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In retrospect, the entire idea of a Sufjan Stevens Broadway musical feels both far-fetched and inevitable. Last year, director/choreographer Justin Peck and playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Illinoise, an adaptation of Stevens’ 2005 classic Illinois, opened in Chicago. Last month, Illinoise came to New York. It’s currently running at the St. James Theatre, and it’s nominated for four Tonys, including Best Musical. Now, there’s an original cast recording on the way, and we get to hear two of its songs.
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submitted by Nick Sep 15th 2020 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)
It's been more than five years since Sufjan Stevens released his last proper solo album, the hushed and ghostly acoustic lament Carrie & Lowell. That drought will end next week with the release of a lengthy and electronically inclined new opus called The Ascension. Sufjan has already shared two songs from the project, the doleful&#8...
submitted by Nick Aug 13th 2020 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Next month, Sufjan Stevens will return with The Ascension, his first proper album since 2015's Carrie & Lowell. Stevens has already shared "America," the massive 12-minute closing song that perversely stands as the album's first single, as well as the non-album track "My Rajneesh." Today, Stevens has followed it up with the new song "Vi...
submitted by Nick Jul 10th 2020 05:00 am (stereogum.com)
Last week, Sufjan Stevens announced a new album called The Ascension, which will be out in September. A couple days later, we got its 12-minute-long lead single "America." That single is being released on a physical 7" at the end of the month, and on its B-side is another new song called "My Rajneesh," which…
submitted by Nick Jul 3rd 2020 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Sufjan Stevens may never have been serious about making an album for all 50 states, but the man still has thoughts on the Union. He just released a new song called "America," the 12-minute closing track from his upcoming album.
submitted by Nick Jun 30th 2020 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Sufjan Stevens makes music all the time. Earlier this year, for instance, Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams collaborated on an ambient instrumental LP called Aporia. But Stevens does not make proper studio albums -- albums full of proper Sufjan Stevens songs -- often enough. The last real Sufjan Stevens album, the fragile and magnificent&a...


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