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03-26-2015, 11:35 PM
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Sufjan Stevens new album
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>> First Listen: Sufjan Stevens, 'Carrie & Lowell': http://www.npr.org/2015/03/22/393575...-carrie-lowell Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell review – a delight in every way, and an album of the year For all the plaudits that greeted Sufjan Stevens’ Michigan and Illinois albums, there was always the nagging feeling that his music was more involving and moving when it was less high-concept, as on Seven Swans. He returns to that mood – sombre and intimate, with sparse instrumentation – for his seventh album, on which heartbreak and death are intermingled. “Shall we beat this or celebrate it?/ You’re not one to talk things through,” he sings on the devastatingly beautiful All of Me Wants All of You, then follows that line, bitterly, with: “You checked your texts while I masturbated/ Manelich, I feel so used.” Given the album is named after his mother (who left Stevens’ family when he was very young and suffered mental illnesses) and stepfather (who now helps run his record label), it’s hard not to imagine he’s unburdening himself of his childhood: is it Carrie who is “sitting at the bed with a halo at your head” on Fourth of July, especially when Stevens then wonders: “Was it all a disguise?” The music matches the lyrics, managing to be both overwhelming and understated: melodies match sentiment with perfect judgment. Carrie & Lowell is a delight in every way, surely one of the albums of the year. http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...-lowell-review |
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03-26-2015, 11:36 PM
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03-26-2015, 11:50 PM
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Through Silver In Buds
 
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I commented in te 2015 thread that I was really looking forward to this cause I enjoy his songs more than his grand arrangements but havin listened to this a half dozen times I feel like it could actually do with some more elements & instruments. That said the songs are great, they just bleed together is all.
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03-27-2015, 01:37 AM
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After the third or fourth song with gently plucked acoustic guitars, soft whispery vocals, and what sounds like a demo of a reverb pedal in the background, it gets a bit predictable. I couldn't help but think that I could be listening to Elliott Smith instead, that said I've only listened to it once so far.
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03-27-2015, 09:29 AM
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I've always wanted to like Stevens more than I actually do, if that makes sense. I mean, he should be right up my street, but I find some of his stuff lacking in some way. I'll have to give this new album a go, though
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03-27-2015, 10:30 AM
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I'm a big fan, but initially I found it less accessible because musically it's so simple. But it really works on the strength and cohesion of the lyrics, and there are often really nice touches in the spare arrangements. I love it.
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03-27-2015, 10:32 AM
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My favorites so far are No Shade, John My Beloved, The Only Thing, and 4th of July
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03-29-2015, 10:38 AM
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It's not as annoying as I thought, part of it is even quite enjoyable, but that 'tender voice' makes me want to put on converge after a while.
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03-29-2015, 07:23 PM
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CONVERGE
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03-29-2015, 07:34 PM
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Through Silver In Buds
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ERMEGHERD KERNVERJ
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03-30-2015, 09:38 AM
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Quote:
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03-30-2015, 10:55 AM
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real estate cowboy
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Who cares about Pitchfork, my opinion is the only one that matters.
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03-30-2015, 12:09 PM
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i checked with pitchfork and they confirmed that we're better off just listening to joeri
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03-30-2015, 12:10 PM
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mirrar quit netphoria
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all in all, nice job sufjan but fact remains this needs some slamming gats, pounding drums and howls of fury to really enter the upper echelon of seminal technical metal
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03-30-2015, 12:40 PM
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real estate cowboy
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high five, bro
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03-30-2015, 02:06 PM
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Just Hook it to My Veins!
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SURFJAN STEVERS88888!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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03-30-2015, 08:11 PM
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SEVEN SWANSON
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03-31-2015, 05:09 PM
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i cant believe someone quoted pitchfork itt
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03-31-2015, 05:33 PM
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It was with the knowledge that Pitchfork is generally reviled and mocked here - I wasn't seriously suggesting Pitchfork is any kind of authority on anything
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04-01-2015, 05:45 AM
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real estate cowboy
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Yeah right. You better apologize right now. On your knees!
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04-01-2015, 06:59 AM
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Well this is the best thing that has happened to me, today.
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04-01-2015, 03:30 PM
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what, sarf-tom swanson?
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04-01-2015, 03:31 PM
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Socialphobic
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billy corgan feat. surfyjohn stefans on the summer MADNESS tour, 2015
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04-02-2015, 02:51 AM
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Just Hook it to My Veins!
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SURFJOHN STEPHANS!!! :bananadance:
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04-02-2015, 03:01 AM
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yeah... dance, eanus, dance...
DANCE, eanus, DANCE!!! ...DANCE!!! |
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04-02-2015, 03:26 AM
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Just Hook it to My Veins!
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dance magic, dance
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04-03-2015, 09:13 PM
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After listening to it a couple of times I would say this is his best since Illinoise
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10-28-2016, 08:18 PM
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I came here to post the link to the Sufjan Live Archive project I started: http://sufjanlive.tumblr.com/ |
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11-01-2016, 12:10 AM
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he looks so good in that picture
*love* good work btw |
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