He is on a five amazing album run, in my opinion, Michigan onwards it's all very good. There a very few (any ?) contemporary artists on such a run.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
I can think of one artist on a 24 amazing books run
― NATION: ? ? ? (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 00:24 (eight years ago) link
and this was released after Michiganhttp://991.com/gallery_180x180/Sufjan-Stevens-Songs-For-Christm-383531-991.jpg
― NATION: ? ? ? (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 00:25 (eight years ago) link
kanye
― nose, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
Fourth of July really is a tearjerker
― niels, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 23:33 (eight years ago) link
I've never really considered myself a fan of this guy, but this album is totally blowing me away.
― Darin, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link
not carrie and lowell but this early demo version of chicago was recently released. what a lovely song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRsiNX9LR8
― spirited ai weiwei (Treeship), Friday, 26 February 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
― NATION: ? ? ? (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, November 2, 2015 7:24 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's like he was waiting for the right moment, patiently, for years after creating this username
― Treeship, Saturday, 19 March 2016 20:12 (eight years ago) link
carrie & lowell, i think, has become one of my top 10 or 15 favorite albums of all time.
it's fantastic. it reminds me of andrew bird's weather systems and of montreal's sunlandic twins in totally dialing up my appreciation for someone's talent
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 19 March 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
this album is so good that I feel bad about my dn. then again, this record is great in part because he didn't have to name drop a state bird into poignant moments.
― Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 20 March 2016 03:12 (eight years ago) link
TIP: Don't listen to "The Only Thing" on public transit while reading someone else's suicide note (they found the note writer, he's fine now AFAIK)
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 20 March 2016 04:37 (eight years ago) link
It's a beautiful album - my favourite from last year. Took me by surprise, as not previously a fan at all.
― Half-baked profundities. Self-referential smirkiness (Bob Six), Sunday, 20 March 2016 10:02 (eight years ago) link
Jesus christ this album.
― Mule, Saturday, 16 September 2017 09:53 (six years ago) link
^ I know, right?
The Carrie & Lowell outtakes compilation The Greatest Gift was supposed to be out by now, but apparently they delayed it until November. Here is a (heartbreaking) preview track, "Wallowa Lake Monster". Sufjan has also contributed three songs to the Call Me by Your Name OST, out on Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwo_Ucs-wc4
01 Wallowa Lake Monster02 Drawn to the Blood (Sufjan Stevens remix)03 Death with Dignity (Helado Negro remix)04 John My Beloved (iPhone demo)05 Drawn to the Blood (fingerpicking version)06 The Greatest Gift07 Exploding Whale (Doveman remix)08 All of Me Wants All of You (Helado Negro remix)09 Fourth of July (900X remix)10 The Hidden River of My Life11 City of Roses
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
So this Tonya Harding song is pretty great
― treeship 2, Monday, 25 December 2017 05:16 (six years ago) link
The blog post he wrote about it is good too. I like how he has an interest in “larger than life” American figures. A classic subject for a folk musician.
http://asthmatickitty.com/tonya-harding/
― treeship 2, Monday, 25 December 2017 05:17 (six years ago) link
should've known better is all time
― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 25 December 2017 05:29 (six years ago) link
incredible song, thank you treeship|!
― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 25 December 2017 05:33 (six years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=PUvVjWR3zTQ
― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 25 December 2017 05:45 (six years ago) link
Kid is special
― Mule, Monday, 25 December 2017 23:16 (six years ago) link
This song rules
― timellison, Monday, 25 December 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAcn32Usjy0
the two new songs are nice, but this one's especially great. i'd really love a whole album that sounds like this, it's basically exactly where i wanted him to go after the last two albums.
― ufo, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:36 (five years ago) link
like i'm absolutely here for chill synthpop sufjan with kinda sophisti-vibes and extended guitar solos
― ufo, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:40 (five years ago) link
I've preordered this so it better not suck
https://theascension.sufjan.com/
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
so is this gonna be his Wisconsin album or.....
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
btw kinda funny to see this guy have a little resurgence thanks to "The Politician" which uses "Chicago" as its opening theme, I've watched only one episode but you can't pick a more perfect opening song than that. I'm guessing that's not gonna make anyone watch it though
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
the first single is "America" so presumably that will cover all remaining states xp
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
"America" drops July 3... cute!
― wet pockets (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
I guess nobody was talking about "Aporia" earlier this year but it's really nice
― wet pockets (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
general vibe i get from the art & tracklist makes me hopeful it's going to be more of an adz-style proggy synth freakout than folk album
interestingly "america" comes with b-side "my rajneesh"
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 10:20 (three years ago) link
Not a chance.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 10:29 (three years ago) link
huh "my rajneesh" is 10 minutes! excited for more sufjan epics
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 10:52 (three years ago) link
and the a side is 12:30
― assert (MatthewK), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 11:03 (three years ago) link
just lookin at the cues here this feels like it's gonna be a follow up to Age of Adz
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:14 (three years ago) link
Hope so...easily my favourite of his albums.
― yugi ex, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
yea I think all his albums are great, but great in the Radiohead sense of the word, where I respect them a lot but don't really want to listen to them often...but if I do reach for one it's usually that one
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
i didn't really get age of adz when it came out but it's since become easily my favourite of his. second favourite is carrie & lowell but the live album from that tour is even better. that tour was one of the best shows i've ever seen
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
I really hope the title is a deliberate reference to Glenn Branca :)
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 23:27 (three years ago) link
I kind of assumed as much and it would be amazing if he incorporated some Branca-isms into this one
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 July 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
I didn't like The Age of Adz. Carrie and Lowell was ok
his previous albums - Michigan, Seven Swans, Illinois - were his best imo
― Dan S, Thursday, 2 July 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link
I didn't like AoA at the time but it's gown on me a lot over time
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 July 2020 03:22 (three years ago) link
Age of Adz is easily my favorite album of his -- art imitates life after all! Carrie and Lowell comes at a close second
― winters (josh), Thursday, 2 July 2020 04:06 (three years ago) link
I agree with Dan except that Carrie and Lowell is a masterpiece. I would like to join the crew who love AoA, I've tried quite a few times indeed, but I will keep at it.
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 2 July 2020 06:19 (three years ago) link
Apparently the new one is inspired by Ariana Grande, Janet Jackson, “eighties and early nineties jams” and features “Prophet synthesizers and Tempest drum machines,” according to a press release that was put up by mistake (and almost immediately taken down).
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 2 July 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
i mean, you're speaking my language there
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 2 July 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
I feel like "fantastic" or "terrible" are really the two possible outcomes on this one
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 July 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
that pretty much confirms it's closer to adz than anything else he's done before and i couldn't be more excited
― ufo, Thursday, 2 July 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
I saw the Adz tour here, and the place was very sold out with people that pretty clearly only knew him from Illinois. I'm not even sure the Adz album had come out yet! Anyway, people were generally patient but I could tell they were not really having it. He did a couple Illinois songs for the encore and they all went nuts, then went home.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 July 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
someone listen to "america" and tell me if it's any good, I have a weird hangup about not wanting to hear closing tracks in advance
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 3 July 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link