Javelin

LP12 Ltd Vinil (Coloured)

Available from 06/10/2023

29.90 €

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SUFJAN STEVENS

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sTEVENS, SUFJAN - JAVELIN
Javelin marks Stevens' first solo album of songs since 2020's The 
Ascension, and his first in full singer-songwriter mode since 2015's 
Carrie & Lowell, bridging all these approaches like never before. 
Whether listened to individually or as an album, these 10 songs 
become something much bigger, the entire experience of Stevens' 
25-year career brought to bear in four-minute bursts of choral, 
orchestral, and electric wonder. Javelin pairs musical sweep with 
emotional breadth. At times, it has the feel of a big team album 
production - but it is decidedly not: almost every sound here is the 
result of Stevens at home, building by himself what sometimes 
feels like a testament to '70s Los Angeles studio opulence. The 
contributions come from a close circle of friends - adrienne maree 
brown, Hannah Cohen, Pauline Delassus, Megan Lui and Nedelle 
Torrisi - who provide harmonies on many songs, and Bryce 
Dessner, who plays acoustic and electric guitar on "Shit Talk." Of 
course, Neil Young wrote the tender and mystic album closer, 
"There's A World." Where The Ascension, lauded by The New York 
Times as "a cry of despair and prayer for redemption," used ornate 
but urgent electronics to square up to its moment, Javelin begins 
like a self-portrait, detailed yet plain. This is Stevens at his most 
intimate, calling back to Seven Swans or Carrie & Lowell and then 
calling you close to share in its internal reckoning. Javelin is 
accompanied by a 48-page book of art and essays all created by 
Stevens, including a series of meticulous collages, cut-up catalog 
fantasies, puff-paint word clouds, and iterative color fields. The 10 
short essays - alternatively funny, tragic, poignant, obtuse, and 
specific - offer little glimpses into loves and losses that have 
shaped him, and, in turn, these songs.
TRACKLISTING: 01. GOODBYE EVERGREEN 02. A RUNNING START 
03. WILL ANYBODY EVER LOVE ME? 04. EVERYTHING THAT RISES 
05. GENUFLECTING GHOST 06. MY RED LITTLE FOX 07. SO YOU ARE 
TIRED 08. JAVELIN (TO HAVE AND TO HOLD) 09. SHIT TALK 
10. THERE'S A WORLD

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