SUFJAN STEVENS - Javelin LP Newspaper In Portland

In Portland

Yolanda Fagan (bass)

A keen understanding of the traditional source material House and Land pulls from allows the duo the freedom to experiment

And he continued to play on them

for Zaius Tapes

SUFJAN STEVENS - Javelin LP Newspaper In PortlandEach track on Javelin starts intimately: the trickle of an acoustic guitar, the patter of a lidded piano, and the cascade of a coruscant arpeggio. And then, of course, there is that disarming voice, the throughline in one of the most eclectic catalogs of any songwriter this century soft but strong, as if the very scenes of hurt and hope it is about to share have only galvanized it through the decades. Javelin pairs musical sweep with emotional