Illinois (Vinyl 2xLP) Indie Punk AlternativeLike the self proclaimed 'Spiderman' who climbed Chicago's sears tower with no harness, Sufjan Stevens scales dusty prairies, steel factories, and two hundred years of history in the second installment of his 50 state project, 'Illinois', a 22 track anthematic tone poem to the prairie state. an engrossing musical road trip, Illinois takes you through ghost towns, grain mills, hospital rooms, and the city of broad shoulders, with guest appearances by a
interior space that seems deliciously derailed and disconnected
rolling grooves
Merging disco
and with nods to Keith Emerson's work with The Nice
It's a shift that rewards the risk
finds Harvey delivering on the promise of her earlier albums: without losing any of the rage of her earlier
the traditional Guadeloupean music with a social and cultural dimension
as well as funk
and kingston trio guitar strumming to an album thats long on nostalgic reverie
St Vincent's takes on Nine Inch Nails classic "Piggy" (featuring Dave Grohl on drums) and Metallica's classic "Sad But True"
You can hear aspects from Aphrodite's Child's 666-era and the classic Sega Genesis game
but also rebirths and real births (Grasshopper became a father for the first time in 2014)
