Sufjan Stevens - Come on feel the Illinois

Sufjan Stevens - They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! A

Sufjan Stevens

This really came out of nowhere for me. My bf will load up my library list and when I go pick up my junk I usually get little suprises like this. It's really a wonderful album and Sufjan Stevens has a haunting and lovely voice. Come on Feel the Illinois (2005) is only the second of the  50 concept albums he plans to make for each of the U.S. States. Pretty cool eh? His first is called "Greetings from Michigan:The Great Lakes" (2003), he's actually from Michigan so it only seems fitting that he'd start with his home state.

Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr

I find him a rather intersting dude. He's already done an album based around the animals of the chinese zodiac called "Enjoy Your Rabbit". I have yet to hear it, but I am most intersted. In 2006 he released a 5 cd box set of christmas songs recorded since 2001. They were mostly distributed to friends and family and made so that Sufjan could better appreciate Christmas.

He seems to contribute to a whole lot of other projects/artists as well. I would go on naming them, but it is far too much for my lazy self, and mostly because I haven't a clue who all the artists are. He's also done a few mentionable covers. He's covered Tim Buckleys "She Is", Daniel Johnstons "Worried Shoes" and The Star Spangled Banner. Although, it he added whole new verse and rearranged the melody.

As far as the 50 states project goes, the next states are speculated to be Rhode Island, Oregan or Minnesota.
Anyway this is an artist I'm definitly going to be looking further into. I love what I've heard so far and I hope others here will like it too.

Adios,
Emelia