Sufjan Stevens

RockFolkBluegrassAlt

Cross-cultural mix of modern music and modern folk that shares in common a tight, melodic, pleasurable, engrossing, gratifying harmonic arrangement and a tug at wistful memory and deep emotion.

Class (Modern, Modern Folk)

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"Chicago" arranged for harp in 4 parts by Mikaela Davis
Performed live by the Crane Harp Ensemble

Chicago (For Harp Ensemble) - Sufjan Stevens (arr. by Mikaela Davis)

Sufjan Stevens, "Movement VII (Finale)—The Emperor Of Centrifuge"

Sufjan Stevens, "Interlude I—Dream Sequence In Subi Circumnavigation"

Sufjan Stevens, "Movement II—Sleeping Invader"

Sufjan Stevens, "Movement I—In The Countenance Of Kings"

Sufjan Stevens, "Introductory Fanfare For The Hooper Heroes"

Sufjan Stevens, "Prelude On The Esplanade"

The song Bronte, from the Gotye album Making Mirrors

Produced by Wally De Backer
Mixed by Francois Tetaz, assisted by Wally at
Moose Mastering, Richmond, VIC

Fretless Bass: Lucas Taranto
Drums, percussion, strings and steel drum samples,
lead and backing vocals: Wally


Contains a sample of Banana Boat Song as performed by
Leo Addeo and Orchestra.
Used courtesy of RCA/JIVE Label Group,
a unit of Sony Music Entertainment

Contains a sample of Mozambique as performed by Les Baxter.
Used courtesy of EMI Music Australia Pty Ltd

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Now your bowl is empty
And your feet are cold
And your body cannot stop rocking
I know
It hurts to let go

Since the day we found you
You have been our friend
And your voice still
Echoes in the hallway of this house
But now
It's the end

We will be with you
When you're leaving
We will be with you
When you go
We will be with you
And hold you till you're quiet
It hurts to let you go

We will be with you
You will stay with us

Making Mirrors

Bronte

From forthcoming new album CARRIE & LOWELL
Preorder it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records March 31st (US) / March 30 (EU)

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:
Now that I fell into your arms
My only lover
Give out to give in
I search for the capsule I lost

Drag me to hell
In the valley of The Dalles
Like my mother
Give wings to a stone
It’s only the shadow of a cross

I slept on my back 
In the shade of the meadowlark 
Like a champion
Get drunk to get laid
I take one more hit when you depart

I’ll drive that stake through the center of my heart
Lonely vampire
Inhaling its fire
I’m chasing the dragon too far

There’s blood on that blade
Fuck me, I’m falling apart
My assassin
Like Casper the ghost 
There’s no shade in the shadow of the cross

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Sufjan Stevens, "No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross"

From the new album CARRIE & LOWELL by Sufjan Stevens
Get it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:

I should have known better
To see what I could see
My black shroud
Holding down my feelings
A pillar for my enemies

I should have wrote a letter
And grieve what I happen to grieve
My black shroud
I never trust my feelings
I waited for the remedy

When I was three, three maybe four
She left us at that video store
Be my rest, be my fantasy

I’m light as a feather
I’m bright as the Oregon breeze
My black shroud 
Frightened by my feelings
I only want to be a relief

No, I’m not a go-getter
The demon had a spell on me
My black shroud
Captain of my feelings
The only thing I want to believe

When I was three, and free to explore
I saw her face on the back of the door
Be my vest, be my fantasy

I should have known better
Nothing can be changed
The past is still the past
The bridge to nowhere
I should’ve wrote a letter 
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling

Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing
The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination

Don’t back down, there is nothing left
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
I’m a fool in the fetter
Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me

Don’t back down: nothing can be changed
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination 

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Sufjan Stevens, "Should Have Known Better"

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, "Blue Bucket Of Gold"

Sufjan Stevens, "John My Beloved"

Sufjan Stevens,"Carrie & Lowell"

Sufjan Stevens, "The Only Thing"

Sufjan Stevens, "Drawn To The Blood"

Sufjan Stevens, "All Of Me Wants All Of You"

Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) remixed by Bibio

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Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end
Always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
And I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know...

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

I used to know
That I used to know

Somebody...
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Somebody That I Used To Know Remixes

Somebody That I Used To Know (Bibio Remix) [feat. Kimbra]

Pink Moon

Original track taken from the 2010 album The Age of Adz (Asthmatic Kitty)
http://asthmatickitty.com/sufjan-stevens

Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices (Shigeto Remix)

Northern Ireland reconciliation song meets Nashville tourism venue.

Find Tomorrow (Live @ The Ryman, Nashville)

Grateful dawg

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.