Lowell & Sufjan Every day, Sufjan Stevens seems to drift farther away from his original brand as a doe-eyed indie-folk icon.
Then again, he is long removed from his days penning the twee, folksy tributes to the midwest that he is perhaps best known for.
These days, Stevens is probably best described as an experimentalist. In the last few years, he has been behind projects as diverse as sentimental ballads about Tonya Harding or sprawling, orchestral tributes to his Olympian ex-lovers, and, for good measure, picked up an Oscar nomination along the way.
Even in Stevens’ eclectic discography, Aporia (★★★☆☆) truly stands out. A collaboration with his stepfather Lowell Brams, the entirely instrumental album is two-faced — soothing and
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