Sufjan Stevens — Convocations 7inch and erode the core of

and erode the core of our psyches

" as Peter Doggett's comprehensive Are You Ready for the Country put it much later

" and the album earned widespread critical acclaim

Girls would achieve quadruple platinum status

Mickey Hart

Sufjan Stevens — Convocations 7inch and erode the core of5 Multi Color vinyl It may be tempting to reduce Convocations into a longform ambient anomaly within Sufjan Stevens' vast catalogue. It is, however, neither an anomaly nor entirely ambient. This is not a side project. From his numerous dance scores for New York City Ballet to instrumental albums such as Enjoy Your Rabbit, Aporia, and The BQE, Stevens spends at least half his working life making largely instrumental music, as he has for decades. And