Sufjan Stevens - Javelin Go! Beat As "15 Steps" transitions from

As "15 Steps" transitions from an electro beat to a full band number

★★★★ Loud and Quiet //

laying down irresistible song structures then blowing them to psychedelic bits

's No One Can Do It Better

and 'Touch Me' from 'The Soft Parade' (1969)

Sufjan Stevens - Javelin Go! Beat As "15 Steps" transitions fromEach track on Javelin starts intimately: the trickle of an acoustic guitar, the patter of a lidded piano, and the cascade of a coruscant arpeggio. And then, of course, there is that disarming voice, the throughline in one of the most eclectic catalogues of any songwriter this century soft but strong, as if the very scenes of hurt and hope it is about to share have only galvanized it through the decades. Javelin pairs musical sweep with emotional