Stevens, Sufjan / Javelin
Album: Javelin   Collection:General
Artist:Stevens, Sufjan   Added:Nov 2023
Label:Asthmatic Kitty Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2024-01-21 Pull Date: 2024-03-24
Week Ending: Mar 24 Mar 17 Mar 10 Mar 3 Feb 25 Feb 18 Feb 11 Feb 4
Airplays: 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 2

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 13, 2024: Tune Tales
Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
4. Apr 24, 2024: Stop Making Sense
Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
2. May 08, 2024: Tune Tales Shuffle
Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
5. Apr 20, 2024: Music Casserole
Javelin
3. May 04, 2024: Music Casserole
Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
6. Apr 14, 2024: flow state
Genuflecting Ghost

Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2024-01-06
INDIE SINGER-SONGWRITER / FOLKTRONICA

Sufjan Stevens’s 10th studio album blends the artist’s striking talents of crafting pretty, folkish singer-songwriter material and arranging intriguing layers of multiple instruments & voices. As usual, the themes are introspective: love, breakup, heartache, spirituality. Five women are credited with backing vocals in various ones, twos, & threes. Bryce Dessner [The National] plays guitars on track 9. All songs written by Stevens, except #10 (a deep cut from Neil Young’s album Harvest). Lyrics inside the jacket. RIYL Bon Iver, Maggie Rogers, Arcade Fire, Fairport Convention, Pentangle

FCC in track #9

1 * Slow & spare to start, picks up pace & richness. Pretty & sad post-breakup song (3:25)
2 * Mid-slow. Nice fingerstyle acoustic guitar. Keys enter later. Start of a new love (4:21)
3 ** Mid-tempo. Longing for love. Nice arrangement w mult instruments & voices (4:09)
4 Very slow. A gentle prayer with acoustic guitar & synth’d strings (5:00)
5 Mid-slow. Romantic, mystic, and religious images swirl in a dreamlike sound (3:33)
6 Mid-slow. The title refers to a woman not an animal. It’s a bit condescending. (3:43)
7 * Slow. Sadly reflecting a long relationship that’s fraying. Really quite lovely. (4:50)
8 Slow. Title track examines some dark murderous thoughts. Eerie feeling (1:53)
9 FCC “talking shit” A relationship is still cherished but may be beyond saving (8:31)
10 ** Mid-slow. An uplifting, hopeful conclusion following the last few tough songs. (2:30)

Track Listing
1. Goodbye Evergreen   6. My Red Little Fox
2. A Running Start   7. So You Are Tired
3. Will Anybody Ever Love Me?   8. Javelin
4. Everything That Rises   9. Shit Talk
5. Genuflecting Ghost   10. There's a World