In the warm streets of summer he’s frozen by his thoughts as if it were winter already

and 12th beats are considered as “0” and symbolize “the space that is neither fullness or emptiness

although you could never level the adjective 'commercial' at them

focusing his enveloping synthesizer pieces around a newfound rhythmic pulse

SUFJAN STEVENS - Seven Swans LP Minimal Wave In the warm streets ofMulti instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens made a couple of records that slipped under the radar before his third, the astoundingly lush post rock concept album GREETINGS FROM MICHIGAN, gained him critical attention and cult status. Seemingly bent on not repeating himself, Stevens scales down MICHIGAN's grandeur to a minimalist palette for SEVEN SWANS. Where the previous album was instrumentally comparable to Tortoise or Stereolab, SEVEN SWANS is