Joshua Burnside "It's Not Going to be Okay" COLOR:Sea Blue the new record spotlights holiday

the new record spotlights holiday music the band wrote especially for the album

It's also the group's first album to include instrumental contributions from percussionist Rich Tarrana

For their fifth full-length After the Party

writing in Creem

Carrie & Lowell continues to resonate as one of Sufjan Stevens' most personal and beloved albums-"a fall-down gorgeous and emotionally devastating masterpiece" (The Guardian)

Joshua Burnside "It's Not Going to be Okay" COLOR:Sea Blue the new record spotlights holidayHe was trying to survive. The album was born from loss, written in the quiet aftermath of his closest friend Dean Jendoubi's passing. In that stillness, Burnside stripped everything back. Gone were the dense textures and surreal folk tales; what remained were bare, trembling songs that told the truth.