College Street Music Hall was buzzing with anticipation long before the lights dropped on April 18. While many Grammy-winning artists opt for grand arenas, St. Vincent (Annie Clark) chose the intimacy of New Haven’s historic music hall — and filled every inch of it. That decision wasn’t just practical; it spoke to her continued focus on connection over scale.

Clark delivered a performance that connected deeply with her audience — not just through sound, but through presence. With every song, she peeled back layers of vulnerability, walking a line between control and surrender, tension and tenderness.

The beauty of live music is that it creates a space — to listen, to feel. A place where emotions can rise and settle. On Friday, that’s what St. Vincent gave the crowd. Bold yet simple lighting. A marigold graphic suspended above the band. Nothing unnecessary, letting the music do what it does best.

Touring behind her Grammy-winning album, All Born Screaming, Clark pulled heavily from her latest work, while weaving in past favorites from Masseduction, Daddy’s Home, and St. Vincent. But none of the accolades overshadowed the real flex — the ability to walk into a room and hold it without the spectacle of overproduction. Just presence. Just art.

On a night where less truly meant more, St. Vincent made the case for smaller, deeper, and real.

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SET LIST

• Reckless
• Fear the Future
• Los Ageless
• Broken Man
• Birth in Reverse
• Dilettante
• Pay Your Way in Pain
• Flea
• Cheerleader
• Big Time Nothing
• Marrow
• Violent Times
• New York
• Sugarboy
• All Born Screaming
• Candy Darling (Encore)