Stevens, Sufjan - The Ascension (Black Vinyl, 2LP) OVCT26125.1

Stevens, Sufjan - The Ascension (Black Vinyl, 2LP) OVCT26125.1Double vinyl LP pressing. The Ascension is the eighth studio album from singer, songwriter and composer Sufjan Stevens and is the long awaited follow up to Stevens' Carrie & Lowell. One of the most acclaimed albums of 2015, The New York Times praised Carrie & Lowell as "restrained and meticulous" while Pitchfork declared it "a masterpiece." In the time between Carrie & Lowell and the forthcoming The Ascension, Stevens also released Oscar nominated

others in early stereo

centered entirely around Baker’s voice

9 High Love

and the parts that are for everybody else

the release features a different approach from RZA’s work with Wu-Tang – a layered experimental keyboard driven sound instead of dusted sample-heavy beats – a technique RZA called the “Digital Orchestra

but the result was something quite fantastic

1 Christmas

He and his wife of 13 years had briefly separated and were struggling to keep their marriage together

Side B contains two previously unreleased live recordings of “Gloria” – recorded at the Fleet Center in Boston during the Vertigo tour in 2005

Their second collaboration in 10 years

Mississippi to record Gallows Wine with the combo Hartle Road at their Pompeii studio

33/45 RPM manual speed adjustment