True Myth: A Conversation With Sufjan Stevens | Pitchfork

After 15 years of translating his personal phantasmagorias through various ambitious musical styles, Sufjan Stevens does away with all of the pomp on Carrie & Lowell, a meditation on the grief surrounding his mother's death. By Ryan Dombal.

Save this story Save this story Hanging from scaffolding on an in-progress luxury condo near Sufjan Stevens ’ office studio in Brooklyn, a huge sign promises to “preserve the history but change the meaning.” The phrase is a euphemism for gentrification at its highest levels—an advertisement meant to appeal to the delirious grandeur of those willing and able to spend $5 million on an apartment. But in a different context, those same words can take on an odd profundity. When I relay the sign’s message to Stevens, he lets out a little laugh. “That could be the title of my autobiography,” he says.

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