#Sufjan Stevens Announces 5-Volume Album, Shares New Song: Listen

Sufjan Stevens has announced the release of his new five-volume collection Convocations with a new song called “Meditation V.” The first volume, Meditations, is out tomorrow (April 8) via Asthmatic Kitty; the whole project—which also includes Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations and Incantations—will be out by May 6.

Stevens wrote and recorded the project as an homage to his biological father, who died in September 2020, two days after Stevens released The Ascension. Each volume is meant to reflect a different stage of mourning. The project’s 5xLP vinyl boxset is due out August 20.

In February, Stevens shared a Luca Guadagnino–directed video for his song “Tell Me You Love Me.” The previous month, he and CARM released “Song of Trouble.”

Check out “How 200 Musicians Joined Forces to Complete Sufjan Stevens’ Unfulfilled 50 States Project” on the Pitch.