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Sufjan Stevens has announced Convocations, a five-volume album that follows on the heels of last year’sThe Ascension.
The instrumental LP will be in tribute to his biological father, who died in September 2020, two days after the release of The Ascension. Each volume from Convocations is meant to reflect a different stage of the mourning process; a tweet from Stevens’ label, Asthmatic Kitty, described it as “a 49-track reflection on a year of anxiety, uncertainty, isolation, and loss.”
On Tuesday, Stevens released the first single from the collection, “Meditation V.” Stevens will be releasing Convocations‘ first volume,Meditations, on Thursday, April 8th via Asthmatic Kitty, while the rest of the volumes — Lamentations,Revelations,Celebrations, andIncantations — will be released on May 6th. A livestream of Meditations will air April 8th at 12:00 p.m. ET on YouTube, featuring visuals by artist Melissa Fuentes. A five-LP vinyl boxset is due out on August 20th.
In February, Stevens released a music video forThe Ascension track“Tell Me You Love Me,” directed by hisCall Me By Your Name collaborator Luca Guadagnino. Stevens previously shared videos for the singles “Video Game” and “Sugar.” He also recently guested on “Song of Trouble” by yMusic’s CJ Camerieri.
