Thursday, April 30, 2009

Sufjan Stevens on Cassette Tape


If you've been wondering whether or not Sufjan Stevens froze somewhere in Lake Michigan or blew up in a train on its way from Virginia - everything's OK. He's alive and searching through his old tapes (literally tapes) of recorded songs. He posted a short blurb about his experience on his site through Asthmatic Kitty, read his post here.

"But the world of youth was where I tried on new ideas, new outfits, new names, and new rhyme schemes—-a world where the banjo was my journal, where Sofia Coppola was my imaginary confidant, and where singing out of tune was perfectly OK!"

So let me get this straight, Sufjan Stevens has done the following things in the past couple of years or so:

1. Write a 11 minute song for Dark Was the Night
2. Write a exclamation point heavy preface for Dave Eggers literary series, Best American Nonrequired Reading
3. Find a song buried on mylar dedicated to the Coppola family
4. Not release a new album to follow up the beautifully symphonic Illinoise
5. Made the longest Christmas Album ever

The funny thing is, it's not really a great song or anything. It sure is damn pretty though, and he's an emotive banjo player.

Sufjan Stevens - Sofia's Song

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