Sufjan Stevens meets TikTok in the video for his new song “Video Game,” starring the “Renegade” dance creator Jalaiah Harmon. In the visual, directed by Nicole Ginelli, Harmon dances her signature “Renegade” moves in front of a changing CGI backdrop.
“I don’t wanna be your personal Jesus/I don’t wanna live inside of that flame,” Stevens sings repeatedly in the background. “In a way I wanna be my own believer/I don’t wanna play your video game.”
“Video Game” will be featured on Stevens’ upcoming album The Ascension,...
“I don’t wanna be your personal Jesus/I don’t wanna live inside of that flame,” Stevens sings repeatedly in the background. “In a way I wanna be my own believer/I don’t wanna play your video game.”
“Video Game” will be featured on Stevens’ upcoming album The Ascension,...
- 8/13/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Sufjan Stevens has shared a new 10-minute song, “My Rajneesh,” the B-side to his even longer epic “America” that was released last week.
The song is themed after the Rajneesh cult movement of the Seventies and Eighties, stemming from a controversial sect of Hinduism created by the Indian mystic Baghwan Shree Rajneesh. After being driven out of India for his beliefs, Rajneesh founded a utopian community in the state of Oregon, drawing thousands of followers and leading to escalated tensions with the local townspeople. The conflicts between the believers, the...
The song is themed after the Rajneesh cult movement of the Seventies and Eighties, stemming from a controversial sect of Hinduism created by the Indian mystic Baghwan Shree Rajneesh. After being driven out of India for his beliefs, Rajneesh founded a utopian community in the state of Oregon, drawing thousands of followers and leading to escalated tensions with the local townspeople. The conflicts between the believers, the...
- 7/10/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Sufjan Stevens has released a sprawling new song, “America,” aptly in time for the country’s birthday weekend. The 12-minute track is the lead single to his upcoming album, The Ascension, which will arrive on September 25th via Asthmatic Kitty.
“America” opens in a swirl of electronics and harmonized, processed voices, with Stevens pleading on the chorus, “Don’t do to me what you did to America.” The arrangement, which recalls the symphonic-sized electronic barrage of 2010’s The Age of Adz, builds with twists and turns, adding live drums, synths and gusts of ambient sound.
“America” opens in a swirl of electronics and harmonized, processed voices, with Stevens pleading on the chorus, “Don’t do to me what you did to America.” The arrangement, which recalls the symphonic-sized electronic barrage of 2010’s The Age of Adz, builds with twists and turns, adding live drums, synths and gusts of ambient sound.
- 7/3/2020
- by Althea Legaspi and Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Sufjan Stevens has announced a new solo album, The Ascension, his first since 2015’s Carrie and Lowell. The LP is due out September 25th and follows on the heels of Aporia, an ambient record Stevens made with his stepfather and Asthmatic Kitty co-founder Lowell Brams that was released earlier this year.
The first single from the new album, “America,” isn’t out until July 3rd, but you can view the album art and the full tracklist below, which looks as though it features a few references to other artists: “Run Away With Me...
The first single from the new album, “America,” isn’t out until July 3rd, but you can view the album art and the full tracklist below, which looks as though it features a few references to other artists: “Run Away With Me...
- 6/30/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Angelo De Augustine and Sufjan Stevens have teamed up for the first time on De Augustine’s new single, “Santa Barbara,” released Tuesday on Stevens’ Asthmatic Kitty label.
The contemplative track, guided by a Guilele arpeggio, sees De Augustine assessing his loneliness and seeking out love as solace: “All this life has been a disguise/Except for the hand in mine.” Stevens contributes his trademark wistful vocals and guitar-playing to the song. The music video, filmed last month, sees him wandering an empty, washed-out beach.
“‘Santa Barbara’ touches on the...
The contemplative track, guided by a Guilele arpeggio, sees De Augustine assessing his loneliness and seeking out love as solace: “All this life has been a disguise/Except for the hand in mine.” Stevens contributes his trademark wistful vocals and guitar-playing to the song. The music video, filmed last month, sees him wandering an empty, washed-out beach.
“‘Santa Barbara’ touches on the...
- 4/21/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
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