{"id":803839,"date":"2020-02-05T08:15:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=948027"},"modified":"2020-02-05T08:15:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:15:54","slug":"sufjan-stevens-stepfather-lowell-brams-preview-new-age-inspired-album-with-the-unlimited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/sufjan-stevens-stepfather-lowell-brams-preview-new-age-inspired-album-with-the-unlimited\/","title":{"rendered":"Sufjan Stevens, Stepfather Lowell Brams Preview New Age-Inspired Album With \u2018The Unlimited\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sufjan Stevens<\/a> and his long-time collaborator\/stepfather, Lowell Brams, unveiled a new song, \u201cThe Unlimited,\u201d from their upcoming New Age-inspired album, Aporia<\/i>, out March 27th via their label Asthmatic Kitty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Unlimited\u201d finds Stevens and Brams crafting an enthralling soundscape that keeps a serene synth at its core while still venturing into murkier, more ominous spaces. With the introduction of thumping drums halfway through, the song builds steadily to a euphoric peak before tapering into a peaceful echo.<\/p>\n

Aporia<\/i> has been in the works for a few years now, with Stevens and Brams working on it during the latter\u2019s visits to the former\u2019s home in New York. The album is a follow-up of sorts to their 2008 instrumental LP, Music for Insomnia<\/i><\/a>, which was part of Asthmatic Kitty\u2019s now-retired Library Catalog Music Series<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Per a press release, where Music for Insomnia <\/i>took a more \u201cdissonant and niche approach\u2026 Aporia <\/i>finds the collaborators intently shaping a more palatable, New Age-inspired album.\u201d Over the course of their sessions, Stevens and Brams produced a slew of music, then began isolating the best moments and rearranging them into songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know how it is with jamming,\u201d Stevens said in a statement, \u201c90 percent of it is absolutely horrible, but if you\u2019re just lucky enough, 10 percent is magic. I just kept pulling out these little magical moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stevens and Brams crafted the album with the help of several Asthmatic Kitty collaborators, including Thomas Bartlett, D.M. Stith, Nick Berry, John Ringhofer, James McAlister, Steve Moore, Yuuki Matthews and Cat Martino.<\/p>\n

Last year, Stevens released two new songs<\/a> for Pride Month, \u201cLove Yourself\u201d<\/a> and \u201cWith My Whole Heart,\u201d as well as The Decalogue<\/i>, pianist Timo Anders\u2019 performance of the score Stevens wrote for Justin Peck\u2019s 2017 ballet of the same name. In 2017, Stevens teamed with Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister for the collaborative album, Planetarium<\/em>, while his last solo album was 2015\u2019s Carrie & Lowell<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sufjan Stevens and his long-time collaborator\/stepfather, Lowell Brams, unveiled a new song, \u201cThe Unlimited,\u201d from their upcoming New Age-inspired album, Aporia, out March 27th via their label Asthmatic Kitty. \u201cThe Unlimited\u201d finds Stevens and Brams crafting an enthralling soundscape that keeps a serene synth at its core while still venturing into murkier, more ominous spaces. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 15:55:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}