{"product_id":"sufjan-stevens-carrie-lowell-33-1-3","title":"Sufjan Stevens' Carrie \u0026 Lowell (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUpon the release of Sufjan Stevens’ seventh studio album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, two divergent groups found themselves as strange bedfellows: the LGBTQIA+ community and American evangelical Christians. Both were united in praise for Stevens’ beautifully melancholic music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritically acclaimed as one of the best albums of 2015, the elegiac and intimate record about the death of Sufjan’s estranged mother reflects the musician’s own paradoxical posture—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis both sacred \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprofane, Christian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e queer, traditional \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprogressive, despairing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e hopeful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheologian and cultural critic Joel Mayward considers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas a mystical metamodern \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ememento mori\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Sufjan’s symphonic (as opposed to systematic) approach to the questions of mortality, sexuality, and God. Fusing critical observations with personal narrative, Mayward examines the unique audience reception of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the questions it raises: in a world of division, how might Stevens’ affecting music act as a bridge of love between seemingly irreconcilable communities? As \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereminds us of the painful truth that we’re all gonna die,\" perhaps it also offers a glimpse of transcendence and hope on this side of death.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52917879243083,"sku":"R3724-7290","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/31BEa14iskL._SY445_SX342_PQ23.jpg?v=1752661676","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/sufjan-stevens-carrie-lowell-33-1-3","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}