Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & LowellCarrie & Lowell sounds like memory: it spans decades yet does not trade on pastiche or nostalgia. Stevens's gauzy double tracked vocals wash across the dashboard of long finned, drop top Americana, yet as we race towards the coast we are reminded that sunshine leads to shadow, for this is a landscape of terminal roads, unsteady bridges, traumatic video stores, and unhappy beds that provide the scenery for tales of jackknifed cars, funerals, and

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and the most gloriously deranged band of the punk era

Critically acclaimed New York based multi-instrumentalist

2015 release from the Denver-based outfit

John have all recorded

” Its lyrical themes

while his introspective lyrics and genre fusion make this album feel both fresh and deeply personal

with guidance from Sam Okell and the original stereo mix supervised by George Martin

with the warmth of analog sound that brings out the emotion in each track

go-nowhere relationships and dead end suburbs

” this record remains a cornerstone of any serious rock collection

Olivia Harrison and longtime friend Eric Clapton organized a performance tribute in his honor