Aporia

‘Aporia’ is a New Age album from Sufjan Stevens and his step-father and record label co-owner, Lowell Brams. In the spirit of the New Age composers who sanded off the edges of their synths’ sawtooth waves, Aporia approximates a rich soundtrack from an imagined sci-fi epic brimming with moody, hooky, gauzy synthesizer soundscapes. The album may suggest the progeny of a John Carpenter, Wendy Carlos and Mike Oldfield marriage but it stands apart from these touchstones and generates a meditative universe all its own. This is no mere curio in the Sufjan Stevens catalogue but a fully realized collaborative musical piece. “Sufjan Stevens is one of the most prolific and absolutely gifted American songwriters of the 21st century.” - NPR “Stevens remains at the height of his powers - capable of work as individual, compassionate and powerful as any American composer working today.” - The Washington Post Available on CD, first-run yellow coloured vinyl and cassette.

Tracks

1~1~Ousia
1~2~What It Takes
1~3~Disinheritance
1~4~Agathon
1~5~Determined Outcome
1~6~Misology
1~7~Afterworld Alliance
1~8~Palinodes
1~9~Backhanded Cloud
1~10~Glorious You
1~11~For Raymond Scott
1~12~Matronymic
1~13~The Red Desert
1~14~Conciliation
1~15~Ataraxia
1~16~The Unlimited
1~17~The Runaround
1~18~Climb That Mountain
1~19~Captain Praxis
1~20~Eudaimonia
1~21~The Lydian Ring

Details

Format: Vinyl
Artist: Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams
Release Date: 27 March 2020
Genre: Alternative
Label: Asthmatic Kitty
Distributor: Inertia Music