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Fleet Foxes: Shore; Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension review – postcards from the edge – The Guardian
Comeback albums from two pioneers of American indie rock chime with the times in very different ways
Upheaval, transformation, succour: many of us are either actively witnessing or desperately seeking these conditions right now. All three states flourish on a pair of albums released last week that, in their distinct ways, grapple with the present moment.
Sufjan Stevens and Fleet Foxes main man Robin Pecknold are the two big, sensitive beasts of the early 00s indie rock boom, and here they offer up works of thematic heft and considerable beauty that tackle their authors anxieties head-on. Share…
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