Sufjan Stevens
All Delighted People 2EP

Billed as an EP but clocking in at sixty minutes (seriously), 'All Delighted People' is a sort of prologue to Sufjan Stevens' gorgeous 'The Age Of Adz' album, and explores elements of his sound we haven't heard in a while. Thankfully the haphazard sense of experimentation we witnessed on 'Enjoy Your Rabbit' and 'A Sun Came' is back on 'All Delighted People' as wonky electronic elements pop up between flutes, strings, guitars and of course Stevens' near-effortless vocal nuances. More traditional moments such as the piano led 'The Owl And The Tanager' sit alongside deliriously orchestrated slices of madness such as 'From The Mouth Of Gabriel' and while the result is choppy, it shows a great porthole into Stevens' psyche. Maybe this is exactly why 'All Delighted People' was billed as an EP, as the shackles Stevens had put on himself seem lifted somehow by the format. The record's finale is possibly one of his most ambitious pieces to date - a seventeen-minute blowout that reaches near-prog orchestral rock excess. In the wrong hands this could be a huge misstep, but Sufjan Stevens knows exactly how to engineer his flamboyance into something enjoyable and intelligent, rather then ending up on something drab and throwaway. It's good to have you back Sufjan - now what about that promise? Only forty-eight states to go, mate.

Produs Nou / Anul aparitiei: 2010

Tracklist:

A1 All Delighted People (Original Version)

A2 Enchanting Ghost

A3 From The Mouth Of Gabriel

B1 The Owl And The Tanager

B2 All Delighted People (Classic Rock Version)

B3 Arnika

C1 Heirloom

C2 Djohariah

D1 Untitled

D2 Untitled

D3 Untitled

D4 Untitled

D5 Untitled

D6 Untitled

D7 Untitled

D8 Untitled

D9 Untitled

D10 Untitled

D11 Untitled