Sufjan Stevens, who we all know and love, has been off the map for a while. Sure, this has given us Sufjan lovers a chance to rediscover his earlier masterpieces, Seven Swans, A Sun Came, and dare I say Year of the Rabbit... but c'mon Sufjan. We are dying here. When will you serenade us again?
All this to say, I stumbled across a few things that may sustain us a little longer, as we are all suffering from Chronic Sufjan Deprivation.
The first is a new project that Sufjan has been working on called the BQE. As far as I understand, it is to be taken not as a new album, but more as a soundtrack for his new visual experiments. Apparently Sufjan as been taking a break from his banjo and has picked up his trusty Super 8 video camera.
"Sufjan Stevens premiered The BQE, a film and musical suite exploring New York City's infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival in November 2007. The critically applauded performance featured 36 performers including a band, a wind and brass ensemble, string players, a horn section, projected film footage of the expressway and five hula hoopers. On October 20, Asthmatic Kitty Records will release The BQE (also available via Rough Trade in the UK, P-Vine in Japan, Spunk in Australia). "
Secondly, I stumbled across this little mash up delight. You will either think it is a desecration of something holy or a fun variation of an already amazing piece of work.
I am not going to give you anymore of a description than that... I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
