Stevens, Sufjan - The Avalanche

NEW VINYL LP ON ASTHMATIC KITTY 2018

2 x 180 GRAM VINYL

Limited edition double Hatchback Orange and Avalanche White colored vinyl LP pressing. The little secret behind the Illinois record is that it was originally conceived as a double album, culminating in a musical collage of nearly 50 songs. But as the project began to develop into an unwieldy epic, common sense weighed in – as did the opinions of others – and the project was cut in half. But as 2005 came to a close, Sufjan Stevens returned to the old, forsaken songs on his 8-track like a grandfather remembering his youth, indulging in old journals and newspaper clippings. What he uncovered went beyond the merits of nostalgia; it was more like an ensemble of capricious friends and old acquaintances wearing party outfits, waiting to be let in at the front door, for warm drinks and interesting conversation.

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Tracklist

The Avalanche     3:14
Dear Mr. Supercomputer     4:40
Adlai Stevenson     2:34
The Vivian Girls Are Visited In The Night By Saint Dargarius And His Squadron Of Benevolent Butterflies     1:49
Chicago (Acoustic Version)     4:40
The Henney Buggy Band     3:16
Saul Bellow     2:53
Carlyle Lake     3:15
Springfield, Or Bobby Got A Shadfly Caught In His Hair     4:17
The Mistress Witch From McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself)     3:24
Kaskaskia River     2:15
Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)     6:06
Inaugural Pop Music For Jane Margaret Byrne     1:25
No Man's Land     4:45
The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake     1:38
The Pick-Up     3:23
The Perpetual Self, Or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?"     2:24
For Clyde Tombaugh     3:43
Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder Version)     4:35
Pittsfield     6:41
The Undivided Self (For Eppie And Popo)     4:59