New Sufjan Stevens "E.P."
Posted by: Nick Lees on 21 August 2010
From the website:
"All Delighted People is built around two different versions of Sufjan’s long-form epic ballad "All Delighted People," a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon’s "Sounds of Silence." Sounds delightful, yes! The song was originally workshopped on Sufjan’s previous tour in the fall of 2009. Other songs on the EP include the 17-minute guitar jam-for-single-mothers "Djohariah," and the gothic piano ballad "The Owl and the Tanager," a live-show mainstay (and Debbie Downer if you ask us; what’s it doing on a "Delighted" EP?)."
I've downloaded it - to call something that is 60 minutes long an E.P. is a bit screwy, but who cares? At $5 it is a steal and what's more is (as you'd expect) excellent.
Download available here
They plan to release a CD of it later in the year.
"All Delighted People is built around two different versions of Sufjan’s long-form epic ballad "All Delighted People," a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon’s "Sounds of Silence." Sounds delightful, yes! The song was originally workshopped on Sufjan’s previous tour in the fall of 2009. Other songs on the EP include the 17-minute guitar jam-for-single-mothers "Djohariah," and the gothic piano ballad "The Owl and the Tanager," a live-show mainstay (and Debbie Downer if you ask us; what’s it doing on a "Delighted" EP?)."
I've downloaded it - to call something that is 60 minutes long an E.P. is a bit screwy, but who cares? At $5 it is a steal and what's more is (as you'd expect) excellent.
Download available here
They plan to release a CD of it later in the year.
I'm still waiting for 'Delaware' 
Gary,
Thanks for this recommendation, definitely a bargain @ $5.
I downloaded the FLAC version; then got foobar2000; then converted to WAV; then imported to iTunes; then burnt a CD
At least I'm ready for future FLAC attacks now!
This is my first Suffering purchase and it's enjoyably different from other solo melancholy in my collection. I'll look into his earlier stuff, which is quite cheap at the moment.
Just seen anounced today - The Age of Adz is available for Preorder
Thanks for this recommendation, definitely a bargain @ $5.
I downloaded the FLAC version; then got foobar2000; then converted to WAV; then imported to iTunes; then burnt a CD
At least I'm ready for future FLAC attacks now!
This is my first Suffering purchase and it's enjoyably different from other solo melancholy in my collection. I'll look into his earlier stuff, which is quite cheap at the moment.
Just seen anounced today - The Age of Adz is available for Preorder
My favourite, though at the moment, I probably listen to Seven Swans more.