Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell [Digipak]

4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e joins Nick Drake and Elliott Smith in the canon of artists who channel suicidal thoughts into impossibly pretty songs. Stevens strips his sound far enough to reveal his deepest anguish..."
"All throughout, the music manages to be both pleasant and devastating. Stevens still commandeers a plethora of instruments, and recorded a lot of the album by himself..."
"With its quiet meditations on mental illness, God, and death, CARRIE is a hauntingly beautiful bummer." -- Grade: A-
Paste (magazine) - "[A]n album less about the individual songs and more about the places that the songs take us, the questions that are asked, the irrefutable truths revealed, and the way all these elements work together."
Pitchfork (Website) - "This record is a return to the sparse folk of Seven Swans, but with a decade's worth of honing and exploration packed into it. It already feels like his most classic and pure effort."
Clash (Magazine) - "[A]n album of memories and stories....It's heavy, but so very beautiful."