It’s definite testament to St. Vincent’s forever-protean nature that a track which begins akin to Feist fronting Depeche Mode, then glides through a tremendously elegant chorus (comprising the gradually clarified refrain, “How could anybody have you/ How could anybody have you, and lose you/ How could anybody have you and lose you, and not lose their mind too”) that’s as acute as the corners of Annie Clark’s custom Music Men, later grinds through a gritty, brittle middle eight, and at last concludes with a slightly obscured spoken-word segment never seems even remotely outré. For whereas New York is – and is without question – a far preferable locale to Los Angeles, conversely, Los Ageless proves infinitely more immortal than the previous extract to come from her forthcoming MASSEDUCTION full-length; instant, classic St. Vincent, and an instant St. Vincent classic all in one.

MASSEDUCTION is available from October 13^th via Loma Vista Recordings, while St. Vincent plays the O2 Academy Brixton on the ensuing Tuesday, 17^th.