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Subtitled Come On Feel The..., Sufjan Stevens & The Michigan Militia have moved to Illinois (dubbing themselves the Illinoisemakers) but this new album is the same Sufjan we know and love. Fingerpicked ballads of delicate twang, tasteful orchestration, and titles that are murder on the ID3 tags. While this album unmistakably owes its inspiration to the sound of Michigan, Sufjan has managed to take his orchestra-like folk template and expand on it, tapping into unexpected genres and bringing unexpected instruments like strings and woodwinds to the forefront, all while relating tales of the state's history as well as possibly fictional stories about its residents. To sweeten the deal, Sufjan's vocals have also improved some: he's managed to make his thin, meek vocal presence a little more noticeable, and while that doesn't stop him from using members of the quirky Danielson Famile as his own personal choir, it's nice to hear him sound more assured on some of this album's mellower moments. Rough Trade. 2005.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois 2:08
2 The Black Hawk War, Or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and ... 2:14
3 Come on! Feel the Illinoise!: Pt. 1: The World's Columbian Exposition 6:45
4 John Wayne Gacy, Jr. 3:19
5 Jacksonville 5:24
6 A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good ... 0:47
7 Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! 3:03
8 One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" for the Pullman 0:06
9 Chicago 6:04
10 Casimir Pulaski Day 5:53
11 To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea ... 1:40
12 The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts 6:17
13 Prairie Fire That Wanders About 2:11
14 A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens ... 0:19
15 The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! 5:23
16 They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from 5:09
17 Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It 0:40
18 In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth 0:35
19 The Seer's Tower 3:53
20 The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Pt. 1: The Great Frontier/Pt. ... 7:02
21 Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, ... 0:46
22 Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, And I Shake the ... 4:21
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