biography
Sufjan Stevens. This boy makes us so proud it brings a collective tear to our eye. We like our artists ambitious and so when Sufjan arrived claiming he was going to make 50 albums (one for every state of America) we fell in love. With 2 down, 48 to go and progress slow, we’re beginning to realise that no insurance company on earth would have touched this project. But luckily, we’re in the right business as we’re happy with the two highly accomplished epics that fill us with awe for the wonderful states of Michigan and Illinoise. Personally, we’re most looking forward to Hawaii. We’ve also been privileged enough to release some gems from Sufjan’s ever so slightly prolific back catalogue of 29 volumes. One of these is a Christmas box set that contained the best of Sufjans annual yuletide albums along with all the trimmings, such as lyric sheet and chord chart for all the family to sing along to ‘Come on! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!’ with! So what does it all sound like? Well, it’s a lot like taking an engrossing road trip through ghost towns, grain mills, hospital rooms featuring guests such as a poet, a president, a serial murderer, UFOs, Superman, and Decatur’s famous Chicken Mobil all accompanied by a soundtrack weaved out of funk, pop, folk, jazz and Rodgers and Hammerstein-like flourishes played out upon the textures of 25 instruments, female choruses and Stephen’s emerging falsetto. We told you we like them ambitious.
Sufjan Stevens’ Website