Sufjan Stevens brings his acclaimed live show to selected UK venues this year, announcing seven shows for May 2011.
Sufjan released his latest album 'The Age of Adz' (pronounced odds) last October. The record is Sufjan Stevens’ first full-length collection of original songs since 2005’s 'Civic Pop Opus Illinois'. Take a moment to set aside all preconceptions, as this is Sufjan as we’ve never heard him before.
This new album is notable, and unusual, for its preoccupation with Sufjan himself. There are few narrative conceits or character sketches; there are no historical panoramas, no literary manoeuvres, no expository illustrations drenched in cultural theory, no scene setting, conflict resolution or denouement.
The themes developed here are personal and primal: love, sex, death, disease, anxiety and suicide make appearances in a tapestry of electronic pop songs that convey a sense of urgency and immediacy as never before seen in this songwriter. The idea of unmitigated love runs deepest, often with shameless candour. Whether singing about old age, illness, or the Apocalypse, Sufjan can’t help but render everything through the lens of love and affection, the desire for contact, closeness, and connection.
'The Age of Adz' is heavily arranged with brass, strings, woodwinds and a lush choir of backing voices, like the soundtrack to the most astonishing cosmic musical ever created. The live elements create vivacious juxtapositions against the montage of synthesized sounds, evoking their own kind of literal “sonic theory”— that is, the conflict and resolution between Real and Unreal, or Ordinary vs Extraordinary.
Sufjan Stevens has announced the following UK & Ireland shows:
12th May: London Royal Festival Hall
13th May: London Royal Festival Hall
14th May: Brighton The Brighton Dome
16th May: Gateshead The Sage
17th May: Dublin Olympia
18th May: Dublin Olympia
19th May: Manchester Apollo
Tickets for Sufjan Stevens' Live UK & Ireland Shows are on sale from 9am on Thursday 24th February. Click Here to Compare & Buy Sufjan Stevens Tickets
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