Is this Friday going to be an incredible one? Well I just found out Sufjan Stevens has a new EP called All Delighted People available to hear & buy right this instant! It’s available to stream and buy at bandcamp. We haven’t gotten new music from Sufjan for so long. It figures that he would come out of no where with new stuff. Truly a pleasant surprise
Here is the official description of the EP:
All Delighted People is built around two different versions of Sufjan’s long-form epic ballad “All Delighted People,” a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon’s “Sounds of Silence.” Sounds delightful, yes! The song was originally workshopped on Sufjan’s previous tour in the fall of 2009. Other songs on the EP include the 17-minute guitar jam-for-single-mothers “Djohariah,” and the gothic piano ballad “The Owl and the Tanager,” a live-show mainstay (and Debbie Downer if you ask us; what’s it doing on a “Delighted” EP?).
I’m just incredibly ecstatic to get some new music from Sufjan Stevens. Asthmatic Kitty is going to release the EP this December on single-CD and double-LP formats. You’re probably going to want to grab that. I just bought the EP, and am about to give it a go. I have high hopes!
You can stream the EP below:
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