Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (October 6th, 2023) • Page 12

Haven't seen them yet

 

someone posted them on Reddit a while back only for them to be taken down from the site and the Google Drive they were uploaded to

 

my rough trade preorder hasn’t shipped yet

 

as someone whose relationship ended a couple months ago after 7 years I cannot fucking handle shit talk right now

 

PM me for bonus tracks if you want 'em

 

5 listens in and this is my AOTY without a doubt

 

I’d love to listen to them if possible

 

I was about to declare Goodbye Evergreen his best album opener but then I remembered every other album opener he’s done :/

 

Shit talk is just absurdly good my goodness

 

the way the choir elevates these songs is astounding

 

I’d love to listen to the bonus tracks but I don’t have a premium account so I can’t send private messages. Is there any other ways to get the files? (I’ve ordered the Rough Trade CD but haven’t received it yet plus I still need to find a bloody CD player… )

 

love how they're so directly lifted from Adz, amazing self-referential stuff

 

I was gonna say there’s a ton of stuff here that reminds me of adz specifically

 

This feels closest to All Delighted People to me, which itself was sort of the bridge between earlier Sufjan and Adz. Always loved how ADP found that balance and it's so lovely to hear that here.

 

Idk how I always forget about that EP especially because it was my first exposure to him

 

Oh man. I feel like that'd be a great entry point into Sufjan since it captures his range so well.

 

And now that starting/reference point should be this album!

 

Yea, shit talk is insane.

 

ADP rules so hard

 

"I don't wanna fight at all" has been repeating in my brain on a loop the last couple days.

 

This is so gorgeous

 

I’m loving the little jam sessions captured in the outro of most of these tracks. Definitely agree with others that have said it’s the best capture of the spirit of what he was doing on the live versions of the C&L songs.

it also reminds me of Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 where you essentially get two albums. The first half of each track is the song and the second half is the groove/jam/dance portion.

 

It's surreal how much sadder "So You Are Tired" is in the context of the record (and knowing the background). The piano coming in after "My Red Little Fox" turns my stomach in the same way "Fourth of July" does when that ambience comes in after "Eugene". Just feels like the record gets even realer from that point on.

 

Rough Trade US told me they were waiting on a shipment from their UK supplier, so I'm not sure anyone stateside has it yet.

 

when the instruments start to swell and the choir starts layering on top of each other I lose it