Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens' poignant masterpiece, Carrie & Lowell, is a deeply personal and emotionally charged album that showcases the artist's unique blend of chamber pop and baroque pop sensibilities. Released on 31 March 2015 via Asthmatic Kitty, this 43-minute sonic journey is a testament to Stevens' skill as a storyteller and his ability to craft songs that are both deeply introspective and universally relatable.

From the opening notes of 'Death with Dignity' to the closing strains of 'Blue Bucket of Gold', Carrie & Lowell is an album that defies easy categorisation, instead opting to occupy a space that is both deeply intimate and broadly expansive. With tracks like 'Should Have Known Better', 'All of Me Wants All of You', and the title track 'Carrie & Lowell', Stevens weaves a complex tapestry of sound and emotion, one that is at once deeply moving and profoundly beautiful.

Throughout the album, Stevens' signature lyrical wit and poetic flair are on full display, as he grapples with themes of love, loss, and identity. The result is an album that is both a deeply personal exploration of the human experience and a work of profound artistic merit. With Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens has created an album that will resonate with listeners long after the music has faded away.