Sufjan Stevens: Album Of The Year?
The Guardian offers: ‘For all the plaudits that greeted Sufjan Stevens’ “Michigan” and “Illinois” albums, there was always the nagging feeling that his music was more involving and moving when it was less high-concept, as on “Seven Swans.” He returns to that mood – sombre and intimate, with sparse instrumentation – for his seventh album, on which heartbreak and death are intermingled…Melodies match sentiment with perfect judgment. “Carrie & Lowell” is a delight in every way, surely one of the albums of the year.’
