SUFJAN STEVENS - Javelin LP blackened and it was like listening

and it was like listening to the precision of James Brown’s funk’

reflection and rejection while maintaining a hopeful

Like-minded spirit Daniel Smith of the Danielson Family produced

After his hard drive failed

SUFJAN STEVENS - Javelin LP blackened and it was like listeningEach 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