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Preview: David Byrne and St. Vincent Debut At Segerstrom Center For The Arts

Candice Aman |
October 12, 2012 | 1:01 a.m. PDT

Senior Arts Editor

 

David Byrne and St. Vincent (SCFTA)
David Byrne and St. Vincent (SCFTA)
Just one listen through the newly released record, “Love This Giant,” and you’ll begin to understand the caliber and rarity of the type of collaboration that David Byrne of Talking Heads fame and St. Vincent, moniker of singer Annie Clark, have created.

This is the type of release that music enthusiasts eagerly anticipate, yet when it finally comes out, it is nothing like what they had expected it to be. With this album, the pair has produced an aural treat that will garner appreciation from beyond just fans of Byrne or Clark’s.

Since mid-September, the duo, along with an eight-piece brass band, keyboardist and drummer, have been on a whirlwind cross-country tour, with its last leg in Southern California.

Byrne and Clark will grace the stage tonight at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, a non-profit arts organization and institution, tucked away in Costa Mesa, Orange County. While the Segerstrom might be an unconventional setting for a rock concert, it is only fitting for this unconventional duo.

The pair is set to perform tracks from “Love This Giant,” a collaborative songwriting effort that took two years in the making, as well as some crowd favorites from each musician’s career span.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the SCFTA.

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