Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension (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 abd Lowell. In the time between Carrie and Lowell and 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.

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.

Sufjan Stevens has announced Convocations, a five-volume album that follows on the heels of last year’s The Ascension.

Sufjan Stevens shared “Revelation II”. The track is part of the singer-songwriter’s five-volume album, Convocations, and will appear on the third volume, Revelations, due out on Thursday, April 22 via Asthmatic Kitty. Sufjan Stevens wrote and recorded Convocations in Fall 2020 as a tribute to his father who died in September just days after Stevens released his album, The Ascension. Stevens announced Convocations earlier this month and subsequently released the first and second volumes, Meditations and Lamentations.