is he in the studio? I know he's now on tour, right?
― highschoolworld, Sunday, 25 January 2009 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.catbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/catbirdseat_sufjanbeat.jpg
― tylerw, Sunday, 25 January 2009 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
Wisconsin
― M.V., Sunday, 25 January 2009 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
any mention of a release date?
― highschoolworld, Sunday, 25 January 2009 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
he's embroiled in a bitter lawsuit against his record company
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Sunday, 25 January 2009 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
crying in a van with his friend: FOR FREEDOM
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Sunday, 25 January 2009 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
haha f u tape store
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 January 2009 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
Working feverishly on Blago songs for Illinoise Special Deluxe Reissue.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 25 January 2009 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know... but I hate this guy and would like to feed him alive to a pack of hairy, ravenous wolves.
― ilxor, Sunday, 25 January 2009 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
lol, yeah he's too damn slow, spending too much time on useless side-projects like that Wagon thingie. (he's probably desperately trying to re-invent himself)
― Ludo, Sunday, 25 January 2009 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
I heard Oregon was up for the next one of his 50 state series. That would be a trip. Of course, I've heard the same about half of the other states at some point since "Illinoise" dropped, so we'll see.
― Stefanthenautilus, Sunday, 25 January 2009 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
His 10-minute long cover of You Are the Blood by Castanets on the Dark Was the Night compilation is pretty badass.
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Sunday, 25 January 2009 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
I cant find the interview but I remember reading he was dropping the 50 states idea and the next album would likely be unrelated to a specifical state, like "seven swans" was. For a long time I had the idea that he would release a series of eps with 4 or 5 songs related to a state thus ending the project faster and more focused on quality than quantity.
― Moka, Sunday, 25 January 2009 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
Then again, Illionis was comprised of 22 album songs and another 18 outtakes and all 40 songs were pretty good imho.
― Moka, Sunday, 25 January 2009 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
Illinois*
illoannis
― BIGrack HOOSein Obama (k3vin k.), Sunday, 25 January 2009 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
But he could release a lot of eps each with 4 or 5 mediocre songs, thus ensuring that neither quality nor quantity were achieved.
― the pinefox, Sunday, 25 January 2009 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
you poor misguided thing
― Moka, Sunday, 25 January 2009 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
In the the 1930s, his albums would've been WPA projects.
― M.V., Wednesday, 28 January 2009 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
-the
Surprise! New Sufjan Stevens EP, All Delighted People.
$5http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/
Just listening for the first time (to the first song), and I am, as they say, O_O. Such overblown choir nonsense; what's Sufjan been stressing over all this time? No change, as far as I can tell.
― sean gramophone, Friday, 20 August 2010 15:10 (ten years ago) link
oh sufjan.
― skip, Friday, 20 August 2010 15:17 (ten years ago) link
oh sufjanpaws
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Friday, 20 August 2010 15:35 (ten years ago) link
lol, this is really an eight song, 60 minutes EP?
― tylerw, Friday, 20 August 2010 15:42 (ten years ago) link
holy hell the streaming song is a disaster
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 August 2010 15:51 (ten years ago) link
i miss the daze when i was all hyped over illinois ;_;
― markers, Friday, 20 August 2010 19:16 (ten years ago) link
xp all the songs are streaming (I've only heard 3 songs so far 2, 3 ,4)there is just way too much treble, higher register notes (accompanied by an higher register chorus)that much treble might appeal to a really younger crowd though
― you doesn't hasta call me johnson (CaptainLorax), Friday, 20 August 2010 19:32 (ten years ago) link
Dylan Peterson sez Sufjan Is an Insensitive Name:
Surely you've all heard by now that Sufjan Stevens has released a new EP online. This is exciting news for Sufjan fans everywhere, but I would urge you to think twice before paying the 5 dollars to download the music. It was not even 10 years ago when Islamic radical extremists destroyed the World Trade Center on September 11th, and already we're ready to support a man named "Sufjan" as if nothing happened on that tragic day?
― dr. phil, Friday, 20 August 2010 20:47 (ten years ago) link
Still getting over Columbine, Dylan.
― Bag Smart, Street Stupid (Eazy), Friday, 20 August 2010 20:52 (ten years ago) link
Most Appalling Song Title on Sufjan Stevens' All Delighted People EP
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 20 August 2010 20:54 (ten years ago) link
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:35 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
^^^ this + THE ARCADE FIRE SAYS SOMETHING SERIOUS ABOUT POLITICS = lmao
― first time ~fruity swag~ poster (zorn_bond.mp3), Friday, 20 August 2010 20:57 (ten years ago) link
i'd like it if sufjan called his next album Sufjan's Secrets
― tylerw, Friday, 20 August 2010 21:03 (ten years ago) link
Yet another reason he should change his name to Surfin' Steve (xpost)
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Friday, 20 August 2010 21:15 (ten years ago) link
I'm listening to the last track and some of it is really good
I'm gonna have to give this album a couple listens through (plus I already skipped the first track)
― you doesn't hasta call me johnson (CaptainLorax), Friday, 20 August 2010 21:25 (ten years ago) link
"Djohari-Djohariah"this song has some awesome shredding/funky guitarbut it also makes me sleepy
pretty great song though
I don't care for the rest of the songs
― you doesn't hasta call me johnson (CaptainLorax), Friday, 20 August 2010 22:28 (ten years ago) link
idk why but i shed a few tears of laughter during the last ~20 seconds of the first track
― teledyldonix, Friday, 20 August 2010 23:04 (ten years ago) link
is Dylan Peterson a clinically-diagnosed imbecile?
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:02 (ten years ago) link
Maybe, but you might need to start taking sarcasm pills
― be my anchor baby (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:09 (ten years ago) link
^^^ Right. If you read the quoted passage in its original context it's perfectly clear that it's satire.
― hearing-impaired leppard (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:10 (ten years ago) link
oh, either way, j0rdan's right. i could use some sarcasm pills, actually.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:11 (ten years ago) link
that's awful satire
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:21 (ten years ago) link
which state is this one?
― diamonddave85, Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:25 (ten years ago) link
miss the daze when my friend and i edited stuff like "and then cried for freedom in a van with his friends" into to sufjans wikipedia entry
― markers, Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:37 (ten years ago) link
into, not 'into to' obv
you have friends?
― be my anchor baby (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:51 (ten years ago) link
never claimed to have more than one
― markers, Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:56 (ten years ago) link
ha
― be my anchor baby (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:56 (ten years ago) link
i couldn't resist the zing attempt btw, sorry
lol np
Stevens' next album concept.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 21 August 2010 02:57 (ten years ago) link
sufjan stevens is a pretty cool guy imo. he isn't afraid to tell you how he feels.
― marc i marc ii marc iii (marc iv), Saturday, 21 August 2010 06:16 (ten years ago) link
ah man I really thought this was a real poster for a moment there
― 'ray Clamence (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 August 2010 13:06 (ten years ago) link
hialeah would be brilliant, btw.
good potential for quality song-titles, too.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 21 August 2010 14:04 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/48540/62dd3cf6.jpg
wtf.
that aside, on some whim i listened to seven swans for the first time in several years, having v much lost interest in him since, and was surprised to find it still packed the punch it did back then.
― fun facts about human waste (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 11 November 2012 03:39 (eight years ago) link
yeah, unlike many artists whose post-peak wankery has a negative impact on their older stuff that hasn't happened to Sufjan.
― skip, Sunday, 11 November 2012 04:59 (eight years ago) link
i did a bit of a 180 on sufjan this year. i considered him precious since illinois, but i revisited age of adz and found sincerity (if questionable depth) to it. brought me back to seven swans, which indeed still packs a serious punch. he seems like the coolest guy, and i thought that before i saw that incredible album cover.
― fennel cartwright, Sunday, 11 November 2012 10:56 (eight years ago) link
Cover looks good, but I'm getting really tired of post-millenial 80's-nostalgia (and I'm born in '84, mind you). I mean, it's a fucking transformer!
― Mule, Sunday, 11 November 2012 13:00 (eight years ago) link
no way. thats gundam style. timeless aesthetic, albeit one that's been experiencing a minor revival lately. see: yen tech.
― fennel cartwright, Sunday, 11 November 2012 13:16 (eight years ago) link
Hmm.. I stand corrected, then. Think the point still stands, though.
― Mule, Sunday, 11 November 2012 13:21 (eight years ago) link
this is lovelyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5vT6l-NDF4
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 8 November 2020 08:08 (five months ago) link
this came up in my recommended videos. lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koOL_9ikfpQ
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 14:13 (five months ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/sufjan-stevens-announces-5-volume-album-shares-new-song-listen/
Sufjan Stevens has announced the release of his new five-volume collection Convocations with a new song called “Meditation V.” The first volume, Meditations, is out tomorrow (April 8) via Asthmatic Kitty; the whole project—which also includes Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations and Incantations—will be out by May 6.Stevens wrote and recorded the project as an homage to his biological father, who died in September 2020, two days after Stevens released The Ascension. Each volume is meant to reflect a different stage of mourning. The project’s 5xLP vinyl boxset is due out August 20.
Stevens wrote and recorded the project as an homage to his biological father, who died in September 2020, two days after Stevens released The Ascension. Each volume is meant to reflect a different stage of mourning. The project’s 5xLP vinyl boxset is due out August 20.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 14:10 (one week ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_GeokTnTkk
― Indexed, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 14:11 (one week ago) link