New Sufjan Stevens

ShoulderChip · 22-08-2010 07:13AM #1

Listen to it from here http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/

I'm loving it so far, does anyone know if he will do a european tour after his current US tour?
If not I may have to goto america for it!

The EP, All Delighted People, is built around two different versions of Sufjan’s long-form epic ballad "All Delighted People," a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon’s "Sounds of Silence." Sounds delightful, yes! The song was originally workshopped (oh we hate making workshop a verb, but time is money!) on Sufjan’s previous tour in the fall of 2009. Other songs on the EP include the 17-minute guitar jam-for-single-mothers "Djohariah," and the gothic piano ballad "The Owl and the Tanager," a live-show mainstay (and Debbie Downer if you ask us; what’s it doing on a "Delighted" EP?). The full track list is available right here.

All Delighted People:

01 All Delighted People (Original Version)
02 Enchanting Ghost
03 Heirloom
04 From the Mouth of Gabriel
05 The Owl and the Tanager
06 All Delighted People (Classic Rock Version)
07 Arnika
08 Djohariah

ShoulderChip · 22-08-2010 08:08PM

its insanely good, get on it

glad he took a departure from the states project

ShoulderChip · 23-08-2010 07:52AM

Can not stop listening to Djohoriah especially the last 4/5 mins

S.M.B. · 23-08-2010 09:59AM

Downloaded this on Friday and I've yet to listen to it. :eek:

Still no sign of Her Majesty Snowbird....

ShoulderChip · 23-08-2010 09:34PM

I made a new sig for it

mosstin · 25-08-2010 12:30PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

Can not stop listening to Djohoriah especially the last 4/5 mins

Er, this is the equivalent of scanning through Crime and Punishment to see if Raskolnikov gets it in the neck. Wonderful song - only Sufjan could get away with 17 minutes of it though.
Personal favourite at the moment apart from the aforementioned is the sublime Heirloom, the simplest and most gorgeous thing he's done in quite a while.

Orando Broom · 25-08-2010 01:56PM

mosstin wrote: »

Er, this is the equivalent of scanning through Crime and Punishment to see if Raskolnikov gets it in the neck. Wonderful song - only Sufjan could get away with 17 minutes of it though.
Personal favourite at the moment apart from the aforementioned is the sublime Heirloom, the simplest and most gorgeous thing he's done in quite a while.

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ShoulderChip · 26-08-2010 06:21PM

wowza - 01 SUFJAN STEVENS
Last week we had the pleasure of releasing the All Delighted People EP (available for download for $5 and free stream right here). And the week before we announced a fall tour (tickets are still for sale here, but selling quickly).

And today, we are proud to announce the upcoming release of The Age of Adz (pronounced Odds), the first song-based full-length from Sufjan Stevens since 2005's Illinois. The Age of Adz will drop on October 12th (CD, MP3) with a double-LP following on November 9th.

For the next three weeks you can preorder the CD or LP, and receive an MP3 download on September 28th, two weeks before the release date.

Preorder the CD for $12, LP for $20 here.

It’s much too soon to cast descriptive lots, but we can say the new album sounds nothing like the All Delighted EP (although it shares similar themes of love, loss, and the apocalypse). Nor is this new album built around any conceptual underpinning (no odes to states, astrology, or urban expressways).

We can say it shows an extensive use of electronics (banjos and acoustic guitars give way to drum machines and analog synthesizers), and an obsession with cosmic fantasies (space, heaven, aliens, love), to create an explicit pop-song extravaganza, augmented by heavy orchestration, and maybe even a few danceable moments. Enjoy Your Rabbit meets the BQE. But with songs. Verse, chorus, bridge, backbeat. Gated reverb. Space echo. Get your boogey on.

The “Adz” of the title loosely refers to the apocalyptic paintings of outsider artist Royal Robertson (1930-1997), whose work is used for the album cover, interior design, and as general inspiration for the tone of the album.

lordgoat · 26-08-2010 10:14PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

wowza - 01 SUFJAN STEVENS
Last week we had the pleasure of releasing the All Delighted People EP (available for download for $5 and free stream right here). And the week before we announced a fall tour (tickets are still for sale here, but selling quickly).

And today, we are proud to announce the upcoming release of The Age of Adz (pronounced Odds), the first song-based full-length from Sufjan Stevens since 2005's Illinois. The Age of Adz will drop on October 12th (CD, MP3) with a double-LP following on November 9th.

For the next three weeks you can preorder the CD or LP, and receive an MP3 download on September 28th, two weeks before the release date.

Preorder the CD for $12, LP for $20 here.

It’s much too soon to cast descriptive lots, but we can say the new album sounds nothing like the All Delighted EP (although it shares similar themes of love, loss, and the apocalypse). Nor is this new album built around any conceptual underpinning (no odes to states, astrology, or urban expressways).

We can say it shows an extensive use of electronics (banjos and acoustic guitars give way to drum machines and analog synthesizers), and an obsession with cosmic fantasies (space, heaven, aliens, love), to create an explicit pop-song extravaganza, augmented by heavy orchestration, and maybe even a few danceable moments. Enjoy Your Rabbit meets the BQE. But with songs. Verse, chorus, bridge, backbeat. Gated reverb. Space echo. Get your boogey on.

The “Adz” of the title loosely refers to the apocalyptic paintings of outsider artist Royal Robertson (1930-1997), whose work is used for the album cover, interior design, and as general inspiration for the tone of the album.

What site is that from? May as well order the LP.

Ian C · 26-08-2010 11:55PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

I'm loving it so far, does anyone know if he will do a european tour after his current US tour?

Very nearly missed this! Didn't know he was touring here. Cheers!

ShoulderChip · 27-08-2010 05:38AM

lordgoat wrote: »

What site is that from? May as well order the LP.

Its from the Asthmatic Kitty newsletter.

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ShoulderChip · 27-08-2010 05:37PM

is it good?

I am almost afraid to listen

Fanny Cradock · 27-08-2010 09:17PM

I had a quick listen to the EP last night. It's good. And at 40 minutes (?) it's well worth $5. Thanks for the tip.

Fanny Cradock · 27-08-2010 09:38PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

is it good?

I am almost afraid to listen

It is!

johnny_ultimate · 28-08-2010 12:41PM

Listening to the EP now, I like! Pre-ordered the album too, has been way too long since a SS album. The BQE was a nice novelty, but it wasn't Illinois.

ShoulderChip · 28-08-2010 02:44PM

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

It is!

yes it is excellent, hoping the album will be a classic,

loving the EP but its not as big an epic as illinois

big_show · 29-08-2010 08:52PM

Listening to "I walked" on repeat all weekend, can wait for the new album!

Daysha · 30-08-2010 01:21AM

I only discovered this thread half an hour ago and I literally haven't stopped listening to "I Walked" since. It's absolutely brilliant, and a great teaser to what should be a cracking album.

Kid V · 30-08-2010 02:06PM

Cannot wait for the new album after listening to the EP all week. Its stunning, so epic.

This will be on the new album. Horns remind me a bit of his Dark Was The Night contribution 'You Are The Blood'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kfPmInRLts

lordgoat · 03-09-2010 09:56AM

I walked is so so so good. I'm stunned by it tbh.

Sir Graball · 06-09-2010 10:59PM

http://www.tribune.ie/arts/article/2010/sep/05/cd-of-the-week-sufjan-stevens/

I'd never heard of this guy till I read this review in the Tribune

Andy Gill rarely gives 5 stars!! Found this thread last night and am listening to Illinoise. Have to say best thing I've heard in ages. Isn't it great when you discover new stuff??!!

SVG · 12-09-2010 08:34PM

There's another track from the new album available for free download now- too much. I think I prefer I Walked but free Sufjan is always good!

http://asthmatickitty.com/news.php?newsID=616

Colm! · 13-09-2010 06:40PM

The new Sufjan is great. There mightn't be a track to match Chicago or The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts, but it's quite a good EP.

ShoulderChip · 13-09-2010 07:36PM

Sir Graball wrote: »

http://www.tribune.ie/arts/article/2010/sep/05/cd-of-the-week-sufjan-stevens/

I'd never heard of this guy till I read this review in the Tribune

Andy Gill rarely gives 5 stars!! Found this thread last night and am listening to Illinoise. Have to say best thing I've heard in ages. Isn't it great when you discover new stuff??!!

legend I love hearing **** like this, do you have a last.fm profile?
I'm intrigued by what else you could be missing

Hackysack · 13-09-2010 11:48PM

Hah that's mad. I've literally just started listening to Sufjan today (Illinoise as well) and I have to say i'm mighty impressed.

I'm gonna listen to that a bit more now before I jump into any new stuff though.

S.M.B. · 14-09-2010 11:21AM

I've a very vivid memory of the first time I listened to Sufjan (Illinois). I remember giggling to myself with excitement as I got through the CD.

johnny_ultimate · 14-09-2010 04:57PM

I have a surprisingly vivid memory of my first Sufjan Stevens experience too. I was interrailing, sitting in a hostel in Budapest, and a friend turned on Illinois. I was instantly hooked, and spent the next week or two tracking down the CD for myself in Europe

Fanny Cradock · 20-09-2010 07:26PM

Just got an email today from Asthmatic Kitty Records saying that the digital download can be pre-ordered for a bargain $8 (that about €6 to you and I).

Here

Placid_Casual · 20-09-2010 08:32PM

The "EP" (i'd think of it as an album really) is amazingly good for something that's pretty much just a stop gap before the new album proper.

"I Walked" is a fantastic song too. Interesting to hear that he seems to be embracing more of an electronic sound and not just trying to recreate what he did with Illinois or Michigan.

New Sufjan Stevens

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