bits of choppy new-wave guitar and a whole lot of appealingly clunky pop heaviness that brings to mind nothing so much as an extremely low-budget Kiss

composer and bassoonist Cody Putman

In the warm streets of summer he’s frozen by his thoughts as if it were winter already

This record is really good for make-out sessions with your crush(es)

After quickly pressing the songs to vinyl

SUFJAN STEVENS - Seven Swans LP Minimal Wave bits of choppy new-wave guitarMulti instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens made a couple of records that slipped under the radar before his third, the astoundingly lush post rock concept album GREETINGS FROM MICHIGAN, gained him critical attention and cult status. Seemingly bent on not repeating himself, Stevens scales down MICHIGAN's grandeur to a minimalist palette for SEVEN SWANS. Where the previous album was instrumentally comparable to Tortoise or Stereolab, SEVEN SWANS is