>>127069058 (OP)
most pitchfork core is second rate/mid. not surprise most of those acts are has beens and mu get nostalgic cause that period is over. im glad that era is dead
>>127069058 (OP)
I kinda love this album. It's really unique and beautiful. I think Sufjan is a one-of-a-kind songwriter, and the flow/concept of the album is really neat. I will say it has some weak tracks near the end though, it could certainly trim the fat.
What interests me is how deeply and sincerely Christian a lot of Stevens' lyrics are, there is a lot of niche Biblical stuff throughout his work and a truly intimate knowledge of Christianity. This stuff is written too seriously for it to just be a motif. People don't generally think of Stevens as making Christian music yet its blatant even on his more neutral albums like Illinoise, let alone some earlier stuff like Seven Swans. I wonder how he squares what feels like sincere faith in Christ with a homosexuality that he's long tried to hide.
>>127069950
I truly hope there's another dimension out there where Sufjan continued with the fifty states album project and we got more gay church music about Delaware and Hawaii and that I get to live in that dimension one day
>>127070145
I'm a cringe reddit atheist and I love this song so much. The exultant chorus at the end, man. No secular musician is making anything like that.
>a homosexuality that he's long tried to hide
Ah, I don't know, To Be Alone With You is about a yearning for intimacy with god's masculine aspect
>>127069058 (OP)
It was a product of its time. Sufjan coming out as gay with a black BF kinda ruined it in hindsight. When it came out we all thought he loved the cancer girl and was just kinda a dork but it turns out he was a fruitcake all along.
