The Age of Adz (pronounced odds) is Sufjan Stevens’ first full-length collection of original songs since 2005’s civic pop opus Illinois. This new album is probably his most unusual, first, for its lack of conceptual underpinnings, and second, for its preoccupation with Sufjan himself.

Sufjan Stevens, "I Walked"

space enthusiast, artist, boulder bum
i should probably be doing homework

s o n d e r - the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk. -John Koenig

                          🕯ɖ ῳ Ꭵ ɠ 🕯 
                                ♋︎ ♎︎ ♈︎ 

  from amiskwacîwâskahikan // ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ
           treaty no. 6 territory // turtle island

                          ❤️‍🔥 ~ 💀 ~ ❤️‍🔥
                          ᴋ ɪ ɴ ᴅ • ᴄ ᴏ ʀ ᴇ
  𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕤
             𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏.

          ( ( { ａ ｆ ｆ ｉ ｎ ｉ ｔ ｙ } ) )

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.

Sufjan Stevens, "I Walked"

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