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Sufjan back at it again with another beautiful, epic, electronic ballad that could either be about coming out as gay or about putting the right "spiritual food" into yourself, for your soul:
"All the shit they try to feed us
Don’t drink the poison or they’ll defeat us
This is the right time
Come on baby gimme some sugar"
The new record seems to have themes of repetition, both lyrically and musically, with small pieces changing with each verse, slowly building ... read more
Hellodecatur compared this to FKA Twigs and that's honestly a perfect comparison. It seems that Sufjan is trying to go for a more R&B and synthpop inspired album, with the controversial Video Game (a song I really liked) with its very synth-y instrumentals and repetitive lyrics and the grandiose closer America which seems to be a huge political statement and a look into this new sound. Sugar, to me is the best song of the three. While America is amazing, its replay value isn't all that ... read more
I present to you... SufKA Twigstevens.
Absolutely an improvement over Video Game, even if that's a pretty low bar. The repeating motif "come on baby give me some sugar" is inescapable, but I actually don't mind it (at least for the radio edit). This project is on track to be pretty much on par with Carrie and Lowell so I'm, uh, what's like the neutral version of excited?
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