
While we're all still waiting for Sufjan Stevens '50 States Project' to wrap itself up, the Detroit singer and multi-instrumentalist has kept himself busy with side projects, helping the label Asthmatic Kitty and recently release the BQE , which, according to sources is "symphonic and cinematic exploration of New York City's infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway". A strange exercise no doubt but it nonetheless captures the child-like wonderment and harmonious beauty so characteristic of Stevens' work, and while it's no "Come on Feel the Lone Star State" it'll tide us over until then. [...]