A Beginner's Mind

by Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine

A Beginner's Mind cover art

On 'A Beginner's Mind', collaborators Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine created a collection of songs with a shared, unique process, with each track being loosely inspired by a different film they viewed together. The resulting indie-folk album features the duo's intertwined, whispery falsettos and intricate harmonies over lush, self-produced arrangements that blend gentle acoustic instrumentation with subtle electronic textures. The songs use their cinematic starting points to explore broader existential themes, creating a work that is cohesive, meditative, and critically well-regarded.

Genres

  • Indie Folk

Tracklist

  1. Reach Out
  2. Lady Macbeth In Chains
  3. Back To Oz
  4. The Pillar Of Souls
  5. You Give Death A Bad Name
  6. Beginner’s Mind
  7. Olympus
  8. Murder And Crime
  9. (This Is) The Thing
  10. It’s Your Own Body And Mind
  11. Lost In The World
  12. Fictional California
  13. Cimmerian Shade
  14. Lacrimae