New/Sealed
ROCK
ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS 0000150
UPC: 729920164318
Release Date: 10/2/2020
The Ascension is the eighth studio album from singer, songwriter and composer Sufjan Stevens and is the long awaited follow-up to Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell. One of the most acclaimed albums of 2015, The New York Times praised Carrie & Lowell as “restrained and meticulous” while Pitchfork declared it “a masterpiece.”
In the time between Carrie & Lowell and the forthcoming The Ascension, Stevens also released Oscar-nominated music for the Luca Guadagnino film Call Me By Your Name; a collaborative album entitled Planetarium with Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (The National) and James Mcalister; The Decalogue, a solo piano work performed by Timo Andres; and scored several works for ballet: Reflections (Houston Ballet) and Principia (NYCB).
The Ascension is musically expansive and sweeping in thematic scope.
Disc 1
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Make Me An Offer I Cannot Refuse |
| 2 | Run Away With Me |
| 3 | Video Game |
| 4 | Lamentations |
| 5 | Tell Me You Love Me |
| 6 | Die Happy |
| 7 | Ativan |
| 8 | Ursa Major |
Disc 2
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Landslide |
| 2 | Gilgamesh |
| 3 | Death Star |
| 4 | Goodbye to All That |
| 5 | Sugar |
| 6 | The Ascension |
| 7 | America |