Sufjan Stevens Puns

Hey everyone,

I'm cleaning out the shelves a bit and wanted to list some stuff here.

Entire list is in this google sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CBwRjdMlpxjPU6dH0owP08hEvZqE3-P9d8RBs1eVfw8/edit?usp=sharing

Red means they're gone. Yellow is pending. First to pay, first served.

Buy the entire collection for $700 if you're feeling crazy. Prices as marked, open to offers. Everything graded. Ships from Nashville, USA to CONUS only. $5 per order, add $1 for each extra item.

Hello, here is a list of songs I really enjoy. If you know of any other songs similar to the feel of these let me know!

Sufjan Stevens: Blue Bucket of Gold; Fourth of July; The Only Thing; The Mystery of Love; Neptune

Ben Howard: Towing the Line; Follies Fixture; Time is Dancing; Burgh Island

The Paper Kites: Tenenbaum; Tin Lover

Phoebe Bridgers: Garden Song

Bon Iver: Re:Stacks; Perth; Holocene; Towers; Faith

Gregory Alan Isakov: San Luis; Where you gonna go; Master and a Hound; Dandelion Wine; Amsterdam

Hello again everyone! I made a post a couple of weeks ago to cover moving costs and it went much better than expected, so I'm back with more! Same as last time, I ship out of NE Ohio and will have all records sent within a couple of days. However, shipping this time is FREE! Thank you to everyone that purchases an album from my beloved collection and hope you enjoy the music as much as I have. Every record is in NM condition unless stated otherwise. Every record is cheaper than the lowest price on discogs.

"Brand New - Deja Entendu - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/6963308?ev=rb ($55)" SOLD

"Brand New - Science Fiction - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/11051641?ev=rb ($35)" SOLD

Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer Purple Swirl Vinyl -https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/12001919?ev=rb ($30)

Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to Surface Black Smoke Vinyl deluxe edition - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/10620931?ev=rb ($100)

Mastodon - Emperor of Sand Pink Vinyl for breast cancer awareness - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/11012443?ev=rb ($65)

"Miles Davis - A Kind of Blue Dark Blue Vinyl - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/8776899?ev=rb ($25)"SOLD

Plini - Handmade Cities Red with Blue Spatter Vinyl - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/11466913?ev=rb ($150)

Radiohead - Amnesiac - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/17404882?ev=rb ($45)

"Sampha - Process - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/15935489?ev=rb ($30)"SOLD

"Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/6589854?ev=rb ($35) NO CD" SOLD

"Sigur Ros - Untitled - https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/8721769?ev=rb ($35) NO CD" SOLD

side note I'm willing to bundle both Sigur Ros albums together for $60

Steven Wilson - To The Bone Bone Colored Vinyl - [https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/10715466?ev=rb](https://www.discogs.com/sell

Did you guys hear about this? I really enjoyed Michigan and Illinois, can't wait for the other 48!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0aOPgX-gco

I'm looking for music thats folky, a bit jazzy, has beautiful vocals, and complicated rhythms and meter. Another element I love is non-conventional forms (like a blend between through composed and song form). I love complex music but not when it is too jarring or agitating. A great example of what I'm talking about is Mid-Air Thief. if you havent listened, you should. check out the song 'Swamp' and try to count through it/analyze the form.

I have been experiencing quite the dry spell music wise lately, so discovering some seriously exciting bops would really make my day! Let me know if you have any ideas / suggestions / questions. Thanks for reading! 😊

I was wondering why I loved "Paprika" from Japanese Breakfast so much and then it dawned on me....there is so much Sufjan on this track. Here's a mashup alongside Sufjan's "I Walked". It's not verse for verse though, some of the length was edited to fit where the melodies coincide. Also I Walked is tuned down three half steps to match Paprika. Paprika was sped up from it's original 120bpm to match I walked at 128.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e6FOsBDvoLcmF3s4zX2BElz5enMjoqiy/view?usp=sharing

The music industry thrives on two basic principles. Love exists, and love is broken. Countless pop artists have exploited the fleeting nature of their personal relationships, writing cloying love songs today and fiery breakup anthems tomorrow. What we rarely hear about in pop music are songs about the loneliness that comes in a world where love never lasts.

On his latest record Carrie and Lowell, Sufjan Stevens’s painfully earnest ”All of Me Wants All of You” is the sound of a man fatigued by broken love. Stevens’s relationship with his mother was like a hookup/breakup cycle on repeat, seeing her for a few intense days or weeks at a time only to lose her again for months and years. He wonders whether his mother’s terminal cancer is a blessing or a curse, quietly wavering, “Shall we beat it or celebrate it?” It’s the same question he asked as a child every time his mother abandoned him again. By her bedside in the waning moments of her life, he sings, “On the sheet I see your horizon.” Even as he hugs her, “I’m just a ghost you walk right through.” Death slowly wrests the mother he wanted to love from his grasp one last time. Something in his soul won’t let him let go. Stevens understands that his turmoil is not unique but universal: All love is broken, and yet our souls long for other souls.

Confusion about the nature of “All of Me Wants All of You” has arisen surrounding a mysterious allusion in the first verse: “Manelich, I feel so used.” Some have posited this is a moniker for a distant male lover. This obscure reference is a key element in understanding how Stevens sees his relationship with his mother Carrie. Most importantly, Stevens sees himself as Manelich, a man who must choose to love in the midst of terrible brokenness or give up altogether.

https://christandpopculture.com/all-of-me-wants-all-of-you-sufjan-stevenss-manelich-and-broken-love/

I like the simple instrumentation that feels like it’s taking me to space, and the whole chill/sad vibe. I’ve heard the rest of his music, but I’m looking for song/album suggestions that fit the vibe of this song specifically. :)

Thanks!

https://akrec.co/akr150-download

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Let me know if this works, thx!

Other songs I enjoy:

• Waves by Dean Lewis
• Lights Are On by Tom Rosenthal
• Fading by Vallis Alps
• Radars by Alina Libkind
• Headspace by Thomston
• The Wisp Sings by Winter Aid
• The Trapeze Swinger by Iron & Wine
• Hollow by Belle Mt.
• Curls by Bibio
• Stay by Gracie Adams
• lightning by mehro

Let’s get schwifty, Sujwifties!

Kia ora, and welcome to the 2010 High Concept Pop rate. u/steelstepladder and I are very excited to be hosting what is sure to be an exciting and highly competitive rate!

The three albums we will be exploring in these rates are all concept albums, that explore themes such as climate change, racism, and mental health through the lenses of characters living in either a dystopic far future world (Age of Adz, the Archandroid) or simply fictional characters in our real world (Plastic Beach). As an English major, I can say that often the best stories are ones that explore real-life themes explored through the lenses of a world that is unfamiliar to us. The disconnect from our real-life society is often enough for us to think of certain themes in a different context, and to reconsider previously held notions, especially in dystopian works where it encourages you to think critically about the circumstances that led to the world the characters are now living in, and how the decisions we make inform the world we will be living in tomorrow. Remember, critical thinking is hot girl shit <3

The fun thing about all three albums is that they all have their high energy, frenetic moments that r/popheads seem to love. All three have their inspiration from pop music, thus the “High Concept Pop”, even Sufjan whose usually remembered as “sad ukelele boy”, but as you can tell from the write-up by the wonderful gucci.

Know the score? Want to jump straight into rating?

Well then, you’re free to listen and submit your scores:

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Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner's Mind

Release Date: September 24th

Label: Asthmatic Kitty

Genre: Indie Folk, Singer/songwriter, Chamber Pop

Singles: Reach Out, Back to Oz

Streams: Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp

Schedule

this is an unofficial discussion for reactions to the album or whatever one desires to say about the album. this is for the sake of preservation of discussion.***

10/28 - EDIT #2: Thank you to everyone who was able to get something and help me out! I'm able to take care of my rent and my band's practice space rent. The spreadsheet is updated with what's available still. I'm packing up orders paid today and shipping them out this afternoon. If you paid before today your order has been shipped and I've updated the paypal invoice with tracking info(sorry I'm a day late than what I promised)

Hey y'all! Trying to get these out of here by the end of the month.

Here's a google sheet of everything available.

Shipping is $5 minimum and +$1 for each record added // everything ships from Houston, TX as media mail(continental 48 US only) in sturdy vinyl record mailers with "fragile" labels. Although if you want the order sooner like 2-day or next-day I'm willing to work with you on the price for that. Payment only through paypal G&S please.

Prices are based on the lowest I saw of what's currently available on discogs for similar condition, most I rounded down 5ish dollars (I'm definitely open to offers on bundles or free shipping or whatever!)

All come with outer sleeves(except one which is specified). If condition is VG+ then it was purchased new by me and was opened and put straight into an outer sleeve with the record slid behind the cover. All VG+ records are in basically new condition and maybe only played once or twice if the notes do not specifically mention "never played". Anything other than VG+ I purchased used.

• All VMP pressings will come with all the goodies(including obi) that they came with when they arrived to me.

Feel free to DM* me any offers, I'll try to get back as soon as possible!

*edit: (sorry, this is my first sale post here) As per community guidelines, I'll need anyone interested to comment here after PM'ing me or I won't respond.

Selling off some more of the random ignored or duplicate stuff from my collection...

Shipping is $3 in CONUS, anywhere else hit me up and we can figure it out.

Will go out within a day, at most 2 days, I try to be fairly quick about it and pack the records very well.

$15 NM/NM SufjanStevens/Angelo De Augustine-A Beginners Mind

Indy store gold version. I forgot I preordered the rough trade limited so I have 2 now. Every pressing of this (I've heard 3 so far, Black, this one and the yellow RT) have slight surface noise. However I need to say that my set up is extremely (and annoyingly) sensitive and picks up EVERYTHING. So slight surface noise for me is basically nothing to other set ups. Just putting that out there. It's barely noticeable in the very quiet spots. This one is perfect and still in shrink. Still has unused download card.

$15 NM/NM Jason Lytle- Dept Of Disappearance

Pretty much perfect all around.

$15 NM/NM Grandaddy-Last Place

Also pretty much perfect all around and never listened to.

$22 NM/NM Rockabye Baby-Lullaby Renditions-of-Tom-Petty

Kinda cool album I got for my son as a baby. Still in shrink. Perfect all around.

$25 NM/NM Future Islands-As Long As You Are

VMP Light Blue Numbered version. Played the day I got it and never touched again. Perfect all around. Still in VMP shrink.

$45 NM/NM Galaxy80- Visions Neon Green Limited

Only 1 for sale on discogs... It's a fantastic chillwave album that came out in April. This one is pristine. Barely played, I usually just stream this one.

[SOLD] NM/NM Magic Sword- Endless](https://www.discogs.com/release/14958085-Magic-Sword-Endless)

Perfect all around. Empress Blue Vinyl. The second time I spun this was right now posting it.

[SOLD] VG+/VG+ Bright Eyes-Im Wide Awake Its Morning](https://www.discogs.com/release/9331175-Bright-Eyes-Im-Wide-Awake-Its-Morning)

2016 RE and Remaster. In great condition. Clean vinyl and straight jacket, however no obi and slight surface noise in the really qui

I'm looking for music thats folky, a bit jazzy, has beautiful vocals, and complicated rhythms and meter. Another element I love is non-conventional forms (like a blend between through composed and song form). I love complex music but not when it is too jarring or agitating. A great example of what I'm talking about is Mid-Air Thief. if you havent listened, you should. Check out the song 'Swamp' and try to count through it/analyze the form.

I have been experiencing quite the dry spell music wise lately, so discovering some seriously exciting bops would really make my day! Let me know if you have any ideas / suggestions / questions.

Thanks for reading!😊

I'm looking for music thats folky, a bit jazzy, has beautiful vocals, and complicated rhythms and meter. Another element I love is non-conventional forms (like a blend between through composed and song form). I love complex music but not when it is too jarring or agitating. A great example of what I'm talking about is Mid-Air Thief. if you havent listened, you should. Check out the song 'Swamp' and try to count through it/analyze the form.

I have been experiencing quite the dry spell music wise lately, so discovering some seriously exciting bops would really make my day! Let me know if you have any ideas / suggestions / questions.

Thanks for reading!😊