Michigan

by Sufjan Stevens

Michigan cover art

Billed as the first installment of a '50 States' project, 'Michigan' utilizes a dense array of instruments to explore the geography and characters of its namesake state. Ranging from banjos to orchestral brass, the record establishes Stevens's signature approach to narrative-driven songwriting and multi-layered chamber folk production.

Genres

  • Chamber Folk
  • Indie Folk
  • Singer-Songwriter

Tracklist

  1. Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)
  2. All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!
  3. For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti
  4. Say Yes! to M!ch!gan!
  5. The Upper Peninsula
  6. Tahquamenon Falls
  7. Holland
  8. Oh Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
  9. Romulus
  10. Alanson, Crooked River
  11. Sleeping Bear, Sault Ste. Marie
  12. They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For the Homeless in Muskegon)
  13. Oh God Where Are You Now? (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)
  14. Redford (for Yia-Yia and Pappou)
  15. Vito's Ordination Song