{"id":27199,"date":"2017-04-25T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T16:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=27199"},"modified":"2017-04-25T08:38:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T16:38:06","slug":"supergroup-sufjan-stevens-nico-muhly-bryce-dessner-the-national-and-james-mcalister-to-release-planetarium-album-listen-to-mercury-saturn-and-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2017-04\/supergroup-sufjan-stevens-nico-muhly-bryce-dessner-the-national-and-james-mcalister-to-release-planetarium-album-listen-to-mercury-saturn-and-jupiter\/","title":{"rendered":"Supergroup Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (The National) and James McAlister To Release “Planetarium” Album–Listen to “Mercury,” “Saturn” and “Jupiter”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Almost exactly one century after British composer Gustav Holst<\/strong><\/a> composed and first performed his seminal symphonic piece The Planets<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Sufjan\u00a0Stevens,\u00a0Bryce Dessner (The National), Nico Muhly<\/strong>, and drummer James McAlister<\/strong> will release an album of their own composition, Planetarium<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(see tracklist at bottom). Coincidence? We think not. One could think of Planetarium<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(loosely) as the updated, remixed, and extended The Planets<\/strong><\/em>, coupled with Steven’s<\/strong>\u00a0stirring lyrics and vocals added. The ensemble first composed and performed Planetarium<\/strong><\/em> for the Brooklyn Academy Of Music<\/strong>\u00a0in 2013 (watch their outstanding performance of Jupiter<\/strong><\/em> at BAM<\/strong> below) and are finally releasing the recorded version on June 9th.<\/p>\n

To get a feel, the group today orbited the stirring track\u00a0Mercury<\/strong><\/em>, the last piece on the album (which you can listen to below). They have previously revealed Saturn<\/strong><\/em> (listen after Mercury<\/strong><\/em>). As beautiful as the compositions are, neither Mercury<\/strong><\/em> nor Saturn<\/strong><\/em> seem particularly hospitable to humans with darkness aplenty (you know, like most of Stevens’<\/strong> outstanding output). We can’t wait to dive deeper into this musical solar system.<\/p>\n

The group has also announced the following tour dates to perform\u00a0Planetarium<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0including at Hollywood Forever Cemetery<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

07-10 Paris, France \u2013 Philharmonie de Paris
\n07-18 Brooklyn, NY \u2013 Prospect Park
\n07-20 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Hollywood Forever Cemetery<\/strong><\/a>
\n07-21 Oakland, CA \u2013 Fox Theater<\/p>\n

Planetarium<\/strong><\/em> is out June 9th on\u00a04AD <\/strong>which you can pre-order HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n