“My Rajneesh” by Sufjan Stevens available now
July 10th, 2020 , by John Beeler
“My Rajneesh,” the B-Side to the 12-inch single of “America” culled from the sessions for Carrie & Lowell, is out on digital platforms today. You can hear it below, or on your preferred digital platform by clicking here.
The 12-inch 45rpm is out in record stores on July 31st. Check with your local store for availability.
Announcing The Ascension, a new studio album by Sufjan Stevens, available September 25.
June 30th, 2020 , by John Beeler
Important note: CD/LP/Tape release date moved to October 2nd due to COVID-19 related manufacturing and logistics delays. Digital and streaming is still set for release on September 25th.
Track listing:
- Make Me An Offer I Cannot Refuse (5:19)
- Run Away With Me (4:07)
- Video Game (4:16)
- Lamentations (3:42)
- Tell Me You Love Me (4:22)
- Die Happy (5:47)
- Ativan (6:32)
- Ursa Major (3:43)
- Landslide (5:04)
- Gilgamesh (3:50)
- Death Star (4:04)
- Goodbye To All That (3:48)
- Sugar (7:37)
- The Ascension (5:56)
- America (12:30)
All songs written, recorded and produced by Sufjan Stevens.
Cover art and album design by Sufjan Stevens.
Info and pre-orders for UK/EU available here.
Info and pre-orders for US and rest of world available here.
Subscribe to the YouTube Premiere of “America” here.
Sufjan & Lowell’s Aporia Out Now
March 23rd, 2020 , by John Beeler
Check your local record store today for physical copies
Read the Rest...Now Available: “The Runaround,” the newest single from Sufjan and Lowell’s Aporia
February 19th, 2020 , by John Beeler
Two weeks ago we announced Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams’ instrumental new age album, Aporia, set for release here on AKR on March 27, 2020. You can watch the promo video and hear the first single, “The Unlimited,” here.
Today we’re releasing “The Runaround,” the second single, along with a video set to the track.
The video, shot and edited by ABUTTA492, features Bike Life bikers on the streets of Harlem and NYC, Atlanta, and Miami. You can watch more of ABUTTA492’s Bike Life videos on his Youtube channel or his Instagram. You can also learn more about Miami’s Bike Life movement by watching the short documentary “Bikes Up Guns Down,” available here.
Watch and listen to “The Runaround” here.
Aporia is out March 27th. You can pre-order the limited edition yellow LP, yellow cassette, or CD here.
Decalogue Score Available for Purchase
December 11th, 2019 , by John Beeler
Last month we released The Decalogue, composed by Sufjan Stevens and performed and recorded by Timo Andres.
The deluxe limited edition, which you can purchase here, includes a 40-page piano score.
But if you don’t have a record player but want to play the etudes at home, you’re still in luck; the score is available for purchase separately, as a 40-page physical book, or as a digital, downloadable PDF. You can purchase it here for $15 for the physical and $5 for the PDF.
Sufjan Debuts “IV” from The Decalogue
October 4th, 2019 , by John Beeler
A couple of weeks ago, we announced The Decalogue, a recording of Sufjan’s score for Justin Peck’s ballet of the same name, performed by pianist Timo Andres.
Today you can hear “IV,” the fourth etude of ten on The Decalogue, on your usual digital streaming platform, or on YouTube with animation by Stephen Halker of Unreasonable Studios here.
You can also listen on your favorite streaming platform here.
We’re releasing The Decalogue digitally and on limited deluxe vinyl edition on October 18th. You’ll be able to find it at your favorite local record store, or you can preorder it here.
The deluxe edition includes a 40-page song chart book.
Below are the charts for “IV.”
Sufjan’s Songs for Christmas Out on Vinyl on November 9th
September 14th, 2018 , by John Beeler
From 2001 through 2010, Sufjan Stevens recorded an annual Christmas album that he gifted to friends and family. The recording process took place every December for one week, usually at home, provoking collaborations with friends, roommates, and musical peers.
In 2006, Stevens’ label, Asthmatic Kitty Records, released Songs for Christmas, a CD boxset compiling the first five of these albums, Volumes I-V. Later in 2012, the label released Silver & Gold, a CD and vinyl boxset compiling of Volumes VI-X.
But the first five volumes have never been released to vinyl.
This holiday season, Asthmatic Kitty Records is proud to finally release Songs for Christmas: Volumes I-V as a 5-piece vinyl boxset. The boxset arrives November 9th, 2018 with all 42 songs from the original CD boxset, including fan favorites like “Sister Winter,” “That Was The Worst Christmas Ever,” “Only At Christmas Time,” and “Put The Lights on the Tree.”
You can preorder the vinyl boxset at our store, here, or at your favorite local or online record store.
The 5-vinyl boxset includes all original package design with illustrations by Sufjan Stevens, Stephen Halker, and a family portrait painting by Jacques Bredy, as well as lyrics, chord charts, and full recording credits for all the songs. Stickers, essays, and the Sister Winter comic strip from the original CD boxset are not included (but you can still buy CD boxsets with everything in it here.)
Watch “Life With Dignity”
December 25th, 2017 , by John Beeler
“Life With Dignity” is a music video set to Helado Negro’s remix of “Death With Dignity” from Sufjan’s recently released The Greatest Gift mixtape.
The music video captures moments from the lives of Roland, Justin, and Theresa. Roland is 85, a former jazz historian and a Korean War veteran. Justin is an eight-year old student. He loves Legos. Theresa is 35, a pasta chef, a drummer. All are facing cancer in very different stages, and facing it in different ways, but each is living their life with dignity.
We discovered these three people with the generous help of the Cancer Support Community. Proceeds from the sale of The Greatest Gift are going to support the Cancer Support Community, and you can join us by giving here.
The Greatest Gift Out Now
December 8th, 2017 , by John Beeler
The Greatest Gift, previously available on cassette and streaming/digital, is now available as a translucent vinyl LP in your favorite local record store.
A portion of the proceeds from the release will benefit the Cancer Support Community.
The Greatest Gift unveils new remixes by several longstanding collaborators: Roberto C. Lange (a.k.a. Helado Negro) remixes both “Death With Dignity” and “All Of Me Wants All Of You;” Thomas Bartlett (a.k.a. Doveman) remixes “Exploding Whale,” a song previously only available as a 7-inch single; and James McAlister (a.k.a. 900X) remixes “Fourth of July.” The album features Stevens’ own remix of “Drawn to the Blood” and includes alternate and/or demo versions of songs from the original album, including a fingerpicking version of “Drawn to the Blood,” and iPhone-recorded demo versions of “John My Beloved” and “Carrie & Lowell.” Finally, the mixtape features four previously unreleased new songs recorded at the same time as the Carrie & Lowell.
Also in stores: Sufjan’s Blue Bucket of Gold / Hotline Bling (Featuring Gallant), or via AKR here.
Tonya Harding
December 5th, 2017 , by John Beeler
A new song, in two keys, from Sufjan
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