New Sufjan in March

2020-02-05 by Sowing STAFF | 30 Comments
Modern indie-folk legend Sufjan Stevens has announced a 21-track new age/ambient release titled Aporia, which is set to be released on March 27th, 2020 via Asthmatic Kitty. The record is a collaborative effort with his stepfather, Lowell Brams. The tracklist and artwork for the upcoming release can be found below:

Aporia tracklist:
01 Ousia
02 What It Takes
03 Disinheritance
04 Agathon
05 Determined Outcome
06 Misology
07 Afterworld Alliance
08 Palinodes
09 Backhanded Cloud
10 Glorious You
11 For Raymond Scott
12 Matronymic
13 The Red Desert
14 Conciliation
15 Ataraxia
16. The Unlimited
17 The Runaround
18 Climb That Mountain
19 Captain Praxis
20 Eudaimonia
21 The Lydian Ring

Aporia Artwork: https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a4097984798_16.jpg

In addition to the album announcement, Stevens also released "The Unlimited", which is the 17th track from Aporia. Stream "The Unlimted" here:



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Sowing
Moderator
February 5th 2020
43959 Comments


This might be really bad but I'm still intrigued.

WatchItExplode
February 5th 2020
10460 Comments


If The Unlimited is any indication, this will be perfectly competent and utterly pointless.

Sowing
Moderator
February 5th 2020
43959 Comments


"perfectly competent and utterly pointless"
^basically summed up my thoughts

sharkmsc
February 5th 2020
448 Comments


I just have a gut feeling that it won't be? My gut is pretty reliable, and I dump pretty much whatever in there as well

MeatSalad
February 5th 2020
18605 Comments


Huh

sharkmsc
February 5th 2020
448 Comments


It's a gut joke, if you have the intestinal fortitude to face it

anat
Contributing Reviewer
February 5th 2020
5755 Comments


I like the song and I like the artwork, fuck it let’s do this

Tb1114
February 5th 2020
733 Comments


He's keeping up that every 5-year LP release streak (Does this count w a collab?)

Highly looking forward to this.

Pikazilla
February 5th 2020
29806 Comments


Guaranteed to be better than Carrie but worse than Illinois

Tunaboy45
February 5th 2020
18429 Comments


OH MY GOOOOOOD


WatchItExplode
February 5th 2020
10460 Comments


"21-track new age/ambient release"

^^everybody is catching that right?

Keynote23
February 5th 2020
128 Comments


Time to start jamming his whole discog in anticipation.

dedex
Staff Reviewer
February 5th 2020
12788 Comments


yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah

AtomicWaste
Moderator
February 5th 2020
2888 Comments


oh, why

elliootsmeuth
February 5th 2020
4011 Comments


Cause why not?
Also, not @Atomic, that was literally my first thought when I read this.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
February 6th 2020
20969 Comments


C&L is one of the best records of the decade and I loved the ambient parts of it. This should be excellent.

Sowing
Moderator
February 6th 2020
43959 Comments


I must be the only C&L stan who thinks this is going to be bad. I just keep imagining Planetarium, only duller and even more lifeless.

WatchItExplode
February 6th 2020
10460 Comments


Nah. It is nice to be surprised though.

Sowing
Moderator
February 6th 2020
43959 Comments


Yeah don't get me wrong I'll absolutely listen to this, but my expectations are in the 2.5 realm, not the automatic 4-5 that we generally expect from him. Hope to be proven wrong. This really isn't my style of music either, so maybe I'll dislike it and it'll be even more revered than C&L. Who knows.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
February 6th 2020
20969 Comments


Planetarium ruled so there’s another indication that this should be great.

cold
February 6th 2020
6723 Comments


"Guaranteed to be better than Carrie but worse than Illinois"

uhhhhhhhhh wut

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
February 6th 2020
26593 Comments


they've been working on this record for years iirc, it's basically a compilation of their best jamming sessions together almost

my favourite thing about sufjan is that he is always changing things up and exploring new ideas, and it always works to varying degrees

hyped and track is good

Skoop
February 6th 2020
2201 Comments


"Guaranteed to be better than Carrie but worse than Illinois"

rad take guy


Pheromone
February 6th 2020
21420 Comments


'The record is a collaborative effort with his stepfather, Lowell Brams.'

he sounds familiar


AtomicWaste
Moderator
February 6th 2020
2888 Comments


I loved C&L, but this track was nothing but a forgettable dozer.
I get it if he wants to try to do something with his stepdad, though.

botulist
February 6th 2020
751 Comments


is the collaboration that Sufjan takes his stepdad's xanax to make music for senior citizens to nod off to?

Lord(e)Po)))ts
February 6th 2020
70242 Comments


could go either way. if they are trying to make "new age" music this single is a pretty big miss as it's pretty abrasive. ignoring that, the song kind of makes me excited to hear the album, but if they are this bad at fleshing out/finishing songs it's going to be one hell of a dud from both the "new age" AND the "ambient" angle of things.

anyways good to hear Lowell isn't dead or something i dunno

Ryus
February 7th 2020
36930 Comments


soounds awful

quorrouq
February 7th 2020
13 Comments


what the hell even is new age music

Tb1114
February 9th 2020
733 Comments


"my favourite thing about sufjan is that he is always changing things up and exploring new ideas, and it always works to varying degrees" [2]

hoping suf hops on the drone train



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