what the heck is Sufjan Stevens up to these days?

is he in the studio? I know he's now on tour, right?

http://www.catbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/catbirdseat_sufjanbeat.jpg

Wisconsin

any mention of a release date?

he's embroiled in a bitter lawsuit against his record company

crying in a van with his friend: FOR FREEDOM

haha f u tape store

Working feverishly on Blago songs for Illinoise Special Deluxe Reissue.

I don't know... but I hate this guy and would like to feed him alive to a pack of hairy, ravenous wolves.

crying in a van with his friend: FOR FREEDOM

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)

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.

His 10-minute long cover of You Are the Blood by Castanets on the Dark Was the Night compilation is pretty badass.

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.

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.

Then again, Illionis was comprised of 22 album songs and another 18 outtakes and all 40 songs were pretty good imho.

Illinois*

illoannis

But he could release a lot of eps each with 4 or 5 mediocre songs, thus ensuring that neither quality nor quantity were achieved.

you poor misguided thing

In the the 1930s, his albums would've been WPA projects.

-the

Surprise! New Sufjan Stevens EP, All Delighted People.

$5
http://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.

oh sufjan.

oh sufjanpaws

lol, this is really an eight song, 60 minutes EP?

holy hell the streaming song is a disaster

i miss the daze when i was all hyped over illinois ;_;

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

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?

Still getting over Columbine, Dylan.

Most Appalling Song Title on Sufjan Stevens' All Delighted People EP

crying in a van with his friend: FOR FREEDOM

― 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

i'd like it if sufjan called his next album Sufjan's Secrets

Yet another reason he should change his name to Surfin' Steve (xpost)

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)

"Djohari-Djohariah"
this song has some awesome shredding/funky guitar
but it also makes me sleepy

pretty great song though

I don't care for the rest of the songs

idk why but i shed a few tears of laughter during the last ~20 seconds of the first track

is Dylan Peterson a clinically-diagnosed imbecile?

Maybe, but you might need to start taking sarcasm pills

^^^ Right. If you read the quoted passage in its original context it's perfectly clear that it's satire.

oh, either way, j0rdan's right. i could use some sarcasm pills, actually.

that's awful satire

which state is this one?

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

into, not 'into to' obv

you have friends?

never claimed to have more than one

ha

i couldn't resist the zing attempt btw, sorry

lol np

Stevens' next album concept.

sufjan stevens is a pretty cool guy imo. he isn't afraid to tell you how he feels.

ah man I really thought this was a real poster for a moment there

hialeah would be brilliant, btw.

good potential for quality song-titles, too.

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.

yeah, unlike many artists whose post-peak wankery has a negative impact on their older stuff that hasn't happened to Sufjan.

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.

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!

no way. thats gundam style. timeless aesthetic, albeit one that's been experiencing a minor revival lately. see: yen tech.

Hmm.. I stand corrected, then. Think the point still stands, though.

this is lovely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5vT6l-NDF4

this came up in my recommended videos. lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koOL_9ikfpQ

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_GeokTnTkk