The great Mike Hughes has vibrant coverage of Sufjan Stevens’ recent London gig in Catshoegazing, with amazing photos. An avid skier and budding Americaphile, Britisher Hughes refers to a US 4H Club in his essay, adding later, “The 4H building I found was in Jackson Hole, WY, Somewhere I’ve been several times, a top alpine town.” Hughes’ connection with Sufjan’s art is profound and highly personal, “Cheers mate. Sufjan was fantastically awesome. He just chokes me up. My daughter was crying too. There’s one song of his I can’t even listen to any more – John Wayne Gacy.”
Enjoy:
“This was a gig that had to be – Sufjan Stevens playing the second of 2 nights at the Royal Festival Hall. Coming in the week that I’d decided to leave London for good, I know that I was tired and emotional before I got there. On the other hand, Sufjan can do that all on his own. Whenever I visit a certain part of America, I have to make a pilgrimage to a 4H building entirely because of one of his songs. (For those that don’t know, it’s a sort of young farmers’ club, as prosaic as that may seem.) If you listen long enough and open yourself a little, Sufjan will surely get you that way.” – Full story is here.
