Sufjan Stevens - Javelin

Lemonade Vinyl It's hard to say where pop music would be if it weren't for love songs -– love has been most songwriters' favorite subject for centuries, but beyond the fact that almost everyone wants to be in love and is sad when they're not, there are only so many things to be said about the subject. Sufjan Stevens' 2023 album, Javelin, is that rarity, a collection of songs about love that feels like something you haven't heard before, both in its depth and complexity, and in the way it explores love in both its human and divine forms. Spiritual themes have often popped up in Stevens' songwriting since he enjoyed his breakthrough with 2003's Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State. On Javelin, he sings about the need for succor from the Lord with a quiet but fierce desire that mirrors the urgency with which he sings, "Will anybody ever love me?/For good reasons/Without grievance, not for sport," which appears to be a cry for affection from another human being. Stevens isn't sing