Convocations

Description

Convocations, the 2021 instrumental album from Sufjan Stevens, moves like a two-and-a-half-hour electronic/ambient mass for our present age of anxiety and dread; its 49 tracks work through the stages of grief and gladness with emotional mood music that is dreamy, dissonant, vertiginous, rhythmic, repetitive, urgent, and calm – that is, all the things we undergo when we inevitably live through isolation, uncertainty, and loss. Its five sonic cycles (‘Meditations’, ‘Lamentations’, ‘Revelations’, ‘Celebrations’, and ‘Incantations’) replicate different stages of mourning, healing and catharsis, working both to soothe our unease while savouring a renewed sense of awe and wonder for being alive in these unprecedented times.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Meditation I – Sufjan Stevens (3.40)
2. Meditation II – Sufjan Stevens (2.27)
3. Meditation III – Sufjan Stevens (4.04)
4. Meditation IV – Sufjan Stevens (2.10)
5. Meditation V – Sufjan Stevens (2.10)
6. Meditation VI – Sufjan Stevens (2.16)
7. Meditation VII – Sufjan Stevens (2.34)
8. Meditation VIII – Sufjan Stevens (1.48)
9. Meditation IX – Sufjan Stevens (2.12)
10. Meditation X – Sufjan Stevens (3.40)
Disc 2
1. Lamentation I – Sufjan Stevens (3.48)
2. Lamentation II – Sufjan Stevens (2.25)
3. Lamentation III – Sufjan Stevens (3.17)
4. Lamentation IV – Sufjan Stevens (1.59)
5. Lamentation V – Sufjan Stevens (4.11)
6. Lamentation VI – Sufjan Stevens (4.43)
7. Lamentation VII – Sufjan Stevens (1.51)
8. Lamentation VIII – Sufjan Stevens (3.35)
9. Lamentation IX – Sufjan Stevens (3.29)
10. Lamentation X – Sufjan Stevens (1.57)
Disc 3
1. Revelation I – Sufjan Stevens (3.21)
2. Revelation II – Sufjan Stevens (2.53)
3. Revelation III – Sufjan Stevens (2.01)
4. Revelation IV – Sufjan Stevens (4.09)
5. Revelation V – Sufjan Stevens (2.51)
6. Revelation VI – Sufjan Stevens (3.34)
7. Revelation VII – Sufjan Stevens (4.03)
8. Revelation VIII – Sufjan Stevens (2.51)
9. Revelation IX – Sufjan Stevens (4.38)
10. Revelation X – Sufjan Stevens (4.18)
Disc 4
1. Celebration I – Sufjan Stevens (2.19)
2. Celebration II – Sufjan Stevens (5.55)
3. Celebration III – Sufjan Stevens (3.09)
4. Celebration IV – Sufjan Stevens (3.22)
5. Celebration V – Sufjan Stevens (2.59)
6. Celebration VI – Sufjan Stevens (4.01)
7. Celebration VII – Sufjan Stevens (3.41)
8. Celebration VIII – Sufjan Stevens (3.25)
9. Celebration IX – Sufjan Stevens (1.35)
10. Celebration X – Sufjan Stevens (4.10)
Disc 5
1. Incantation I – Sufjan Stevens (2.17)
2. Incantation II – Sufjan Stevens (1.58)
3. Incantation III – Sufjan Stevens (1.36)
4. Incantation IV – Sufjan Stevens (2.00)
5. Incantation V – Sufjan Stevens (3.15)
6. Incantation VI – Sufjan Stevens (1.49)
7. Incantation VII – Sufjan Stevens (1.53)
8. Incantation VIII – Sufjan Stevens (2.55)
9. Incantation IX – Sufjan Stevens (4.28)