Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension (September 25, 2020) Album • Page 11

everyone on this page mentioned my top 3 ("Vesuvius", "I Want to Be Well" and t/t) so I'll show some love to "Now That I'm Older" which is stunningly underrated

 

All to Myself & the first five tracks are amazing

 

gotta be I Want To Be Well, and it's probably my overall favorite on the record

 

Too Much is my favorite outside of Impossible Soul

 

All for Myself my fav

 

This is the best album by Sufjan

 

This the one

 

the last minute of "Age of Adz" is as emotional as anything he's ever written to me. the lyrics when it's just him and the acoustic guitar are devastating

 

I love that acoustic outro

 

I Want to Be Well is my favorite on the record. Also, best musical representation of a panic attack I've ever heard.

 

Sorry for beating a dead horse here but these are the absolute funniest criticisms to make of BI while simultaneously praising Sufjan

 

sometimes the line between what makes someone tick or not is v thin

that said, I appreciate the irony

especially because I love sad whiny music

that said, I was responding to a comment that said not liking BI makes you boring which is preposterous - we’re not talking about Prince here

 

This is insane. I haven't watched nearly enough live stuff from the Adz era. Is there any definitive full show(s) out there?

 

"America" is so good. I always been a fan of his minimalist stuff -- I prefer C&L and parts of Michigan to Illinois -- but weirdly enough, The Greatest Gift is what changed that for me.

Gonna listen to Age of Adz for the first time

 

Too Much is probably my favourite

 

It's all so great, the title track is also amazing

 

I Walked or Get Real Get Right

Besides Impossible Soul of course which is 3 great songs and 2 average ones

 

Sometimes I like to remind myself that this happened on live television once:

 

breathtaking song, think I might prefer it to "America". goddamn it's like he synthesised all his sounds into one for this album somehow

 

I can’t believe I skipped this tour.

 

I have never seen Sufjan. Insane to me. I was so poor in college that it was just never a possibility, I missed out on a lot of my favorite indie rock bands/artists in their early prime (some, like Sufjan, are obviously still in their prime...hopefully some day). Just saw The National and Vampire Weekend for the first time last summer.

 

I’ve been working my way through his massive discography over the last two years wanting to digest fully all his work. Anyways I’m finally to C&L, and I know the basic story behind it. Though Fourth of July may be one of the most depressing songs I’ve ever heard? I really don’t say that lightly. I love me a good Keep You, Radiohead, Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker etc. Though that song specifically really makes me feel a certain type of way. I’m assuming it’s about his mother leaving, and then him coming to terms with her death? The wrapping someone up in cloth part is real rough. Fantastic album though, and it’s cool to hear him return to a more traditional folk/indie sound.

 

I got Adz and Swans on vinyl yesterday and my room feels very mystical and strange