Sufjan Stevens Announces First Solo Studio Album in Five Years, ‘The Ascension’ – HYPEBEAST

Sufjan Stevens will be releasing his first proper studio album in five years entitled The Ascension.

Billed as the followup to 2015s Carrie & Lowell, the project is set to release in September 2020. Not a lot of information on The Ascension has been shared, but its been confirmed that the album will include 15 songs, including a 12 minute and 30 second closing track called America that will drop on July 3.

In between Carrie & Lowell and The Ascension, Stevens worked on a number of collaborative albums, such as 2017s Planetarium with Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister, and March 2020s Aporia with Lowell Brams. He also contributed to the soundtrack of Luca Guadagninos Call Me by Your Name, releasing two new songs and a remix of Visions of Gideon.

Take a look at the complete tracklist below. Sufjan Stevens The Ascension drops September 25.

The Ascension Tracklist01 Make Me An Offer I Cannot Refuse (5:19)02 Run Away With Me (4:07)03 Video Game (4:16)04 Lamentations (3:42)05 Tell Me You Love Me (4:22)06 Die Happy (5:47)07 Ativan (6:32)08 Ursa Major (3:43)09 Landslide (5:04)10 Gilgamesh (3:50)11 Death Star (4:04)12 Goodbye To All That (3:48)13 Sugar (7:37)14 The Ascension (5:56)15 America (12:30)

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Sufjan Stevens Announces First Solo Studio Album in Five Years, 'The Ascension' - HYPEBEAST