it probably will

anyone noticed the new orchestral version of mystery of love on spotify? sufjan and Maurizio Iannuzzi. its amazing.

I'm so glad Sufjan got all that public industry love back in 2018 for the CMBYN tracks.

Mystery of Love embodies everything beautiful about falling for someone. His tracks were so monumental to Luca's vision and I'm so excited what he's about to cook up this time. After playing around with ambience and electronics, The Ascension can literally go anywhere.

Along with the Electronica drop, this is the biggest musical event of the year IMO.

So soon

new fleet foxes this week too

Reviews for this are looking like big drop off in reception compared to C&L

Tbh I’m more interested now since I wasn’t rly a fan of C&L

Reviews

The Ascension is such a fitting name.

It can mean Sufjan finally ascending from the darkness of his mother's death, Carrie's soul ascending or even with the political tones this seems to have, America ascending into a world Sufjan envisions it to be in.

The first 2 singles were underwhelming but 76 for him is low. That’s like a 60 for any other artist. Reviews dont matter for mainstream artists but they make a big difference for indie acts. Thats the sad truth.
Im still super hyped for this. Cant wait for Thursday night.

Ya’ll dweebs rlly getting in your feelings over a metacritic score lmfao.

Who gives a s***. Even if you were to give a s***, the score right now is only calculated based on 5 reviews. Sufjan is a household indie name which means there’s a s***load of reviews that are still gonna be piling in, at which point the score will most certainly go up.

Sufjan isn’t “just another indie name”, though. He can afford the luxury of making a misstep in his career.

But it’s Sufjan motherfucking Stevens, which means the music is gonna be good no matter what lol. If he’s proven anything in his 20 year career it’s that he can radically change his sound & the quality will always remain.

Pitchfork 9.0 incoming

Well he can make missteps. He has nothing to prove.

nvm this wasn't official, and it seems sufjans team got it taken down. it was absolutely amazing tho :(

i cant get past that 'give me some sugar' line video game my fav single so far and i dont even like that one that much

Video Game is my least favorite so far

The other two joints are top tier Suf.

google.com/amp/s/exclaim.ca/amparticle/sufjan_stevens_the_ascension_album_review

stereogum.com/2096112/sufjan-stevens-the-ascension-review/franchises/reviews/premature-evaluation

Only have listened to America and Video Games and I loved America

Video games was decent but idk if I’d come back to it. Have to relisten when the whole thing is out

today!

Patiently waited and only listened to america once. Im ready for the feast

haven't listened to any single!

I'm ready to experience the whole magic for the first time today
ready to ascend

we excited

Cant wait