- indie folk
- 54 min
- 15 tracks
- Asthmatic Kitty Records
Javelin is the tenth studio album by American musician Sufjan Stevens, released on October 6, 2023, through Asthmatic Kitty. Preceded by the singles "So You Are Tired", "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?", and "A Running Start", the album received widespread critical acclaim on release.
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Character
Grave, character-led, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 87/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 8.6/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- DIY4.5/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Line of Best Fit10/10
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.6/10
- The Skinny4/5 ★
- Slant Magazine4/5 ★
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1Goodbye Evergreen3:35
- 2A Running Start4:21
- 3Will Anybody Ever Love Me?4:09
- 4Everything That Rises4:60
- 5Genuflecting Ghost3:33
- 6My Red Little Fox3:43
- 7So You Are Tired4:50
- 8Javelin (To Have and to Hold)1:53
- 9Shit Talk8:31
- 10There’s a World2:30
- 1Malthusian Mistress1:34
- 2Is It My Fault?2:21
- 3Fireproof2:03
- 4Old Man of the Lake2:55
- 5The Kiss of Niobe3:14
15 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sufjan Stevens
- Label
- Asthmatic Kitty Records
- Released
- October 6, 2023
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
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