Sufjan Stevens - The BQE

Well what do you think? About time, eh? I'd say so. Even if The BQE is completely devoid of Sufjan's signature voice and at-times tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Even if it is an accompaniment to a project that few of us have heard of, and fewer still have seen, still, it's good to hear something.

While the rumor well has been pretty dry concerning Mr. Stevens, we do know that his next effort is a re-imagining of his debut album, Enjoy Your Rabbit [which isn't very enjoyable]. But there has been no news on which state is next to be featured in his "50 States" venture, if there even is one. Forgive me if I sound somewhat bitter, but I have been waiting patiently since 2005 for a proper album, and all we have gotten is a b-sides album, a collection of Christmas songs, a film soundtrack, and now a reworked version of an album that wasn't that great to start with. When, oh when will we finally have a new album to enjoy and obsess over? This is getting a little ridiculous.

Tracklisting:
1. Prelude On The Esplanade
2. Introductory Fanfare For The Hooper Heroes
3. Movement I: In The Countenance Of Kings
4. Movement II: Sleeping Invader
5. Interlude I: Dream Sequence In Subi Circumnavigation
6. Movement III: Linear Tableau With Intersecting Surprise
7. Movement IV: Traffic Shock
8. Movement V: Self-Organizing Emergent Patterns
9. Interlude II: Subi Power Waltz
10. Interlude III: Invisible Accidents
11. Movement VI: Isorhythmic Night Dance With Interchanges
12. Movement VII (Finale): The Emperor Of Centrifuge
13. Postlude: Critical Mass