{"product_id":"sufjan-stevens-carrie-lowell-33-1-3","title":"Sufjan Stevens' Carrie \u0026 Lowell (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpon the release of Sufjan Stevens' seventh studio album, \u003ci\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003c\/i\u003e, two divergent groups found themselves as strange the LGBTQIA+ community and American evangelical Christians. Both were united in praise for Stevens' beautifully melancholic music.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritically acclaimed as one of the best albums of 2015, the elegiac and intimate record about the death of Sufjan's estranged mother reflects the musician's own paradoxical posture-\u003ci\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell \u003c\/i\u003eis both sacred \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eprofane, Christian \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e queer, traditional \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eprogressive, despairing \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e hopeful. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheologian and cultural critic Joel Mayward considers \u003ci\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell \u003c\/i\u003eas a mystical metamodern \u003ci\u003ememento mori\u003c\/i\u003e, Sufjan's symphonic (as opposed to systematic) approach to the questions of mortality, sexuality, and God. Fusing critical observations with personal narrative, Mayward examines the unique audience reception of \u003ci\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell \u003c\/i\u003eand the questions it in a world of division, how might Stevens' affecting music act as a bridge of love between seemingly irreconcilable communities? As \u003ci\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell \u003c\/i\u003ereminds us of the painful truth that “we're all gonna die,” perhaps it also offers a glimpse of transcendence and hope on this side of death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUPC \u0026gt; 9798765132760\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat \u0026gt; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel \u0026gt; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130947420381,"sku":"9798765132760","price":103.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/224009729.jpg?v=1766082152","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/zh-cn\/products\/sufjan-stevens-carrie-lowell-33-1-3","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}