VINYL FORMAT. Like the self-proclaimed "Spiderman" who climbed Chicago's Sears Tower with no harness, Sufjan Stevens scales dusty prairies, steel factories, and two hundred years of history in the second installment of his 50 State Project, Illinois, a 22-track anthematic tone poem to The Prairie State. Stevens weaves variegated musical styles (jazz, funk, pop, folk, and Rodgers and Hammerstein-like flourishes) and the textures of 25 instruments into a tapestry of persons and places famous, infamous   [ read more ]

2xLP $14.99

Other people also bought:

Arcade Fire  Funeral, Band Of Horses  Everything All The Time, Wolf Parade  Apologies to the Queen Mary

VINYL FORMAT. Stevens inaugurates his 50 States project with a collection of songs for his birth-state: "Michigan: The Great Lake State." Composed as a geographical tone poem, Michigan follows a metaphysical expedition through the idiosyncrasies of middle America. Drawing from personal anecdote, regional history, and state heritage, Stevens mixes social and political grievances with songs about snowmobiles, Henry Ford, the Detroit race riots, and love. This special double-LP vinyl edition includes al   [ read more ]

2xLP $13.99

Other people also bought:

Arcade Fire  Funeral, Elliott Smith  Either/Or, Wolf Parade  Apologies to the Queen Mary

VINYL FORMAT. On this re-issue, the vinyl mastering is better, the vinyl is thicker, the cover is matte instead of shiny, and it contains a bonus 7-inch of two Sufjan songs from the Seven Swans sessions that are not available in any other format. Get a new needle for your turntable and enjoy.

LP $15.99

Other people also bought:

The National  Boxer , Arcade Fire  Funeral, The Microphones  The Glow, Pt. 2 (reissue)

VINYL FORMAT. Sufjan Stevens is proud to present The BQE, a cinematic suite inspired by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Hula-Hoop. Commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music, The BQE was originally performed in the Howard Gilman Opera House in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Next Wave Festival in October of 2007. This special 2xLP edition is housed in a double gatefold sleeve and is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. It comes packaged with a large-scale 32-page booklet featu   [ read more ]

2xLP $29.98

Other people also bought:

Atlas Sound  Logos, Sufjan Stevens | Osso  Run Rabbit Run , Devendra Banhart  What Will We Be

VINYL FORMAT. In 2001, Sufjan Stevens followed up his debut album, A Sun Came, with Enjoy Your Rabbit, a series of fourteen instrumentals programmatically inspired by the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Much later, in 2006, Bryce Dessner (The National, Dark Was the Night compilation, Clogs) suggested that Sufjan re-arrange the entirety of Enjoy Your Rabbit for Osso, a string quartet that had previously contributed strings to Sufjan's Illinois and My Brightest Diamond's B   [ read more ]

LP $29.98

Other people also bought:

Sufjan Stevens  The BQE, Atlas Sound  Logos, Sufjan Stevens  Michigan