All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands - Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans - 2004

Sufjan and his banjo sing about Jesus.

I'm profoundly ambivalent about Sufjan...well, ambivalent might not be the right word...let's go with conflicted. On one hand he's a great number of things I hate: precious, kinda fey, way too mellow, "spiritual"...but then on the other hand he can write one hell of a melody. Even this song with it's banjo's, it's biblical allusions, and it's relentless twee-ness is still almost insufferably catchy...and the guy does know how to keep his cloying tendancies enough at bay that they don't overwhelm...usually.

All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace! - Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State - 2003

It has been frequently pointed out to me that at the rate at which I write these things I will never actually get to the end of the alphabet. This is probably valid. However, I will point out...at the rate at which Sufjan puts out albums, he'll never actually make an album for all 50 states. It's about the journey, not the destination people...

Alanson, Crooked River - Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan, The Great Lakes State - 2003

Sufjan Stevens
Instrumental
One minute, nineteen seconds
'nuff said

Abraham - Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans - 2004

A really slow Sufjan song with a whole lotta stuff about Jesus...nuff said.