Carrie & Lowell – 10th Anniversary Edition: Global Events Announced
April 17th, 2025 , by Asthmatic Kitty
PITCHBLACK PLAYBACK SESSIONS
Experience the Carrie & Lowell – 10th Anniversary Edition in full, in complete darkness. These immersive sessions offer a rare opportunity to hear the album without distraction—just you and the music. Pitchblack Playback hosts ticketed listening sessions in the dark on great sound systems around the world for upcoming and classic albums and curated mixtapes.
14 MAY | MANCHESTER, UK @ CULTPLEX
24 MAY | SCHIEDAM, NL @ KODA
26 MAY | COPENHAGEN, DK @ EMPIRE BI
26 MAY | AUCKLAND, NZ @ THE CAPITOL THEATRE
26 MAY | LONDON, UK @ PHOENIX ARTS CLUB
27 MAY | SANTIAGO, CL @ OMNI SOUNDLAB
27 MAY | MEXICO CITY, MX @ SHHH
27 MAY | BRISTOL, UK @ WE THE CURIOUS PLANETARIUM
28 MAY | AARHUS, DK @ ØST FOR PARADIS
28 MAY | PARIS, FR @ LISTENER
28 MAY | BRIGHTON, UK @ THE OLD MARKET
29 MAY | NEW PLYMOUTH, NZ @ LEN LYE CENTRE CINEMA
29 MAY | LOS ANGELES, US @ NEUEHOUSE HOLLYWOOD
GET MORE INFORMATION / ORDER PITCHBLACK PLAYBACK TICKETS
RETAIL LISTENING EVENTS
Be among the first to hear the seven new bonus tracks from Carrie & Lowell – 10th Anniversary Edition — two days before its release (May 28th) — at an in-store listening event near you. You’ll also have a chance to buy the deluxe LP or CD two days early. Admission is free and everyone who comes will receive a free poster featuring original artwork by Sufjan Stevens (while supplies last).
ATLANTA, GA | CRIMINAL RECORDS – 4PM
MELBOURNE, AU | HAPPY VALLEY SHOP – 4:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO, CA | AMOEBA MUSIC – 5PM
NEW YORK, NY | HONEY MOON COFFEE SHOP – 6PM
WASHINGTON, DC | BYRDLAND RECORDS – 6PM
DALLAS, TX | JOSEY RECORDS – 6PM
KANSAS CITY, MO | JOSEY RECORDS – 6PM
TORONTO, ON | SONIC BOOM – 6PM
PORTLAND, OR | MUSIC MILLENNIUM – 7PM
SEATTLE, WA | EASY STREET, CALIFORNIA AVE – 7PM
CHICAGO, IL, US | RECKLESS RECORDS, N. MILWAUKEE
NEWCASTLE, AU | ABICUS
VIRTUAL LISTENING EVENT
No event near you? Join us from anywhere in the world as we host a virtual listening session on YouTube on release day, May 30th. More details coming soon — follow Sufjan on YouTube and stay tuned!
Sufjan Stevens Announces Carrie & Lowell – 10th Anniversary Edition – Out May 30 (PreOrder Live Now)
March 31st, 2025 , by Asthmatic Kitty
This May, Asthmatic Kitty Records celebrates the ten-year anniversary of Carrie & Lowell with an expanded double-LP album that includes seven previously unreleased bonus tracks, a 40-page art book, and a new essay by Sufjan Stevens. Available for preorder now.
Read the Rest...Out Now: Denison Witmer’s Anything At All, Produced by Sufjan Stevens
February 14th, 2025 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Denison Witmer’s new album, Anything At All, is out now. Produced by his longtime friend Sufjan Stevens, the album features intimate, reflective songwriting with guest appearances from Stevens on multiple tracks.
Read the Rest...Denison Witmer Announces New Album ‘Anything At All’ – Available for Pre-Order Now
December 4th, 2024 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Denison Witmer returns with a new collection of ten vibrant and pensive folk-pop songs recorded and produced by Sufjan Stevens, his long-time friend and collaborator. Anything At All finds Denison in a suitably reflective mood, mining sublime revelation from an ordinary, domesticated life. Topics like bird watching, carpentry, houseplants, and hiking offer insights into bigger, existential questions about life, death, meaning, and purpose. What are we doing with the precious time we have left on this earth? Whether it’s spent making clocks, gathering berries, planting trees, or putting the kids to bed at night, these songs suggest that a life lived with thoughtfulness and care can lead to deeper joy and fulfillment.
Recorded sporadically over a period of two years, Anything At All was primarily created at Sufjan’s Catskills studio during the pandemic, with additional sessions recorded by Andy Park, in Seattle, WA. Contributors include Stevens and Park as well as Sam Evian, Hannah Cohen, Sean Lane, and Keenan O’Meara, amongst others. The album’s musical aesthetic marries Denison’s folksy vibe with Sufjan’s signature bells and whistles: lush strings and woodwinds, women’s choir, and an occasional jazzy saxophone weave their way around Denison’s matter-of-fact vocals and acoustic guitar. These are simple folk songs with bursts of awe and wonder.
Those who pre-order the album will receive an Anything At All postcard that can be kept as a collectible or shared with a pen pal. All pre-orders will also be entered into a drawing to win a test pressing of the album, signed by Denison Witmer.
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Asthmatic Kitty Records Celebrates The 1-Year Anniversary Of Sufjan Stevens’ Javelin
October 4th, 2024 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Released in 2023, October marks the 1-year anniversary for Sufjan Stevens’ acclaimed album, Javelin.
Each track on Javelin starts intimately: the trickle of an acoustic guitar, the patter of a lidded piano, and the cascade of a coruscant arpeggio. And then, of course, there is that disarming voice, the throughline in one of the most eclectic catalogs of any songwriter this century—soft but strong, as if the very scenes of hurt and hope it is about to share have only galvanized it through the decades. Javelin pairs musical sweep with emotional breadth, an entire lifetime of feeling woven into 42-minutes. On Javelin, Sufjan, as you may know him best, returns: offering gorgeous if pained little glimpses of himself, so that we may see ourselves more fully.
To celebrate the anniversary of the release, Asthmatic Kitty Records is offering 15% off Javelin vinyl, CDs, and merch for the month of October. We will also hold a contest on the AKR socials this month for a lucky winner to receive a Javelin bundle. There will also be numerous opportunities for you to cast your vote on our socials for your favorite Javelin song and lyrics. Be sure to follow AKR on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and/or YouTube for updates and more information.
Also, don’t miss the new Javelin 1-Year Anniversary Tote Bag, available as a standalone item or part of a bundle in the AKR store!
Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas Vols. 6-10’ Vinyl Box Set & Exclusive Merchandise Now Available for Pre-Order
August 29th, 2024 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Asthmatic Kitty Records announces the repressing of Sufjan Stevens’ Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6-10 LP box set. Pre-order now.
Read the Rest...Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans Turns 20, Deluxe Editions Available Now
May 3rd, 2024 , by Asthmatic Kitty
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of this now-beloved piece of Sufjan’s catalog, AKR is releasing deluxe physical and digital versions of the album, available now.
Read the Rest...Sufjan To Release New Album, ‘Javelin,’ October 6th; Hear “So You Are Tired”
August 14th, 2023 , by Asthmatic Kitty
We are proud to announce a new album from Sufjan, Javelin, on October 6th. The first single, “So You Are Tired,” is available for listening now, alongside a lyric video.
Javelin marks Sufjan’s first solo album of songs since The Ascension, and his first in full singer-songwriter mode since Carrie & Lowell. At times, Javelin has the feel of a big team album production — but it is decidedly not: almost every sound here is the result of Sufjan writing and recording at home, building by himself what sometimes feels like a testament to ‘70s Los Angeles studio opulence. The contributions come from a close circle of friends – adrienne maree brown, Hannah Cohen, Pauline Delassus, Megan Lui and Nedelle Torrisi – who provide harmonies on many songs, and Bryce Dessner, who plays acoustic and electric guitar on “Shit Talk.”
To celebrate the release, we’re issuing a special AKR Seaweed Ocean Blast edition. All CD and LP editions include a 48-page book of art and essays all created by Sufjan, including a series of collages, cut-up catalog fantasies, puff-paint word clouds, and color fields.
Pre-orders are up here for Javelin t-shirt, sweatshirt and tote.
To get news about the album, be sure to follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our email newsletter, or sign up for SMS (in the US) by texting ‘AKR’ to (855) 513-1593.
Sufjan’s The Age of Adz is back in print on vinyl, and with a new “Vesuvius” edition
July 12th, 2023 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Year of the Rabbit Enjoy Your Rabbit Special Edition Vinyl
July 5th, 2023 , by Asthmatic Kitty
We’re releasing a special Year of the Rabbit Edition of Sufjan’s Enjoy Your Rabbit!
In 2001, we released the album on CD, then released a vinyl pressing in 2014. The album’s fourteen songs (one for each sign of the Chinese Zodiac, plus two for good luck, ie. “Year of the Asthmatic Cat” – that’s us!) are distinctly Sufjan. Sufjan may be better known as a singer-songwriter and folk artist, but Enjoy Your Rabbit demonstrates that Sufjan has never obeyed the laws of genre; many of the electronic riffs on this record tease hooks that appear later on Michigan, Illinois, Age of Adz, and The Ascension.
Enjoy Your Rabbit has lived its own long and prosperous life. The Osso String Quartet’s Run Rabbit Run album recreated the album in arrangements for live, acoustic chamber ensemble. And choreographer Justin Peck has collaborated with Sufjan over half a dozen times, including the recently debuted Illinois production at the Fisher Center at Bard, but Justin’s first collaboration with Sufjan was to choreograph the songs on Enjoy Your Rabbit for Year of the Rabbit, which premiered at the New York City Ballet in 2012.
It’s now 2023, a year of the rabbit, one predicted to be full of harmony, longevity, and prosperity – making it a perfect time for a Year of the Rabbit Special Edition vinyl of this double LP. Since Sufjan was born under the rabbit, we wanted to wait until his birthday to unveil this for his fans.
This 2xLP is pressed in a calming deep blue vinyl, punctuated by a subtle rabbit-fur cloudy white. We hope it brings you harmony and good fortune.You can pre-order the Year of the Rabbit special edition of the 2xLP here (ships August 1st).
