{"id":23594,"date":"2015-03-23T10:21:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T18:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=23594"},"modified":"2015-03-24T10:52:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T18:52:33","slug":"stream-sufjan-stevens-new-album-carrie-lowell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-03\/stream-sufjan-stevens-new-album-carrie-lowell\/","title":{"rendered":"Stream Sufjan Stevens’ New Album “Carrie & Lowell”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As we’ve mentioned repeatedly, one of the most talented arti<\/span>sts of this generation<\/span>, Sufjan<\/a><\/span> Stevens<\/a>,<\/strong> will next week release his first proper album in five years, the extremely personal Carrie & Lowell.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>The album will be released on March 30th via his own Asthmatic Kitty<\/strong> label (which “Lowell” helms).<\/p>\n

Today the album has been made available for listening via NPR<\/strong> HERE<\/a>. \u00a0 T<\/strong>he album’s centerpiece is Stevens\u2019 mother<\/strong> who died in December 2012 after having left the family early in Stevens’ life and having been riddled with substance abuse, depression and schizophrenia.\u00a0 Following his mother’s passing, it’s not surprising that the album reeks sweetly of the revenant in the room.\u00a0 With its brutally honest lyrics, we hear of the losses and questions that mounted for Stevens<\/strong> during and after Carrie’s life.\u00a0 In a recent interview<\/a> with Pitchfork, Stevens<\/strong> said: “Her death was so devastating to me because of the vacancy within me. I was trying to gather as much as I could of her, in my mind, my memory, my recollections, but I have nothing. It felt unsolvable.”\u00a0 Who hasn’t missed an opportunity that haunts them still?\u00a0 But even more so with family.\u00a0 A word to the wise.<\/p>\n

Musically, the dulcet, well-structured melodies on Carrie & Lowell<\/strong><\/em> counter-balance its tenebrous lyrics, the closest sound-touchstones being the similars of Simon & Garfunkel<\/strong> and some doses of Nick Drake<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Having listened to it repeatedly, we know that Stevens’<\/strong> old fans will adore the new album, and new fans should be drawn to the artist too.<\/p>\n

Go listen to the album at NPR and pre-order it HERE<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 You’re going to want to have one of the Best Albums of 2015<\/strong> in your collection.<\/p>\n

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As we’ve mentioned repeatedly, one of the most talented artists of this generation, Sufjan Stevens, will next week release his first proper album in five years, the extremely personal Carrie & Lowell.\u00a0\u00a0The album will be released on March 30th via his own Asthmatic Kitty label (which “Lowell” helms). Today the album has been made available […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t