Sufjan Stevens - 'Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas'

Sufjan StevensSilver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Volumes 6-10Asthmatic KittySufjan Stevens continues to explore his fascination (some might say obsession) with Christmas on Silver & Gold, Volumes 6-10. The album, a three-hour journey through Stevens’s Christmas conscience, experiments between traditional carols and synthesized spectacles, with lyrics both real and outlandish. The album seems like a culmination of many years of musical variation, from the intense, personal Seven Swans, to the conflicted and harsh sounding Age of Adz. The true masterpiece of the album is the loud, fun, and immaculately-conceived 12-minute triumph of “Christmas Unicorn.” —Lauren Levitt[soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/2603022" params="" width=" 100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]