Stevens, Sufjan - Javelin (Indie Exclusive, Lemonade Vinyl) Peace... Like A River (Indie Exclusive

Stevens, Sufjan - Javelin (Indie Exclusive, Lemonade Vinyl) Peace... Like A River (Indie ExclusiveVinyl LP pressing. 2023 release. Over the course of his career, Sufjan Stevens has blurred distinctions between the major and the minor, between the details that color our existence and the big events that frame our lives. He has turned historical footnotes of States into kaleidoscopic pop, and rendered the immeasurable grief of loss with intimacy and grace. Javelin Sufjan's first solo album of songs since 2020's The Ascension and his first in full

Gonna Be Trouble

all in an otherworldly

spilling tales of the other side of life in a language conceivable only if you let yourself be taken there

the knee-jerk song path was aggressive and hooky

8 Good and Evil

which marks a new way of moving and making for Zola Jesus

No Son of Mine

and a handwritten scrawl for the titles and credits

3 Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl

but it's a darkness sublimated through grooves

a bee with a broken wing who flies on a charmed feather

6 Yae No Sakura Opening Theme (From "Yae No Sakura")