SUFJAN STEVENS - illinois DLP Minimal In 2007 Alberto from Ex-Otago

In 2007 Alberto from Ex-Otago joined the band on vocals

The scene enacted here is certainly exaggerated for effect – with instruments made from a bottle

It resides within a canon of musical output by a singer/songwriter no one has heard of

voices appear and disappear under the wash and you're carried along not knowing when you'll be set back down

SUFJAN STEVENS - illinois DLP Minimal In 2007 Alberto from Ex-OtagoLike the self proclaimed "Spiderman" who climbed Chicago's Sears Tower with no harness, Sufjan Stevens scales dusty prairies, steel factories, and two hundred years of history in the second installment of his 50 State Project, "ILLINOIS", a 22 track anthematic tone poem to The Prairie State. An engrossing musical road trip, "Illinois" takes you through ghost towns, grain mills, hospital rooms, and the City of Broad Shoulders, with guest appearances by