Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens returns to Southbank Centre following the release of new album Carrie & Lowell.

On sale to Members from 10am Tue 21 April. On general sale Thu from 10am 23 April.

The album - named for his mother and stepfather - returns to Stevens’ folk roots. Its eleven songs address life and death, love and loss, and the struggle to make sense of the beauty and ugliness of love.

Stevens’ eclectic back catalogue demonstrates his preoccupation with epic concepts. His releases include two records inspired by US states (Michigan and Illinois), a collection of sacred and biblical songs (Seven Swans), an electronic album inspired by the animals of the Chinese zodiac (Enjoy Your Rabbit) and two Christmas box sets (Songs for Christmas and Silver & Gold), as well as a tone poem for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which was commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

In 2010, he released The Age of Adz, a full-length album partly inspired by outsider artist Royal Robertson.

Stevens recently collaborated with New York City Ballet choreographer and dancer Justin Peck on Year of the Rabbit, a modern dance program set to a classical orchestration of Enjoy Your Rabbit and an original orchestral score. His second BAM commission is Round-Up, an instrumental accompaniment to slow-motion rodeo footage.

‘This man can do no wrong’ (Independent on Sunday)