Sufjan Stevens returns with his first solo album in three years as the singer-songwriter will release Javelin in October. Ahead of Javelin’s October 6 release, Stevens has shared the LP’s first single, the atmospheric piano ballad “So You Are Tired”: Stevens recorded Javelin — his first proper solo LP since …
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The National have been so good at producing National songs for so long that it’s been easy to take them for granted. Whenever the Brooklyn indie-rock institution passed a career point at which a lesser band might start breaking down — albums five, six, seven — they just got stronger, …
Read More »Sufjan Stevens Previews 'Reflections' Ballet Score Album With 'Ekstasis'
The music Sufjan Stevens composed for a Justin Peck-choreographed ballet will get an official studio album release with Reflections on May 19. On Tuesday, Stevens announced the release of the project performed by Timo Andres and Conor Hanick, and dropped its first single “Ekstasis.” “Having two of them at my …
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