On July 4, Clark stated via Twitter that if enough followers tweeted the hashtag “#strangemercy”, she would release a track from the album. On July 22, after the threshold was met, she released “Surgeon” for download and streaming on her official website. In August 2011, Clark was interviewed and featured on the cover of Spin magazine. On August 24, 2011, a music video was released for the song “Cruel”, and on September 5, the entire album was put up for streaming on NPR Music . On August 25, 2011, she debuted Strange Mercy in the Temple of Dendur room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, introducing Toko Yasuda (ex- Enon ), Matt Johnson , and Daniel Mintseris as members of her live band. The album was released September 13, 2011.
asked fans to tweet #strangemercy
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