St. Vincent’s status as one of live music's preeminent forces with headline appearances at the likes of the Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall, Clark would begin work on album number seven: Her first fully self-produced album (having co-produced every one of her previous efforts), All Born Screaming is St. Vincent at her most primal.  Featuring Clark leading “a curated group of rippers” through the brawny “Broken Man,”  the mordant catwalk sashay through the deafening assault of self-loathing that is “Big Time Nothing,” the sublime, elegiac earworm “Sweetest Fruit," All Born Screaming is equal parts spiritual desolation and rapturous acceptance. “If you’re born screaming, that’s a great sign,” says Clark, “because it means you’re breathing. You’re alive. My god. It’s joyous. And then it’s also a protest. We’re all born in protest in a certain way. It’s terrifying to be alive, it’s ecstatic to be alive. It’s everything.” 

St Vincent (USA)

“If Shania Twain + Daft Punk met at an 80s aerobics class, sweatily hooked up and had a gay baby… she would be named ‘Cost of Love’,” shares Bec Sandridge on her latest single. Driven by shuffling drums and hooky guitars reminiscent of the late 70s and laden with Sandridge’s unmistakable voice, ‘Cost Of Love’ is without question, a testament to Sandridge’s ability to write a sophisticated and unforgettable pop-banger.

2023 sees Sandridge independently release an EP of tracks titled Lost Dog featuring singles ‘Cost of Love’ and the synth driven single ‘The Jetty’ featuring Andy Bull. The EP saw Sandridge work with songwriter and producer Dave Jenkins Jr (Daniel Johns, Vera Blue), Lucy Taylor (Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding), Gab Strum (Japanese Wallpaper), Grammy-nominated engineer Geoff Swan (Charlie XCX, Haim) and Tony Buchen (Montaigne).

This is the first release since her acclaimed debut album ‘TRY + SAVE ME’ in 2019 which saw Sandridge deep dive into topics of identity, anxiety, coming out, and takes a tongue in cheek look at her upbringing in a pentecostal Christian household.

TRY + SAVE ME features singles ‘ANIMAL’, ‘I’LL NEVER WANT A BF’, ‘EYES WIDE’ and ‘STRANGER’, all of which were added to Triple J (AU) & Flux FM (GERMANY) rotation and supported at community radio nationally. ‘STRANGER’ saw Sandridge team up with Tanzer to deliver a stunning accompanying video clip, speaking of the collaboration Sandridge said “Tanzer has this beautiful ability to create the most stressful sexy nightmare that you could possibly imagine”.

A unique, angular and commanding stage presence Sandridge has toured the UK and Europe, lived in Scotland and toured across every state and territory of Australia, having played numerous festivals including Groovin’ The Moo, World Pride 2023, London Calling, Reeperbahn AUSSIE BBQ, The Plot, Festival of The Sun, BIGSOUND, The Hills Are Alive, Big Pineapple, Mountain Sounds and Falls festival. And has supported the likes of Kimbra, Ladyhawke, Tegan and Sara, The Naked And Famous (NZ), Mitski (US), The Rubens, Yungblud, Peaches, Missy Higgins, Highasakite, Cub Sport and Montaigne. 2023 has seen Sandridge tour across the UK and Europe including shows in London, Amsterdam, Glasgow and perform at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg.

A keen eye might recognise Bec as the winner of Triple J Unearthed’s Yours And Owls Festival and saw her sign to Farmer & The Owl (BMG) and International Songwriting Competition finalist (Unsigned category) as judged by Dua Lipa, Chris Martin of Coldplay and Tom Waits.

Other career accolades include performing on ABC TV show Q+A and having a recent placement of her song ‘Stranger’ on Showtime TV show The L Word: Generation Q. A multi faceted artist, Sandridge composed the 19 song soundtrack for theatre production Ishmael which premiered at Brisbane Festival at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Sydney Opera House.

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