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| Drowned in sound |
 Christmas isn't fun any more. But if there's one man who can save the festive period from the blues it's Sufjan Stevens. He's the only artist who could make you look away from the baying crowds desperate to get a copy of Rudebox for their little sister and think, "that’s sweet"....full text |
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| As we know from his monumental 50 States project, Sufjan Stevens likes to approach things on a grand scale. So perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised when, in contrast to most singers, his Christmas album isn't the usual token recitation of seasonal carols, but a mammoth 5CD box incorporating both traditional and original compositions....full text |
| PitchFork |
| In the photo-negative world of indie rock morality, Christmas might be the most obscene concept possible, combining as it does the taboos of family, Christianity, commerce, and happiness. Sufjan Stevens, then, is something like the bizarro G.G. Allin, unabashedly reveling in the glory of Christmas with such warmth it pretty much obliterates the word "irony" from the English language. And now, the boxset Songs for Christmas, collecting five EPs of seasonal music recorded over the last five years, represents the songwriter's ultimate obscenity to date, even down to titling each disc with scenester swears: Noel, Hark!, Ding! Dong!, Joy, and Peace....full text |
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