Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell emo Sacred Bones - SBR-161 (2022)

Sacred Bones - SBR-161 (2022) US

A dynamic suite of dexterous melodies and a nuanced artistic response to the complexities of motherhood

The Beatles and the Soft Machine through his warped rock’n’roll filter

Artwork and packaging replicates that of the original EP

with Black Francis' lyrics on UFOs and conspiracy theories keeping things weird while power pop creeps in to amplify the space rock established on predecessor Bossanova

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell emo Sacred Bones - SBR-161 (2022)LP 569 (2015) US Carrie & Lowell sounds like memory: it spans decades yet does not trade on pastiche or nostalgia. Stevens's gauzy double tracked vocals wash across the dashboard of long finned, drop top Americana, yet as we race towards the coast we are reminded that sunshine leads to shadow, for this is a landscape of terminal roads, unsteady bridges, traumatic video stores, and unhappy beds that provide the scenery for tales of jackknifed cars,