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IRASCIBLE MUSIC Place du Nord 7, 1005 Lausanne Geroldstrasse 33, 8005 Zürich www.irascible.ch Promotion Cristina Vega [email protected] 044 271 32 83 / 84 SUFJAN STEVENS (USA) «Carrie & Lowell» (Asthmatic Kitty Records, VÖ: 27.03.2014) For Fans of: Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, etc. Members: Sufjan Stevens http://www.carrieandlowell.com/ «The Best Record Sufjan Stevens Has Ever Made, also known as Carrie & Lowell»—The Guardian «The most interesting musician in America right now»— Sunday Times «As important questions about music’s worth in the age of free continue to swirl around him, Sufjan’s still combating instant-gratification culture the best way he knows how.»—Pitchfork «Carrie & Lowell» was recorded by Stevens alongside Casey Foubert, Laura Veirs, Nedelle Torrisi, Sean Carey, Ben Lester and Thomas Bartlett and mixed by Stevens, Bartlett and Pat Dillet. Thematically the 11 songs address life and death, love and loss, and the artist’s struggle to make sense of the beauty and ugliness of love. The album is named for Stevens’ mother and stepfather and is a return to Stevens’ folk roots. «No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross» is the first track from Steven’s new record. Listen to it via YouTube HERE. «Carrie & Lowell» will be released in Switzerland on March 27 on Stevens’ own Asthmatic Kitty Records. Watch a trailer for the album HERE. Additionally, Asthmatic Kitty Records will host local listening parties with independent record stores and venues between now and mid-March in Tokyo, Indianapolis, London, Nottingham, Bristol, Dublin, Hamburg and Berlin . Visit carrieandlowell.com for further announcements. To celebrate the release the album, Stevens will tour North America beginning in April. The headline dates include stops at New York’s Beacon Theater and Washington, D.C.’s DAR Constitution Hall. Stevens will also headline the U.K.’s End of the Road festival this September. Presale tickets for the U.S. dates and further information are available at http://carrieandlowell.com/tour.
