Preorder it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records March 31st (US) / March 30 (EU)

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

In “Carrie and Lowell,” Sufjan Stevens is a child again or, more specifically, the child character in the family of man drama that often but not always centers on the story of love given, or love forsaken, but isn’t that the same thing to the poet? That the love Stevens sings about having left or given or been born to–thank you, Carrie–is a perceptible wound not only on the singer’s throat, but his sleeve: he wears love’s incomprehensibility, and the deep incomprehensibility of being a son, like a backing vocal on “Carrie and Lowell,” which is also filled with colors, hearts, trees, conclusions, and beginnings,

Sufjan Stevens, "Fourth Of July"

the ppl u care about the most hurt you the most 
I wish i had a reason for living
i miss being happy 
all I can think about is being dead and happy 
I wanna be happy
please let me be happy
I just wanna be happy 
I'll be happy on Oct 20th
I have to be happy when I'm not here
it will  feel relieving right 
I need it too be 
I've been so sad
but I never showed it 
till my heart got broken again
and now I've learned to admit 
I've learned to let it happen 
my mother hits me 
my father was never there 
who am I 
I was made my bad ppl right 
so that makes me bad too
my body and mind are dead
who's gonna stab me in the heart next
don't be afraid I deserve it
I'm a bad child 
I'm a bad sister
I'm a bad daughter 
I'm a bad girlfriend 
I'm a bad friend
I'm a bad bestfriend 
I'm a bad person 
I can take the honest truth
I'm so done with the lies 
look at me im all scares and fresh cuts 
I am responsible for those who have been wronged and who have wronged me or ppl around me I I am the problem I've always been 
I  am always going to be used and discarded  but I want others to be happy I want others to know they are good ppl and they are pretty and they deserve to be here I just want to help others until I cant anymore
I'm gonna die soon 
right 
right 
right 
RIGHT
JUST KILL.ME ALREADY

Asthmatic Kitty Records is an independent record label that was co-founded by Lowell Brams and his stepson, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, in 1999. Since its founding, AKR has released albums by a variety of artists, including Lily & Madeleine, My Brightest Diamond and Helado Negro, and is currently home to Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine, Denison Witmer and The Welcome Wagon. 

Asthmatic Kitty was named after Sara, an orange and white tabby who wandered out of the woods pregnant and starving near Holland, Michigan in 1994. For fourteen years she brought joy as a beloved friend to Lowell, enjoying a happy life despite her initial hardships. Her asthma improved after moving west to New Mexico and Wyoming, where she lived out her days as an asthmatic kitty in name only.

- It is my soul this time, my soul is lost in trying and continuing.

Sufjan Stevens, "Fourth Of July"

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