Sufjan Stevens At Odds On New Album
. Sufjan Stevens' new album, The Age of Adz, will be released October 12 on Asthmatic Kitty Records. The album is available for pre-order now until September 25, with pre-orders receiving music digitally two weeks prior to the physical release date. Stevens is planning a North American tour of large, elegant venues�including two nights at New York's fabled Beacon Theatre and The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles�in support of the new record. With a dozen dates already sold out, Stevens will tour with his large ensemble performing alongside projections. The Age of Adz (pronounced "odds") differs from Stevens' previous works in its lack of conceptual underpinnings. The album relinquishes the songwriter's former story-telling techniques for more basic proclamations unhindered by concepts: there are few narrative conceits or character sketches, no historical panoramas, no civic gestures, no scene, setting, conflict, resolution or denouement. Rather, the themes developed here are neither historical nor polemical, but rather personal and primal: love, sex, death, disease, illness, anxiety and suicide all figure in the songwriting. The title The Age of Adz is a reference to the apocalyptic art of Royal Robertson (1930�1997), a Louisiana-based sign-maker (and self-proclaimed prophet) who suffered from schizophrenia. Robertson's work depicts his vivid dreams and visions of space aliens, futuristic automobiles, eccentric monsters and signs of the Last Judgment. Portions of Stevens' album use Robertson's work as an idealistic springboard and a selection of Robertson's drawings (his primary media were poster board, magic marker, and glitter) appear throughout the album art. Sufjan Stevens has released nine studio recordings since 2000 including the critically acclaimed Michigan and Illinois (the latter named the "Best Album of the Decade" by Paste); a 5-EP Christmas box set; Enjoy Your Rabbit, an instrumental electronic song cycle based on the animals of the Chinese Zodiac; and The BQE, a film and musical suite exploring New York City's infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Run Rabbit Run, a recording of Enjoy Your Rabbit rearranged for the Osso String Quartet, was released in 2009 via Asthmatic Kitty. Sufjan Stevens, The Age of Adz SUFJAN STEVENS - TOUR October 12 Metropolis Theater Montreal, QC Preview and Purchase Sufjan Stevens CDs |
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