Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came - 2003

For my second review, an album/band introduced to me from my new chiropractical friend, Erin! (Thanks for the tip!! Arcade Fire review coming soon!)

I had never heard of Sufjan Stevens before (note: www.sufjan.com not loading at time of writing.) So the album A Sun Came was a total surprise to me.

It starts off with a nice, quirky tune, flutes in there with the guitar..kinda medieval, but does not delve into the cheese that one might expect. Very 'indie rock'. Me likey.

Just about every song is quite catchy and engaging, with fun little recordings interspaced...which are great the first or second listen, but lose some of their appeal on the 15th+ listen..heh..

Fun is had on many of the tracks, 'Rice Pudding' reminds me of a free-jam on the Charlie Brown theme song by a young, highschool rock band. Love it! Guitar solo's are prolly better than i can do too. ;)

The highlight of the album is probably 'Super Sexy Woman'. I think this is now in my top 20 favorite songs of all time! I could probably listen to a million times over...wonderful stuff!!

'Jason' takes a wild dive from previous songs, and borrows heavily from My Bloody Valentine (imo), which is actually really nice to hear...since i loved MBV and he does them justice.

'You Are the Rake', final song on the tune, is quite lovely, and closes the album very nicely.

Hard to rate...i want to give it a 9/10, but i feel an 8/10 might be most appropriate. I've listened to one other album (Enjoy Your Rabbit, 2001) and felt it was quite lacking...but am really looking forward to others!

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