Unlike stevens s previous studio album the electronic the age of adz carrie lowell is sparsely instrumental and marks a return to the performer s indie folk roots.
Carrie lowell vinyl.
Thematically the 11 songs address life and death love and loss and the artist s struggle to make sense of the beauty and ugliness of love.
Includes immediate download of entire set of carrie lowell live.
Pressed on translucent blue vinyl.
Stevens s gauzy double tracked vocals wash across the dashboard of long finned drop top americana yet as we race towards the coast we are reminded that sunshine leads to shadow for this is a landscape of terminal roads unsteady bridges traumatic video stores and unhappy beds that provide the.
Carrie lowell has 11 straightforwardly sparely arranged songs about love death faith and memory.
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Referencing carrie lowell lp album akr099 i bought my copy of carrie lowell at the sydney show of sufjan stevens 2016 australian tour.
Ships september 22nd 2017.
The album was released to high critical acclaim.
Call me by your name original motion picture soundtrack by various artists vinyl jan 2018 2 discs music on vinyl 4 2 out of 5 stars.
Carrie lowell is an album named for stevens mother and stepfather and a return to stevens folk roots.
Carrie lowell sounds like memory.
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.
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Carrie lowell lp by sufjan stevens vinyl mar 2015 2 discs asthmatic kitty 5 out of 5 stars 6 total ratings 6 26 63 new.
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I think listeners will be struck by how beautiful these songs are and that the depth of their insight and inspiration will be perpetually rewarding.
The first few times i played my copy it wasn t a great experience the disc was dirty and on playback you could hear a ton of crackling and pops.
The album was given a one week preview on npr.
It spans decades yet does not trade on pastiche or nostalgia.
Vinyl lp 15 73 cd 8 23.