Sufjan Stevens' Christmas Record Tradition Continues

Every year, Sufjan Stevens records a Christmas record. His first five albums were collected on the box set Songs for Christmas, released by Asthmatic Kitty in 2006. But he hasn't stopped making them. Indeed, Sufjan made Christmas records in 2006, 2007, and, yes, 2008, passing them out to friends and family. 2008's edition, Volume 8, is subtitled Astral Inter Planet Space Captain Christmas Infinity Voyage, and it contains takes on such traditional Xmas tunes as "Angels We Have Heard on High" and...

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