Aporia
Eleven years after Music for Insomnia, Stevens and his stepfather reunite on a collection of warm, improvisatory synth-wave epics; intimate and unvarnished, they double as a testament to the power of found family.
A fitting swansong for one half of the duo, and a reminder of the gentle echoes of the other, it's a perfect soundtrack to these confusing times
There’s a certain mania bottled within the album that gives it a certain messy charm, an imperfection that makes 'Aporia'…
Sufjan Stevens offers 10 years’ worth of jam sessions with his stepfather Lowell Brams, Waxahatchee is most country she’s ever sounded, while Basia Balut dances away the pain on ‘Are You in Love?’
Sufjan Stevens is a musician with a very different style and perspective than Tweedy, but it just so happens that music is also a key link in the relationship between him and his stepfather, Lowell Brams.
When Sufjan Stevens met his latest collaborator, he was only five years old. Last year, when his stepfather and label cofounder Lowell Brams...
Aporia is the product of a collaboration between Sufjan Stevens and stepfather Lowell Brams, released on their label Asthmatic Kitty.
For anyone who has followed Sufjan Stevens’ career until now, you’ll be used to expecting the unexpected when it comes to new projects. In
Sufjan and his stepdad have made an album of accomplished but samey atmospherics; however pretty, they fall short of the mark
During the last few years, Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams liked to fool around with electronic instruments at Stevens' home.
Stevens and his stepdad have some good ideas but fail to flesh out all that noodling