Bon Iver - i,i

  On 8/13/2019 at 11:28 AM, Candiru said:

I remember listening to Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens a while ago and thinking it was IDM as feck. Is Bone Ivory up to the task? Stay tuned for more at 11.

Yeah, I'm surprised that I didn't see more comparisons between 22, A Million and Age of Adz. I generally consider myself a fan of both albums but Age of Adz is far better in every regard.

On first listen, i,i isn't really blowing me away, but maybe it's a grower.

age of adz ruled. sufjan is a serious talent even if he's gay and christian

So I definitely get the Christian bend but I just googled "is Sufjan Stevens gay?" and read some of the strangest sites ever. Multiple sites said "his music is definitely queer but the jury is out on his orientation".

I only know him from "Carrie and LOL" which is among the best albums I own. I can't understand what is "queer" about it. Is it because he talks frankly about feelings? Simon and Garfunkel is o.g. queer music? One of the IDM handicaps is that when you try to come back to Earth from outer violvoic, it's difficult to make sense of the Norman indie music critiques.

It's because of all the over the top marching band intermezzos on Illinois and Michigan and he admitted to crying in a van with his friend.