St. Vincent Talks Best Alternative Music Album Grammy Win

St. Vincent Talks Best Alternative Music Album Grammy Win

Annie Clark’s 2014 album St. Vincent has been awarded the 2015 Grammy for Best Alternative Music album, beating out Arcade Fire, Jack White, Alt-J, and Cage the Elephant. We got in touch with Clark for a brief chat about the honor.

Pitchfork: First of all—Congrats! How do you feel?

Annie Clark: Great. I found out at 7 in the morning in Perth, Australia. (laughs) What happened was my family was watching the live stream, and I had my phone on. They were doing a countdown—”Annie’s number 58 of 78!”—so I went back to sleep and then I woke up again to a text from my mom that said “Annie won!” 

Pitchfork: What are you doing to celebrate? 

AC: I just took a shower. (laughs) I’m having a coffee with cocoa. We’re going to Bali today. 

Pitchfork: Do you know where the award is going to go in your home?

AC: I think it’s going to go at my mom’s house. I think it’s going to go… Yeah, it’ll probably go on her piano next to the childhood photos of everyone. 

Pitchfork: You’re the first solo female artist to win the Best Alternative Album category since Sinead O’Connor in 1991, which is also the year they introduced the award.

AC: I didn’t know that!

Pitchfork: Would you like to take the opportunity to trash talk your competitors?

AC: Oh God, no! That’s so horrible and crass, I’d never do that. (laughs)

Pitchfork: What’s up next?

AC: I have the color guard collaboration with David Byrne. I’m writing. I’ve got a couple of other collaborations in the works. I’m just working a lot! A lot of things, some of which I can’t remember if I’m allowed to talk about or not. (laughs) 

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