Anything that stems from the cerebrum of Sufjan Stevens – be it an LP, EP, exhaustive festive box set, symphonic poem, or more or less whatever else – should be esteemed amongst the very greatest of gifts. And so it should be that his forthcoming ‘mixtape’, comprising ‘outtakes, remixes and demos’ from 2015 full-length, Carrie & Lowell, should be entitled The Greatest Gift. Will it be as harrowingly wonderful as said record? Unlikely, in all honesty, although the fabular Wallowa Lake Monster proves absolutely fabulous all the same, sloshed quite aqueously across the best part of seven particularly riveting minutes. Best submerge yourself in “the deep end” below, then…
The Greatest Gift is available from November 24th via Asthmatic Kitty Records.