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greetings from michigan: the great lakes state
Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State Low-keyed, beautiful music about life’s all miseries and troubles. Sufjan Stevens’ third album is inspired by the state of Michigan and the town Flint, but no matter how you look at it, a small town is still a small town. And it doesn’t matter which one, it can be any small town. It’s easy to reflect over and relate and recognize these observations. And even if whoever that may listen happens to be from a big city, I’m sure he or she is no stranger to heartbreak and though working markets. The soft music is tender, bitter, clever and highly melodic. What makes me extra attracted to this album is the jazzy, Kind of Blue-feeling that is wraped around the songs, which probably is brought by the lonely trumpet singing along in the background. Lovely acoustic guitars, banjo, piano, very nice harmony vocals and a certain mellowness ties this strong album together. It may not be very diverse, but that fact fails to hurt the album even just a little bit. It floats perfectly as a unit and you wouldn’t want to mess with the atmosphere anyway. Perfect for anyone who miss Elliott Smith and has grown tired of Bright Eyes. When it comes down to it, it’s not too bold to say that Sufjan Stevens surpasses both of them.
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