Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz [2x Vinyl LP]

Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz [2x Vinyl LP]The Age of Adz (pronounced Odds) is Sufjan Stevens first full length collection of original songs since 2005s conceptual pop opus Illinois. This new album is probably his most unusual, first, for its lack of conceptual underpinnings, and second, for its extensive use of electronics. The album almost entirely eschews the songwriters former tools of the trade: namely, acoustic instruments that accompany an expansive narrative scope. While the sounds on

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