Sufjan's New Album: Sinning (and Singing) in Wisco!

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Everyone's favourite indie folk darling Sufjan Stevens released a landmark hint about where he's been spending his time recently. Apparently, his upcoming album will detail the intricacies of my great state of Wisconsin! Sinning in Wisco will be the title of the third installament from the 50-state initiative that seems to be focusing first on the Midwest, and is wonderful surprise during what may be my last year in Wisconsin! I'm still a bit perplexed by the album's title and the seemingly flat (both in content and pitch) nature of his teaser track "Beddar Cheddar", but I'll reserve judgment until I hear the whole album. After experiencing the elations birthed from his stellar last albums and equally high-quality live performances, in my book Sufjan can do no wrong. And the song seems to support this for the most part, full of characteristically lush instrumentation (what is that high pitched instrument?) and catchy folk beauty. I'm just hoping there's a track about Madison!

Sufjan Stevens - Beddar Cheddar (mp3)

Preorder the new album locally (Strictly Discs or B-Side in Madison) for its hyped release on June 14th!