Seven Swans Turns 20

Before Michigan, there was New Jersey. Sometimes, at the end of his workweek, Sufjan Stevens would take his songs and hop on a bus out of Brooklyn. He was living in New York’s buzziest borough at the dawn of the 2000s — if not the most exciting time for the city’s music scene, then maybe the most publicized. To be sure, Stevens wasn’t making post-punk or electroclash. (Though if you cock your head, his indietronica debut Enjoy Your Rabbit sounds like another Michigan-to-Brooklyn trans...

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