Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July (April Base Version) [Official Music Video] Sufjan Stevens 2022-07-04 | Listen here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/fourthofjulyListen to the Dumbo version here: youtu.be/hdhOGOBg1G4Listen to the original here: youtu.be/JTeKpWp8PswCredits:Filmed by Michael O'Neal and Adam Prietomoneal.cominstagram.com/moadamprieto.cominstagram.com/radamprieto***Today, July 1, on his birthday, Sufjan Stevens is releasing two alternate versions of his song, “Fourth of July” via Asthmatic Kitty Records. The new versions are “Fourth of July (April Base Version)”, recorded in Eau Claire, WI at Justin Vernon’s April Base studio, and “Fourth of July (DUMBO Version)”, recorded in Sufjan’s old studio in Brooklyn, NY.The original version of “Fourth of July” appeared on Sufjan’s album, Carrie & Lowell — a deeply personal album written to process his sorrow after the death of his mother, Carrie. Sufjan would work and rework, and record and re-record, trying to manage the grief. The refrain of the song, “We’re all gonna die,” became an anchor in each version he recorded. At the time of its release and when Sufjan would perform the song live on tour, this lyric and fact of life seemed to shock listeners. Yet its solemnity invited them to feel comfort, connection — even joy — wrought from great pain. The song has recently had a resurgence with listeners — which may speak to a deep national grief and a yearning to heal. As we head into this Fourth of July weekend — a U.S. holiday marked by war (and death) — it seems the exact correct time to be sharing them. A limited run physical 7" in red will be released in December 2022, which marks the 10-year anniversary of Carrie’s death.***Lyrics:The evil it spread like a fever aheadIt was night when you died, my fireflyWhat could I have said to raise you from the dead? Oh could I be the sky on the fourth of July?“Well you do enough talkMy little hawk, why do you cry?Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?Or the Fourth of July?We’re all gonna die.”Sitting at the bed with the halo at your head Was it all a disguise, like Junior HighWhere everything was fiction, future, and predictionNow where am I? My fading supply“Did you get enough love, my little doveWhy do you cry?And I’m sorry I left, but it was for the bestThough it never felt rightMy little Versailles.”The hospital asked should the body be cast Before I say goodbye, my star in the skySuch a funny thought to wrap you up in clothDo you find it all right, my dragonfly?“Shall we look at the moon, my little loonWhy do you cry?Make the most of your life, while it is rifeWhile it is lightWell you do enough talkMy little hawk, why do you cry?Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?Or the Fourth of July?We’re all gonna die.”
APD SufjanStevens Silver&Gold CDBox Vertical Sufjan Stevens 2024-09-05 | Asthmatic Kitty Records announced the repressing of Sufjan Stevens’ Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6-10 LP box set. This collection compiles five EPs (6LPs) recorded between 2006 and 2010 and is available now for pre-order on vinyl for the first time since its original 2012 release.
Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2024-06-21 | "To Be Alone With You" from Sufjan Stevens' ‘Seven Swans,' originally released on March 16, 2004.Deluxe 20th Anniversary Editions (physical and digital) are available now, here: asthmatickitty.lnk.to/sevenswansdeluxe~Video Credits~Lyric Video by Rena JohnsonFeaturing artwork drawn by Marzuki Stevens & animated by Stephen Halker with calligraphy by Laura Normandin~Lyrics~I’d swim across Lake MichiganI’d sell my shoesI’d give my body to back againIn the rest of roomTo be alone with youYou gave your body to the lonelyThey took your clothesYou gave up a wife and familyYou gave your ghostTo be alone with meTo be alone with meYou went up on a treeI’ve never met a man who loved me
Sufjan Stevens - The Dress Looks Nice on You (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2024-06-21 | "The Dress Looks Nice on You" from Sufjan Stevens' ‘Seven Swans,' originally released on March 16, 2004.Deluxe 20th Anniversary Editions (physical and digital) are available now, here: asthmatickitty.lnk.to/sevenswansdeluxe~Video Credits~Lyric Video by Rena JohnsonFeaturing artwork drawn by Marzuki Stevens & animated by Stephen Halker with calligraphy by Laura Normandin~Lyrics~I can see a lot of life in youI can see a lot of bright in youAnd I think the dress looks nice on youI can see a lot of life in youI can see a bed and make it tooI can see a fireside turn blueAnd I can see the lot of life inYes I can see a lot of life in youWhen the world looks backWhen the face looks after thatI can see a lot of life in youI can see a lot of life in you I can see a lot of life in youI can see a bed and make it tooAnd I think the dress looks nice on youYes I can see a lot of life in you
The Official 2023 Sufjan Yule Log (All of Sufjans Christmas music) Sufjan Stevens 2023-12-01 | Buy or listen to “Songs for Christmas” and “Silver & Gold” here. You can also check out a collection of Sufjan Christmas themed playlists: xmas.sufjan.comDirected by Brian Paccionehttp://www.brianpaccione.comFilmed & Edited by Brian PaccioneArt Director - Jess MageeSpecial Thanks To Charlie Bee Antiques, Accord NY, Amy Fritch, & Steph Edwards.Track listing: Noel: Songs for Christmas, Vol. I00:00 1. Silent Night00:43 2. O Come, O Come Emmanuel04:43 3. We're Goin' to the Country!07:00 4. Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming10:24 5. It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad!12:19 6. Holy Holy, etc.12:59 7. Amazing GraceHark!: Songs for Christmas, Vol. II17:06 1. Angels We Have Heard on High17:55 2. Put The Lights On The Tree19:43 3. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing24:25 4. I Saw Three Ships27:00 5. Only at Christmas Time29:14 6. Once in Royal David's City32:55 7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!33:40 8. What Child Is This Anyway?40:35 9. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, IsabellaDing! Dong!: Songs for Christmas, Vol. III42:05 1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel43:12 2. Come On! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance!47:00 3. We Three Kings50:00 4. O Holy Night54:04 5. That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!57:22 6. Ding! Dong!58:18 7. All the King's Horns1:01:17 8. The Friendly BeastsJoy: Songs for Christmas, Vol. IV1:05:00 1. The Little Drummer Boy1:08:43 2. Away in a Manger1:11:38 3. Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time!1:16:18 4. The First Noel1:17:10 5. Did I Make You Cry on Christmas? (Well, You Deserved It!)1:20:34 6. The Incarnation1:22:56 7. Joy to the WorldPeace: Songs for Christmas, Vol. V1:27:16 1. Once in Royal David's City1:29:18 2. Get Behind Me, Santa!1:33:07 3. Jingle Bells1:33:43 4. Christmas in July1:37:00 5. Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming1:38:46 6. Jupiter Winter1:42:39 7. Sister Winter1:47:40 8. O Come, O Come Emmanuel1:48:46 9. Star of Wonder1:55:55 10. Holy, Holy, Holy1:59:44 11. The Winter SolsticeGloria: Silver and Gold, Vol. VI2:02:48 1. Silent Night2:05:14 2. Lumberjack Christmas / No One Can Save You from Christmases Past2:08:36 3. Coventry Carol2:11:30 4. The Midnight Clear2:14:19 5. Carol of St. Benjamin the Bearded One2:17:51 6. Go Nightly Cares2:19:35 7. Barcarola (You Must Be a Christmas Tree)2:26:37 8. Auld Lang SyneI Am Santa's Helper: Silver and Gold, Vol. VII2:28:11 1. Christ the Lord Is Born2:29:01 2. Christmas Woman2:34:34 3. Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light2:35:43 4. Happy Family Christmas2:37:07 5. Jingle Bells2:38:25 6. Mysteries of the Christmas Mist2:40:35 7. Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates2:41:55 8. We Wish You a Merry Christmas2:43:11 9. Ah Holy Jesus2:45:54 10. Behold! The Birth of Man, the Face of Glory2:47:00 11. Ding-a-ling-a-ring-a-ling2:48:52 12. How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?2:51:01 13. Mr. Frosty Man2:52:50 14. Make Haste to See the Baby2:54:13 15. Ah Holy Jesus (with reed organ)2:55:42 16. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:57:33 17. Morning (Sacred Harp)3:00:02 18. Idumea (Sacred Harp)3:03:52 19. Eternal Happiness or Woe3:05:10 20. Ah Holy Jesus (a capella)3:06:11 21. I Am Santa's Helper3:08:02 22. Ma'oz Tzur (Rock of Ages)3:08:44 23. Even the Earth Will Perish and the Universe Give WayChristmas Infinity Voyage: Silver and Gold, Vol. VIII3:10:45 1. Angels We Have Heard on High3:14:49 2. Do You Hear What I Hear?3:24:04 3. Christmas in the Room3:28:26 4. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear3:29:14 5. Good King Wenceslas3:33:32 6. Alphabet St.3:35:15 7. Particle Physics3:36:11 8. Joy to the World3:41:42 9. The Child with the Star on His HeadLet It Snow: Silver and Gold, Vol. IX3:57:08 1. I'll Be Home for Christmas4:00:35 2. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town4:03:09 3. The Sleigh in the Moon4:04:54 4. Sleigh Ride4:07:22 5. Ave Maria4:09:31 6. X-mas Spirit Catcher4:13:01 7. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!4:15:19 8. A Holly Jolly Christmas4:17:45 9. Christmas FaceChristmas Unicorn: Silver and Gold, Vol. X4:18:25 1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:22:07 2. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear4:22:46 3. Up on the Housetop4:27:08 4. Angels We Have Heard on High4:28:00 5. We Need a Little Christmas4:30:03 6. Happy Karma Christmas4:33:38 7. We Three Kings4:34:30 8. Justice Delivers Its Death4:37:47 9. Christmas Unicorn
Sufjan Stevens - Genuflecting Ghost (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-06 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen Halker Featuring artwork by Sufjan StevensLyrics:Give myself as a sacrifice Genuflecting ghost I kiss the floorRise, my love, show me paradiseNothing seems so simple anymoreRest assured, words come easy Insecure, love and please meSacred word, bind me, insultAs I praise your nameNow we dance in our catastrophe Ramparts in the sky That flash with horrorLet’s take these chances no more amnestyNothing else remains as once beforeRest assured, empires will fallInsecure, restless and smallSacred word, bind me, insultAs I praise your nameGive myself as a sacrifice Genuflecting ghost I kiss no moreCredits:All instruments and lead vocals by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by adrienne maree brown.
Sufjan Stevens - Will Anybody Ever Love Me? (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-06 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Video credits:Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Rena JohnsonFeaturing artwork by Sufjan StevensLyrics:Chase away my heart and heartacheRun me over, throw me over, cast me outFind a river running to the west windJust above the shoreline You will see a cloudTie me to a tiny wooden raftBurn my body, point me to the undertowPush me off into the void at lastWatch me drift and watch me struggle let me go... ’cause I really wanna know:Will anybody ever love me?For good reasonsWithout grievance, not for sportWill anybody ever love me? In every seasonPledge allegiance to my heartPledge allegiance to my burning heartHello wildness please forgive me nowFor the heartache and the misery I createTake my suffering as I take my vowWash me now, anoint me With that golden bladeTie me to the final wooden stakeBurn my body, celebrate the afterglowWash away the summer sins I madeWatch me drift and Watch me struggle, let me go’cause I really wanna know:Will anybody ever love me?For good reasonsWithout grievance, not for sportWill anybody ever love me? In every seasonPledge allegiance to my heartPledge allegiance to my burning heartCredits:All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by adrienne maree brown, Megan Lui, Hannah Cohen.
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (To Have And To Hold) (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-06 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen Halker Featuring artwork by Sufjan StevensLyrics:Searching through snowFor the javelin I had not Meant to throw right at youFor if it had hit its mark There’d be blood in the place Where you stoodIt’s a terrible thought To have and holdIt’s a terrible thought To have and holdSo here we stand in the darkMy eyes travelling to the spotWhere you’d thrown yourself Over the rocksFor if you’d not been so fastThere’d be blood in the place Where you stoodIt’s a terrible thought To have and holdIt’s a terrible thought To have and holdIt’s a terrible thought To have and holdCredits:All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by adrienne maree brown, Megan Lui, and Hannah Cohen.©2023 Sufjan Stevens Music/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens - Theres A World (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-06 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen Halker Featuring artwork by Sufjan StevensLyrics:There’s a world you’re living inNo one else has your partAll God’s children in the windTake it in and blow real hardLook around it, have you found it?Walking down the avenueSee what it brings Could be good thingsIn the air for me and youWe are leaving, we are goneCome with us to all aloneNever worry, never moanWe will leave you all aloneIn the mountains, in the citiesYou can see the righteous dreamLook around youHas it found you?Is it what it really seems?There’s a world you’re living inNo one else has your partAll God’s children in the windTake it in and blow real hardCredits:All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by Megan Lui and Hannah Cohen."There’s a World“ by Neil Young ©1972 Silver Fiddle Music, Hipgnosis Side A
Sufjan Stevens - My Red Little Fox (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-06 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Video credits: Featuring artwork by Sufjan Stevens Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen HalkerAdditional animation: Rena JohnsonLyrics:I drink ’til it’s lost Drinking words within That spin down PentecostKiss me with the fire of godsJust say what you wantSay it out within Without that funny little coughSimple minded, simple talkDon’t start with your camouflageSpurning from withinJump in, my red little foxRivers running through it allSo kiss me as I am lostKiss me from withinJump in, my red little fox Yellow paper folded offMy love, my queen, my broken Dreams come save meKiss me like the wind Now I sing it won’t youKiss me from within Now I sing it won’t youKiss me like the wind that flows within your veinsLet’s not be for wantWanting is a sinI don’t want anything at allYellow fever folded offLet’s drink ’til it’s PentecostDrink unto the windJump in, my red little foxKiss me with the fire of godsLet’s scream ’til it’s all forgotScreaming words within That spin without any costKiss me with the fire of gods My love, my queen, my spoken Dreams come save meKiss me like the wind Now I sing it won’t youKiss me from within Now I sing it won’t youKiss me like the wind that flows within your veinsCredits:All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by adrienne maree brown, Megan Lui, and Hannah Cohen.©2023 Sufjan Stevens Music/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (Official Album Stream) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-06 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 202300:00 Goodbye Evergreen 03:36 A Running Start 07:57 Will Anybody Ever Love Me?12:06 Everything That Rises 17:05 Genuflecting Ghost 20:38 My Little Red Fox24:21 So You Are Tired29:11 Javelin (To Have And To Hold)31:04 Shit Talk39:35 There's A WorldVideo credits:"A Running Start," "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?" & "So You Are Tired" Featuring artwork by Sufjan StevensDirector, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Rena Johnson"Goodbye Evergreen," "Everything That Rises," "Genuflecting Ghost," "My Little Red Fox," "Javelin (To Have And To Hold)," "Shit Talk," & "There's A World"Featuring artwork by Sufjan Stevens Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen HalkerAdditional animation: Rena JohnsonCredits:All songs by Sufjan Stevens ©2023 Sufjan Stevens Music/ASCAP Except “There’s a World“ by Neil Young ©1972 Silver Fiddle Music, Hipgnosis Side A Sufjan Stevens: performs everything except—adrienne maree brown: additional vocals on "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?" "Everything That Rises" "Genuflecting Ghost" "My Red Little Fox" "So You Are Tired" and "Javelin (To Have And To Hold)"Nedelle Torrisi: additionalvocals on "A Running Start"Pauline Delassus:additional vocals on "Shit Talk"Bryce Dessner: additionalacoustic and electric guitars on "Shit Talk"Megan Lui and Hannah Cohen:additional vocals on "Goodbye Evergreen" "A Running Start" "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?" "Everything That Rises" "My Red Little Fox" "So You Are Tired" "Javelin (To Have And To Hold)" "Shit Talk" and "There's A World"This album was recorded, engineered, arranged, produced and mixed by Sufjan StevensMastered by Heba Kadry, NYCVinyl mastering by Josh BonatiAll original artwork, photography, typography, layout and design by Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-06 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen Halker Featuring artwork by Sufjan StevensLyrics:No more fightingNo more talking shit Do as I say not as I give upNot as I’ve failed to liveIn the future there will be A terrible costFor all that we’ve left undoneDeliver me from everything I’ve put offAnd all that we’ve lostI will always love you But I cannot live with youNo more fightingI’ve nothing left to giveI’ve nothing but atrophyDid I cross you?Did I fail to believeIn positive thoughts?Our romantic second chance is deadI buried it with the hatchetQuit your anticsPut them at the foot of the bedAnd set it on fireI will always love you But I cannot look at youHold me closelyHold me tightly lest I fall....Hold me closelyHold me tightly lest I fall....No, I don’t wanna fight at allCredits:All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by Pauline Delassus.Additional acoustic and electric guitars by Bryce Dessner.
Sufjan Stevens - Everything That Rises (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-06 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Video credits:Featuring artwork by Sufjan Stevens Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen HalkerAdditional animation: Rena JohnsonLyrics:Can you lift me up to a higher place?Forget everything that was beforeTurn your face around Like the salted sphere Turn yourself around To see what once was there Everything that rises must convergeEverything that rises in a wordEverything that rises must convergeEverything that rises...Jesus lift me up to a higher planeCan you come around before I go insane?Cast me not in hell Where the demons rage Turn yourself around To see what I can saveEverything that rises must convergeEverything that rises in a wordEverything that rises must convergeEverything that rises.... Turn yourself away From the wickedness, I said Evil comes to play In the image of the deadEverything rises, must convergeEverything rises in a wordEverything rises, must convergeEverything rises....Credits:All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by adrienne maree brown, Megan Lui, and Hannah Cohen.
Sufjan Stevens - Goodbye Evergreen (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-06 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Video credits: Featuring artwork by Sufjan Stevens Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen HalkerAdditional animation: Rena JohnsonLyrics:Goodbye, EvergreenYou know I love you But everything heaven-sent Must burn out in the end I promised youJust as you were in my dreamNow let me off easyAnd I’ll slip down through the drainTo release my scattered brain My enemy Something just isn’t rightI cut from the inside I’m frightened of the endI’m drowning in my self-defenseNow punish meThink of me as what you willI grow like a cancerI’m pressed out in the rainDeliver me from the poisoned painCredits:All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by Megan Lui, and Hannah Cohen.
Sufjan Stevens - A Running Start (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-10-03 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Rena Johnson Featuring artwork by Sufjan StevensLyrics:If I imagine myself peaceful On the fire escapeHead first, my hands inside my T-shirt, as we run awaySo now we have a running start My body moves in mystic waysI cross my arms to shield my heart As everything turns into wavesI see the light upon the lakeThe silver moon, the water snakeA pair of eyes, a gentle breeze Forgotten tales, a wild beastI know, I know the time has come To ask you for a kissDon’t go, my lovely pantomimeReceive of me my only wish If I align myself with Pisces In a funny way Can you, my lover, kiss my braceletAnd my shoulder bladesWe’ve always had a running startI jump between the trampolinesYou throw your arms around my heartAs if to say you’re all I needThe winter pines, the lonely drake The light beneath the frozen lakeA pair of eyes, a gentle breezeForgotten tales, a wild beastI know, I know the time has comeTo ask you for a kissDon’t go, my lovely pantomimeReceive of me my only wishAll instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by Nedelle Torrisi, Megan Lui, and Hannah Cohen.
Sufjan Stevens - Will Anybody Ever Love Me? (Official Music Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-09-13 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Director, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Stephen HalkerFeaturing artwork by Sufjan StevensLyrics:Chase away my heart and heartacheRun me over, throw me over, cast me outFind a river running to the west windJust above the shoreline You will see a cloudTie me to a tiny wooden raftBurn my body, point me to the undertowPush me off into the void at lastWatch me drift and watch me struggle let me go... ’cause I really wanna know:Will anybody ever love me?For good reasonsWithout grievance, not for sportWill anybody ever love me? In every seasonPledge allegiance to my heartPledge allegiance to my burning heartHello wildness please forgive me nowFor the heartache and the misery I createTake my suffering as I take my vowWash me now, anoint me With that golden bladeTie me to the final wooden stakeBurn my body, celebrate the afterglowWash away the summer sins I madeWatch me drift and Watch me struggle, let me go’cause I really wanna know:Will anybody ever love me?For good reasonsWithout grievance, not for sportWill anybody ever love me? In every seasonPledge allegiance to my heartPledge allegiance to my burning heartCredits:Written by Sufjan StevensBackground vocals: adrienne maree brown, Megan Lui, Hannah CohenEverything else by Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens - So You Are Tired (Official Lyric Video) Sufjan Stevens 2023-08-14 | Listen/Buy ‘Javelin’ here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/javelin‘Javelin’ by Sufjan Stevens, released on CD, LP & Digital October 6, 2023Featuring artwork by Sufjan StevensDirector, Producer, Animator, & Editor: Rena JohnsonLyrics:So you are tired of us So rest your headTurning back fourteen years Of what I did and said So you are breathing disaster I did what I was told But I was a man born invisible Was it something I said Or some kind of joke? So you are tired as the sun Are you with or without a friend? Bring me back everything Caught in your shield Let everything else descend So you are seething with laughter Was it really all just a joke? I was a man indivisible When everything else was broke So you are tired of even my kiss So go back to your den Throwing out everything Left in your field When there was nothing Left to defend So you are dreaming of after Was it really all just for fun? I was the man still in love with you When I already knew it was done So you are tired of me So rest your head Turning back all that We had in our life While I return to deathCredits:All instruments and lead vocal by Sufjan Stevens.Additional vocals by adrienne maree brown, Hannah Cohen, Megan Lui.©2023 Sufjan Stevens Music/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick - Revanche [Visualization] Sufjan Stevens 2023-05-19 | Stream / Buy CD/LP: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/ReflectionsCredits:Artwork by Jessica SlavenAnimated and produced by Stephen HalkerComposed by Sufjan StevensPerformed by Timo Andres & Conor Hanick
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick - Euphoros [Visualization] Sufjan Stevens 2023-05-19 | Stream / Buy CD/LP: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/ReflectionsCredits:Artwork by Jessica SlavenAnimated and produced by Stephen HalkerComposed by Sufjan StevensPerformed by Timo Andres & Conor Hanick
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick - Reflexion [Visualization] Sufjan Stevens 2023-05-19 | Stream / Buy CD/LP: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/ReflectionsCredits:Artwork by Jessica SlavenAnimated and produced by Stephen HalkerComposed by Sufjan StevensPerformed by Timo Andres & Conor Hanick
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick - And I Shall Come To You . . . [Visualization] Sufjan Stevens 2023-05-19 | Full title: And I Shall Come To You Like A Stormtrooper In Drag Serving Imperial Realness Stream / Buy CD/LP: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/ReflectionsCredits:Artwork by Jessica SlavenAnimated and produced by Stephen HalkerComposed by Sufjan StevensPerformed by Timo Andres & Conor Hanick
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick - Mnemosyne [Visualization] Sufjan Stevens 2023-05-19 | Stream / Buy CD/LP: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/ReflectionsCredits:Artwork by Jessica SlavenAnimated and produced by Stephen HalkerComposed by Sufjan StevensPerformed by Timo Andres & Conor Hanick
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick - Rodinia [Visualization] Sufjan Stevens 2023-05-19 | Stream / Buy CD/LP: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/ReflectionsCredits:Artwork by Jessica SlavenAnimated and produced by Stephen HalkerComposed by Sufjan StevensPerformed by Timo Andres & Conor Hanick
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick - Reflections [Official Full Album Stream] Sufjan Stevens 2023-05-19 | Stream / Buy CD/LP: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/ReflectionsCredits:Artwork by Jessica SlavenAnimated and produced by Stephen HalkerComposed by Sufjan StevensPerformed by Timo Andres & Conor Hanick00:00 Ekstasis03:04 Revanche08:24 Euphoros11:39 Mnemosyne15:07 Rodinia20:58 Reflexion23:56 And I Shall Come To You Like A Stormtrooper In Drag Serving Imperial Realness
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick - Ekstasis [Visualization] Sufjan Stevens 2023-04-18 | Stream / Buy CD/LP: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/ReflectionsCredits:Artwork by Jessica SlavenAnimated and produced by Stephen HalkerComposed by Sufjan StevensPerformed by Timo Andres & Conor Hanick
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick - Ekstasis [Live Performance Video] Sufjan Stevens 2023-04-18 | Stream / Buy CD/LP: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/ReflectionsCredits:Composed by Sufjan StevensPerformed by Timo Andres & Conor HanickDirected by Brian Paccione (brianpaccione.com)Produced by Jess MageeCinematography by Ben RutkowskiCamera Operators - Jordan Tetewsky, Ben Rutkowski, Brian PaccioneEdited by Brian PaccioneEngineering & Mixing by Sam SkinnerAssistant Engineering by Aaron RossColorist - Jordan TetewskyFilmed & Recorded Live at Yamaha Artist Services New York, March 2023 @yamahaglobal
Sufjan Stevens, Chicago (Demo) [Official Audio - as seen on Hulus The Bear] Sufjan Stevens 2022-08-23 | Listen/stream here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/chicago-demoLyrics:I fell in love againAll things go, all things goDrove to ChicagoAll things know, all things knowWe sold our clothes to the stateI don't mind, I don't mindI made a lot of mistakesIn my mind, in my mindI drove to New YorkIn a van, with my friendWe slept in parking lotsI don't mind, I don't mindI was in love with the placeIn my mind, in my mindI made a lot of mistakesIn my mind, in my mindYou came to take usAll things go, all things goTo recreate usAll things grow, all things growWe had our mindsetAll things know, all things knowYou had to find itAll things go, all things goIf I was cryingIn the van, with my friendIt was for freedomFrom myself and from the landI made a lot of mistakesI made a lot of mistakesI made a lot of mistakesI made a lot of mistakesYou came to take usAll things go, all things goTo recreate usAll things grow, all things growWe had our mindsetAll things know, all things knowYou had to find itAll things go, all things go
Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July (April Base Version) Sufjan Stevens 2022-07-01 | Listen here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/fourthofjulyListen to the Dumbo version here: youtu.be/hdhOGOBg1G4Listen to the original here: youtu.be/JTeKpWp8PswWatch the music video here: youtu.be/SIGZimaAV4MToday, July 1, on his birthday, Sufjan Stevens is releasing two alternate versions of his song, “Fourth of July” via Asthmatic Kitty Records. The new versions are “Fourth of July (April Base Version)”, recorded in Eau Claire, WI at Justin Vernon’s April Base studio, and “Fourth of July (DUMBO Version)”, recorded in Sufjan’s old studio in Brooklyn, NY.The original version of “Fourth of July” appeared on Sufjan’s album, Carrie & Lowell — a deeply personal album written to process his sorrow after the death of his mother, Carrie. Sufjan would work and rework, and record and re-record, trying to manage the grief. The refrain of the song, “We’re all gonna die,” became an anchor in each version he recorded. At the time of its release and when Sufjan would perform the song live on tour, this lyric and fact of life seemed to shock listeners. Yet its solemnity invited them to feel comfort, connection — even joy — wrought from great pain. The song has recently had a resurgence with listeners — which may speak to a deep national grief and a yearning to heal. As we head into this Fourth of July weekend — a U.S. holiday marked by war (and death) — it seems the exact correct time to be sharing them. A limited run physical 7" in red will be released in December 2022, which marks the 10-year anniversary of Carrie’s death.Lyrics:The evil it spread like a fever aheadIt was night when you died, my fireflyWhat could I have said to raise you from the dead? Oh could I be the sky on the fourth of July?“Well you do enough talkMy little hawk, why do you cry?Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?Or the Fourth of July?We’re all gonna die.”Sitting at the bed with the halo at your head Was it all a disguise, like Junior HighWhere everything was fiction, future, and predictionNow where am I? My fading supply“Did you get enough love, my little doveWhy do you cry?And I’m sorry I left, but it was for the bestThough it never felt rightMy little Versailles.”The hospital asked should the body be cast Before I say goodbye, my star in the skySuch a funny thought to wrap you up in clothDo you find it all right, my dragonfly?“Shall we look at the moon, my little loonWhy do you cry?Make the most of your life, while it is rifeWhile it is lightWell you do enough talkMy little hawk, why do you cry?Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?Or the Fourth of July?We’re all gonna die.”
Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July (Dumbo Version) Sufjan Stevens 2022-07-01 | Listen here: sufjanstevens.lnk.to/fourthofjulyListen to the April Base version here: youtu.be/rO7vi9GexrQListen to the original here: youtu.be/JTeKpWp8PswToday, July 1, on his birthday, Sufjan Stevens is releasing two alternate versions of his song, “Fourth of July” via Asthmatic Kitty Records. The new versions are “Fourth of July (April Base Version)”, recorded in Eau Claire, WI at Justin Vernon’s April Base studio, and “Fourth of July (DUMBO Version)”, recorded in Sufjan’s old studio in Brooklyn, NY.The original version of “Fourth of July” appeared on Sufjan’s album, Carrie & Lowell — a deeply personal album written to process his sorrow after the death of his mother, Carrie. Sufjan would work and rework, and record and re-record, trying to manage the grief. The refrain of the song, “We’re all gonna die,” became an anchor in each version he recorded. At the time of its release and when Sufjan would perform the song live on tour, this lyric and fact of life seemed to shock listeners. Yet its solemnity invited them to feel comfort, connection — even joy — wrought from great pain. The song has recently had a resurgence with listeners — which may speak to a deep national grief and a yearning to heal. As we head into this Fourth of July weekend — a U.S. holiday marked by war (and death) — it seems the exact correct time to be sharing them. A limited run physical 7" in red will be released in December 2022, which marks the 10-year anniversary of Carrie’s death.Lyrics:The evil it spread like a fever aheadIt was night when you died, my fireflyWhat could I have said to raise you from the dead? Oh could I be the sky on the fourth of July?“Well you do enough talkMy little hawk, why do you cry?Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?Or the Fourth of July?We’re all gonna die.”Sitting at the bed with the halo at your head Was it all a disguise, like Junior HighWhere everything was fiction, future, and predictionNow where am I? My fading supply“Did you get enough love, my little doveWhy do you cry?And I’m sorry I left, but it was for the bestThough it never felt rightMy little Versailles.”The hospital asked should the body be cast Before I say goodbye, my star in the skySuch a funny thought to wrap you up in clothDo you find it all right, my dragonfly?“Shall we look at the moon, my little loonWhy do you cry?Make the most of your life, while it is rifeWhile it is lightWell you do enough talkMy little hawk, why do you cry?Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?Or the Fourth of July?We’re all gonna die.”
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Beginner’s Mind (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-10-07 | Order/listen to "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mindLyrics:Bodhi Tree grows in the lightShotgun shell, cannon fireBaby, we’ve got nothing to looseAn ex-president, L.A. sure has been changingLiving off the last of my loot Hedonists in 909, trailer park columbineTina taken by FBIsUncut kilograms, two dead in the ambulanceLife was just a new way to die Will you let yourself unwindPut your soul on the lineStriving for a beginner’s mindMy heart wasn’t thereCouldn’t be bothered to careNow we’re drowning in the moonlight Oh my love, I can explainI was only a child in search of my own nameA rider of the stormA mystic self-proclaimedThe glider of the airA creature in its cageNow won’t you send me homeTo my point breakCredits:MUSIC BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE AND SUFJAN STEVENS LYRICS BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE©2021 ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE MUSIC/BMI©2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Pillar of Souls (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-26 | Order/listen to "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mindLyrics:I slept for five daysIn stillness I laid full of demonic visionsMy still-life remains like the path of a pigeon That flew into flames from the rivals of hell Raised from the dead, to save my soulJ.P Monroe tied up his ghostLife was just like a camera showCaptured in song, my life gives blood It’s all flesh in my mindI can’t wait to inscribeAll the names that I’ve read in the blood of your knifeHeaven and hell await all who give of their life I’ve been waiting this time Now covered in chainsMy skin is ablated with bleeding incisionAnd still, life remains, my cadaver imprisoned As you shall retain me and raise me from hell Cenobite seized within the throesTo be released from the pillar of soulsDragged from the dark, my love extolledBring me the beast, my life gives blood It’s all flesh in my mindI can’t wait to describeAll the dead that I’ve raised with the blood of your knifeHeaven help me await all who give of their life Drink the blood of my wineMUSIC AND LYRICS BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE AND SUFJAN STEVENS ©2021 ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE MUSIC/BMI©2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Lady Macbeth In Chains (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-26 | Order/listen to "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mindLyrics:Open on Broadway, you’re a starJust an opportunist at heartEvil hid in glitz and glamourDrunk like a potion harvesterAll about EveCat up a treeMargo Channing, Listen to meDon’t believe what she saysWhen she sleeps in your headNow the two allegories of pity and terrorOne for the money, for trial and errorTelling the story anointing its pleasureLady MacBeth in chains Once in a lifetime you’re a starA circus of light falling apartJust as the flame is on the reservoirThe darkness arises so much brighterAll about EveQueen TragedyAll that you need is a throne to receiveNow go sleep in the bedThat you made while she bled from her open woundsTwo categories tell two different storiesOne for ambition, and one full of glory Backstabbing feeds on its own inventory Lady MacBeth in chainsLady MacBeth in chainsCredits:MUSIC BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE LYRICS BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE AND SUFJAN STEVENS ©2021 ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE MUSIC/BMI©2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Murder And Crime (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-26 | Order/listen to "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mindLyrics:Evidence known so longOh god, I’m lost in my wrongs Everything froze like stoneSaw your heart couldn’t take much moreMy boy, I don’t know why this lifeIs so cruel and unkind but it weighs on my heartAll joys were taken from your eyesAs the law would abide in murder and crimeHard lines as the fossil definesIts own shadow in lime and reveals how it diesIf anything goes, then everything’s flawedOh my love, what the violence has causedMalevolence flowed from beyondAnd my heart cannot take much moreOh joy I’m afraid of the lightAs the jewel of my mind begins to fall apart Do not destroy what has taken its timeAs the Lord would abide in murder and crimeOh my love, I don’t know why this lifeIs so cruel and unkind but it weighs on my heartFading lines as the fossil deniesIts own shadow in time to conceal how it died Evidence known, march onOh god, I’m lost in the antiphonWhere does everything go when everything’s gone? For my heart cannot break much moreCredits:MUSIC BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE LYRICS BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE AND SUFJAN STEVENS ©2021 ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE MUSIC/BMI©2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - (This Is) The Thing (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-26 | Order/listen to "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mindLyrics:This is the thing about peopleYou never really know what’s insideSomewhere in the soul there’s a secretHysteria grows where it was invitedThis is the thing about fictionHow everything feeds on its paranoiaWrapping it all up in traditionNow fill up the cup, go and drink your poisonMy love is a witness for the loss of your innocenceSo give it all up, give it distance, live it up for the path of resistanceThis is the thing about confusionYou never really know what you’ll findTell me what it means to be humanThe freedom you seek is to free your mindMy love is a witness for the loss of your innocenceSo give it all up, give it distance, live it up for the path of resistanceThis is the thing about evilYou never really know where it’s hidingFind your phantom in the cathedralThe more you search for it, the less you’ll findMy love is a witness for the loss of your innocenceSo give it all up, give it distance, live it up for the path of resistanceCredits:MUSIC AND LYRICS BY SUFJAN STEVENS ©2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - It’s Your Own Body And Mind (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-26 | Order/listen to "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mindLyrics:Shall we all talk paternal?Shall we all talk of the sun?Everything runs in circlesEverything comes undoneOne hand holds the mantel The other one holds the keyYour body is a sanctuaryAnd your body is about to be freeShe’s gotta have itShe’s got a dreamAnd she’ll make it a habit Of doing her own thingShe’s doing her own thingDoesn’t it seem quite obviousDoesn’t it seem unwiseNothing else can be taken from youIt’s your own body and mindOne hand holds the candle The other one holds the flameInfinite with its guiding lightIlluminating all things the same Credits:MUSIC AND LYRICS BY SUFJAN STEVENS ©2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Lost In The World (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-26 | Order/listen to "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mindLyrics:A voice of air’s mellifluence Draconian will, superstitionNow go arise, awake your deadAn angel fell, one heaven sent The Beaufort scale measured the galesI saw the world between two sailsThe water climbed over the sky As miracles demystifyAll that was lost in the worldYeah I’ve been lost in the worldHow do we all make it through?Caught in thought, daydreaming like I doJust like you, when you told me all your dreams would come trueWell I hope you’re right, and they always doAn optical indifferenceParallel realms of existenceCosmologies apocalypse Your premonition’s persistence For all that was lost in the worldYeah I’ve been lost in the worldHow will we all make it through?Caught in thoughts, daydreaming like I doJust like you, when you told me all your dreams would come trueWell I hope you’re right, and they always doCredits:MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE©2021 ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE MUSIC/BMI
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginners Mind (Official Full Album Stream) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-24 | Order/listen to "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mindTrack listing:00:00 Reach Out03:45 Lady Macbeth In Chains07:29 Back To Oz11:43 The Pillar Of Souls14:55 You Give Death A Bad Name19:04 Beginner’s Mind21:22 Olympus24:31 Murder And Crime28:03 (This Is) The Thing30:54 It’s Your Own Body And Mind33:23 Lost In The World 36:35 Fictional California 39:28 Cimmerian Shade43:49 Lacrimae
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Lacrimae (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-24 | Order/listen to "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mindLyrics:I called a nameOver the oceanLacrimal tearsFears of devotionAll the dreams I vowed to make come trueAnd the life I long to take I looseLord, why must this life be so cruelWhen there ain’t much you can doI saw your eyes burn in the moonlightAll I ask is a chance in this lifetimeAll the dreams I vowed to make come trueAnd the life I long to take I looseLord, why must this life be so cruelAnd shadowed in the gloomCredits:MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE©2021 ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE MUSIC/BMI
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - You Give Death A Bad Name (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-08 | Pre-order "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mind"A Beginner's Mind" by Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine available on CD, LP, Cassette, & Digital September 24, 2021Lyrics:Shot to the skull or a strike to the brainAs you withdraw, you give death a bad nameCan you be stopped, or can evil be slain?Is there something to be lost to surrender the pain? You’re just a shade of something betrayed Watch as you fade into the reservoirCan you exist, shade of the oculistNo consciousness, less than a metaphor What was once dead is now coming for youThe television said it’s the right thing to do Give me a name more than a flame Can it contain more than a metaphor?Show me your face give it some breathing space Feel my embrace, empty the reservoir Was it for profit or was it for gainYou gave it your all; you gave life a bad name Sentries trembling voices assemblingNothing resembling what it had been beforeContamination death to America Reanimation what are you waiting for Shot to the skull or a strike to the brainThe cadaver on the cross; you give love a bad name Can you explain all our divided painWhat still remains after the rigor mortisePoured gasoline ghost in a dead machineGod save the queen, lessons and metaphors Hung from a tree, edge of the canopyAll this debris, signals and semaphoresRound them all up, drink from the holy cupBattered in blood, what are you waiting for? Jump from the fire into the frying panVoice of the choir now you are born againGathered in song calling all next of kinCan do no wrong, perfect American Follow your dreams into the black and whiteAnthropocene, live it up, give a fightShot to the heart, God bless AmericaFailed from the start, what are you waiting for?Credits:MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE AND SUFJAN STEVENS ©2021 ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE MUSIC/BMI©2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Cimmerian Shade (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-09-08 | Pre-order "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mind"A Beginner's Mind" by Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine available on CD, LP, Cassette, & Digital September 24, 2021Lyrics:The lamb cries ’til ears ringI cannot love from my prison of shameIn Cimmerian ShadeI’ll keep her safe in the well, tailor made I just want you to love meI just wanted to know myselfFix it all, Jonathan DemmeBeauty resides where your spirit dwells My Starling flies into the rainbowLost in the mist, Chrysalis, kill your idolsSafe in my autogynophilia One black witch moth, now she’s lost in the meadow I just want you to love meI just wanted to change myselfFix it all, Jonathan DemmeBeauty resides where your spirit dwells Save me from everything I ask forSoil from the sod, Lamb of God, rest in peaceI’m still just running from the answerSafe in the cell, kiss and tell, my Clarise I just want you to know meI just wanted to love myselfFix it all, Jonathan DemmeBeauty resides where your spirit dwellsCredits:MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE AND SUFJAN STEVENS ©2021 ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE MUSIC/BMI©2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Olympus (Official Audio) Sufjan Stevens 2021-07-07 | Pre-order "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mind"A Beginner's Mind" by Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine available on CD, LP, Cassette, & Digital September 24, 2021Lyrics: Oh, lift up your head, boyDon’t play pretend dead on the floorNow Harryhausen conceived from a cauldronWielding Olympus with eyes on the shore There’s nothing There’s nothing Oh, show me the flow of my lifeBound by Acrisius bronzed in the skylightSeeking the oracle’s eyes in the night with a sighSeriphos greets us with moments of silence There’s nothingThere’s nothingThere’s nothingThere’s nothing Who will arrange my great escape?Hopelessly I have been torn from this outrageTossing and turning uneasy it cost me the crossAm I at rest or resigned in my chaos? There’s nothingThere’s nothingThere’s nothingThere’s nothing There’s somethingIt’s the light on your handThere’s somethingIt’s the touch of my wristbandThere’s one thingIt’s the weight of our wishThere’s one thingIt’s our very first kiss
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Reach Out (Official Music Video) Sufjan Stevens 2021-07-07 | Order "A Beginner's Mind" here: sufjanangelo.ffm.to/a-beginners-mind"A Beginner's Mind" by Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine available on CD, LP, Cassette, & Digital September 24, 2021Starring: Joku and Charlie (in order of appearance) Director: Jessica CalleiroColor: Gabriel SanchezVoice Actors: Madeleine Monshausen & Stefan BuergermeisterSpecial thanks to Marisa TremblayFootage by Angelo De Augustine and Sufjan StevensLyrics: I have a memory Of a time and place where history resignedNow my apology All the light came in to fulminate my mind Reach out, reach out To all the ones who came before youPonder what is rightYou and I, in defianceSpeak out, speak out The conversation may afford youWisdom of the wiseYou and I, in defiance And I come from conscience where there is no conjugationI would rather be a flower than the oceanAnd I held myself as something of an innovationI would rather be devoured than be broken All my life I tried so hardTo separate myself from allThat is and was and will be torn apartYou were running unafraid I know you, but I’ve changed my wayYou know I take it all to heart Home is where you’ve called my nameI’ve gone as far as the eye can blameYou said love may have lost its way Now my life has been erasedAnd what I gave, I gave for youAnd for myself and for the holy nameYou were running unashamedAnd yours is mine and all remains As nothing ever stays the same Reach out, reach out to all the ones who came beforeReach out, reach out to all the ones who came beforeReach out, reach out and all at once the pain restores youReach out, reach out and all at once the pain restores youAll at once the pain restores you I have a memory of a time and place where history resignedNow in my reverieFor the guiding light that opened up my mind
Sufjan Stevens - Incantation VII - Convocations [Official Audio and Visual] Sufjan Stevens 2021-05-06 | From Incantations, Volume 5 of ConvocationsListen/buy here: sufjanstevens.ffm.to/convocationsVisual Artist: Melissa Fuentes @melissazrttt instagram.com/melissazrttt Editor: Otto Sánchez instagram.com/8_catorceConvocations, the new instrumental album from Sufjan Stevens, moves like a two-and-a-half-hour electronic/ambient mass for our present age of anxiety and dread; its 49 tracks work through the stages of grief and gladness with emotional mood music that is dreamy, dissonant, vertiginous, rhythmic, repetitive, urgent, and calm—that is, all the things we undergo when we inevitably live through isolation, uncertainty, and loss. Its five sonic cycles (Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations, and Incantations) replicate different stages of mourning, healing and catharsis, working both to soothe our unease while savoring a renewed sense of awe and wonder for being alive in these unprecedented times. Stevens initiated Convocations in response to (and as an homage to) the life and death of his father, who died in September last year, two days following the release of The Ascension. It is, then, ultimately an album about death, and an album that reflects a year in which we have all lost so much. That said, this is not a personal record, but a universal one. Convocations is built on a shared experience that seeks to be honest about how complicated grief can be in these difficult times—the pain and separation, the anxiety, the unknown, the absolute joy of memory. This is also an album made in lockdown, when we were all cloistered in whatever space we had. Convocations arrives just as we begin to emerge from a year whose losses we will calculate for a lifetime. It is, then, right on time, as we begin to process our grief and try to carry on with it.©2021 AKR P.O. BOX 1282 LANDER, WY 82520 USAALL MUSIC PERFORMED, RECORDED, MIXED AND PRODUCED BY SUFJAN STEVENS © 2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens - Incantations - Convocations [Official Audio and Visual] Sufjan Stevens 2021-05-06 | From Convocations / Listen/buy here: sufjanstevens.ffm.to/convocationsVisual Artist: Melissa Fuentes melissazrttt instagram.com/melissazrttt Editor: Otto Sánchez instagram.com/8_catorceConvocations, the new instrumental album from Sufjan Stevens, moves like a two-and-a-half-hour electronic/ambient mass for our present age of anxiety and dread; its 49 tracks work through the stages of grief and gladness with emotional mood music that is dreamy, dissonant, vertiginous, rhythmic, repetitive, urgent, and calm—that is, all the things we undergo when we inevitably live through isolation, uncertainty, and loss. Its five sonic cycles (Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations, and Incantations) replicate different stages of mourning, healing and catharsis, working both to soothe our unease while savoring a renewed sense of awe and wonder for being alive in these unprecedented times. Stevens initiated Convocations in response to (and as an homage to) the life and death of his father, who died in September last year, two days following the release of The Ascension. It is, then, ultimately an album about death, and an album that reflects a year in which we have all lost so much. That said, this is not a personal record, but a universal one. Convocations is built on a shared experience that seeks to be honest about how complicated grief can be in these difficult times—the pain and separation, the anxiety, the unknown, the absolute joy of memory. This is also an album made in lockdown, when we were all cloistered in whatever space we had. Convocations arrives just as we begin to emerge from a year whose losses we will calculate for a lifetime. It is, then, right on time, as we begin to process our grief and try to carry on with it.©2021 AKR P.O. BOX 1282 LANDER, WY 82520 USAALL MUSIC PERFORMED, RECORDED, MIXED AND PRODUCED BY SUFJAN STEVENS © 2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens - Incantation III - Convocations [Official Audio and Visual] Sufjan Stevens 2021-05-06 | From Incantations, Volume 5 of ConvocationsListen/buy here: sufjanstevens.ffm.to/convocationsVisual Artist: Melissa Fuentes @melissazrttt instagram.com/melissazrttt Editor: Otto Sánchez instagram.com/8_catorceConvocations, the new instrumental album from Sufjan Stevens, moves like a two-and-a-half-hour electronic/ambient mass for our present age of anxiety and dread; its 49 tracks work through the stages of grief and gladness with emotional mood music that is dreamy, dissonant, vertiginous, rhythmic, repetitive, urgent, and calm—that is, all the things we undergo when we inevitably live through isolation, uncertainty, and loss. Its five sonic cycles (Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations, and Incantations) replicate different stages of mourning, healing and catharsis, working both to soothe our unease while savoring a renewed sense of awe and wonder for being alive in these unprecedented times. Stevens initiated Convocations in response to (and as an homage to) the life and death of his father, who died in September last year, two days following the release of The Ascension. It is, then, ultimately an album about death, and an album that reflects a year in which we have all lost so much. That said, this is not a personal record, but a universal one. Convocations is built on a shared experience that seeks to be honest about how complicated grief can be in these difficult times—the pain and separation, the anxiety, the unknown, the absolute joy of memory. This is also an album made in lockdown, when we were all cloistered in whatever space we had. Convocations arrives just as we begin to emerge from a year whose losses we will calculate for a lifetime. It is, then, right on time, as we begin to process our grief and try to carry on with it.©2021 AKR P.O. BOX 1282 LANDER, WY 82520 USAALL MUSIC PERFORMED, RECORDED, MIXED AND PRODUCED BY SUFJAN STEVENS © 2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens - Convocations [Official Full Project Audio and Visual] Sufjan Stevens 2021-05-06 | 00:00:00 Meditations00:27:03 Lamentations00:58:33 Revelations01:32:26 Celebrations02:07:08 IncantationsListen/buy here: sufjanstevens.ffm.to/convocationsVisual Artist: Melissa Fuentes @melissazrttt instagram.com/melissazrtttEditor: Otto Sánchez instagram.com/8_catorceConvocations, the new instrumental album from Sufjan Stevens, moves like a two-and-a-half-hour electronic/ambient mass for our present age of anxiety and dread; its 49 tracks work through the stages of grief and gladness with emotional mood music that is dreamy, dissonant, vertiginous, rhythmic, repetitive, urgent, and calm—that is, all the things we undergo when we inevitably live through isolation, uncertainty, and loss. Its five sonic cycles (Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations, and Incantations) replicate different stages of mourning, healing and catharsis, working both to soothe our unease while savoring a renewed sense of awe and wonder for being alive in these unprecedented times. Stevens initiated Convocations in response to (and as an homage to) the life and death of his father, who died in September last year, two days following the release of The Ascension. It is, then, ultimately an album about death, and an album that reflects a year in which we have all lost so much. That said, this is not a personal record, but a universal one. Convocations is built on a shared experience that seeks to be honest about how complicated grief can be in these difficult times—the pain and separation, the anxiety, the unknown, the absolute joy of memory. This is also an album made in lockdown, when we were all cloistered in whatever space we had. Convocations arrives just as we begin to emerge from a year whose losses we will calculate for a lifetime. It is, then, right on time, as we begin to process our grief and try to carry on with it.©2021 AKR P.O. BOX 1282 LANDER, WY 82520 USAALL MUSIC PERFORMED, RECORDED, MIXED AND PRODUCED BY SUFJAN STEVENS © 2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens - Incantation I - Convocations [Official Audio and Visual] Sufjan Stevens 2021-05-06 | From Incantations, Volume 5 of ConvocationsListen/buy here: sufjanstevens.ffm.to/convocationsVisual Artist: Melissa Fuentes @melissazrttt instagram.com/melissazrtttEditor: Otto Sánchez instagram.com/8_catorceConvocations, the new instrumental album from Sufjan Stevens, moves like a two-and-a-half-hour electronic/ambient mass for our present age of anxiety and dread; its 49 tracks work through the stages of grief and gladness with emotional mood music that is dreamy, dissonant, vertiginous, rhythmic, repetitive, urgent, and calm—that is, all the things we undergo when we inevitably live through isolation, uncertainty, and loss. Its five sonic cycles (Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations, and Incantations) replicate different stages of mourning, healing and catharsis, working both to soothe our unease while savoring a renewed sense of awe and wonder for being alive in these unprecedented times. Stevens initiated Convocations in response to (and as an homage to) the life and death of his father, who died in September last year, two days following the release of The Ascension. It is, then, ultimately an album about death, and an album that reflects a year in which we have all lost so much. That said, this is not a personal record, but a universal one. Convocations is built on a shared experience that seeks to be honest about how complicated grief can be in these difficult times—the pain and separation, the anxiety, the unknown, the absolute joy of memory. This is also an album made in lockdown, when we were all cloistered in whatever space we had. Convocations arrives just as we begin to emerge from a year whose losses we will calculate for a lifetime. It is, then, right on time, as we begin to process our grief and try to carry on with it.©2021 AKR P.O. BOX 1282 LANDER, WY 82520 USAALL MUSIC PERFORMED, RECORDED, MIXED AND PRODUCED BY SUFJAN STEVENS © 2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens - Incantation VI - Convocations [Official Audio and Visual] Sufjan Stevens 2021-05-06 | From Incantations, Volume 5 of ConvocationsListen/buy here: sufjanstevens.ffm.to/convocationsVisual Artist: Melissa Fuentes @melissazrttt instagram.com/melissazrtttEditor: Otto Sánchez instagram.com/8_catorceConvocations, the new instrumental album from Sufjan Stevens, moves like a two-and-a-half-hour electronic/ambient mass for our present age of anxiety and dread; its 49 tracks work through the stages of grief and gladness with emotional mood music that is dreamy, dissonant, vertiginous, rhythmic, repetitive, urgent, and calm—that is, all the things we undergo when we inevitably live through isolation, uncertainty, and loss. Its five sonic cycles (Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations, and Incantations) replicate different stages of mourning, healing and catharsis, working both to soothe our unease while savoring a renewed sense of awe and wonder for being alive in these unprecedented times. Stevens initiated Convocations in response to (and as an homage to) the life and death of his father, who died in September last year, two days following the release of The Ascension. It is, then, ultimately an album about death, and an album that reflects a year in which we have all lost so much. That said, this is not a personal record, but a universal one. Convocations is built on a shared experience that seeks to be honest about how complicated grief can be in these difficult times—the pain and separation, the anxiety, the unknown, the absolute joy of memory. This is also an album made in lockdown, when we were all cloistered in whatever space we had. Convocations arrives just as we begin to emerge from a year whose losses we will calculate for a lifetime. It is, then, right on time, as we begin to process our grief and try to carry on with it.©2021 AKR P.O. BOX 1282 LANDER, WY 82520 USAALL MUSIC PERFORMED, RECORDED, MIXED AND PRODUCED BY SUFJAN STEVENS © 2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens - Incantation V - Convocations [Official Audio and Visual] Sufjan Stevens 2021-05-06 | From Incantations, Volume 5 of ConvocationsListen/buy here: sufjanstevens.ffm.to/convocationsVisual Artist: Melissa Fuentes @melissazrttt instagram.com/melissazrtttEditor: Otto Sánchez instagram.com/8_catorceConvocations, the new instrumental album from Sufjan Stevens, moves like a two-and-a-half-hour electronic/ambient mass for our present age of anxiety and dread; its 49 tracks work through the stages of grief and gladness with emotional mood music that is dreamy, dissonant, vertiginous, rhythmic, repetitive, urgent, and calm—that is, all the things we undergo when we inevitably live through isolation, uncertainty, and loss. Its five sonic cycles (Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations, and Incantations) replicate different stages of mourning, healing and catharsis, working both to soothe our unease while savoring a renewed sense of awe and wonder for being alive in these unprecedented times. Stevens initiated Convocations in response to (and as an homage to) the life and death of his father, who died in September last year, two days following the release of The Ascension. It is, then, ultimately an album about death, and an album that reflects a year in which we have all lost so much. That said, this is not a personal record, but a universal one. Convocations is built on a shared experience that seeks to be honest about how complicated grief can be in these difficult times—the pain and separation, the anxiety, the unknown, the absolute joy of memory. This is also an album made in lockdown, when we were all cloistered in whatever space we had. Convocations arrives just as we begin to emerge from a year whose losses we will calculate for a lifetime. It is, then, right on time, as we begin to process our grief and try to carry on with it.©2021 AKR P.O. BOX 1282 LANDER, WY 82520 USAALL MUSIC PERFORMED, RECORDED, MIXED AND PRODUCED BY SUFJAN STEVENS © 2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
Sufjan Stevens - Incantation IV - Convocations [Official Audio and Visual] Sufjan Stevens 2021-05-06 | From Incantations, Volume 5 of ConvocationsListen/buy here: sufjanstevens.ffm.to/convocationsVisual Artist: Melissa Fuentes @melissazrttt instagram.com/melissazrtttEditor: Otto Sánchez instagram.com/8_catorceConvocations, the new instrumental album from Sufjan Stevens, moves like a two-and-a-half-hour electronic/ambient mass for our present age of anxiety and dread; its 49 tracks work through the stages of grief and gladness with emotional mood music that is dreamy, dissonant, vertiginous, rhythmic, repetitive, urgent, and calm—that is, all the things we undergo when we inevitably live through isolation, uncertainty, and loss. Its five sonic cycles (Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations, and Incantations) replicate different stages of mourning, healing and catharsis, working both to soothe our unease while savoring a renewed sense of awe and wonder for being alive in these unprecedented times. Stevens initiated Convocations in response to (and as an homage to) the life and death of his father, who died in September last year, two days following the release of The Ascension. It is, then, ultimately an album about death, and an album that reflects a year in which we have all lost so much. That said, this is not a personal record, but a universal one. Convocations is built on a shared experience that seeks to be honest about how complicated grief can be in these difficult times—the pain and separation, the anxiety, the unknown, the absolute joy of memory. This is also an album made in lockdown, when we were all cloistered in whatever space we had. Convocations arrives just as we begin to emerge from a year whose losses we will calculate for a lifetime. It is, then, right on time, as we begin to process our grief and try to carry on with it.©2021 AKR P.O. BOX 1282 LANDER, WY 82520 USAALL MUSIC PERFORMED, RECORDED, MIXED AND PRODUCED BY SUFJAN STEVENS © 2021 SUFJAN STEVENS MUSIC/ASCAP
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