Sufjan unexpectedly doused his musical boon upon long-awaiting fans from whatever aural plane he now resides. Drenched with his familiar, idiosyncratic sound, All Delighted People is a sparkling embrace after five years of mixed signals. It is magnificent.
The first track of the same name is essentially a summary of Sufjan’s musical prowess: incomparable song structures, lyrical agility, and unrivaled instrumentation. His vocals do take quite a noticeable reshaping. Where once was a voice that wandered only slightly above a whisper, is now one imbued with a new sense of urgency and a beautiful unrefinement. It warbles and cracks and wanders about.
Sufjan Stevens – All Delighted People (Original)
I’ll finally have the pleasure to see him live, in Boston and in New York, and I really don’t know how I’m going to breathe while doing so.
Patrik Ervell Spring/Summer 2008 Collection
What I like about Patrick Ervell, as a brand, is the pace in which change takes place within it. The fashion industry status quo of showing collections only two times a year allows for a designer to easily drop the ideas of one collection and subsequently create an entirely new one with no relation whatsoever to the first. While I can understand the need to differentiate between collections, I find it much more charming when this is done through reworking instead of abandoning past ideas.
If you take a look at Patrick Ervell’s collections, you’ll find all the same elements in each: the club-collared shirt, the cropped jacket, the long coat, the basic suit, and one or two unique fabric selections. There are only a small number of looks and the presentation is always stark. These elements are altered ever so slightly and with great effect. The result is a body work with a very clear aesthetic, direction, and a consistency that sets it apart in a crowd of fashion schizophrenics.
Photos: CelebrityCIty (pre-collage)
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