Sufjan Stevens – Up On The Housetop

Dec
24
posted by tommy

Someone recently asked me if I posted about anything but Sufjan anymore and I said, “no.” In an effort to prove that true, here is yet ANOTHER song from Sufjan, this time featuring the vocals of Vesper Stamper. Another new song. For a guy who claimed to be on the verge of calling it quits (someone find me a link to this interview please) he’s had a damn prolific year. An EP, a full length, a Christmas record and now this, a Christmas single recorded for the folks over at Sounds Familyre Records. You can pick up the entire ‘A Familyre Christmas Volume 3′ for free over here.

Give this song the time it needs to ruminate, I’m in love with it. A sort of dirty interformat love between an organism and an mp3. It’s rare enough in nature but right now you’re seeing it in full effect on your computer screen. Let’s hope it doesn’t get messy. As is often the case with Sufjan, if you don’t listen to the full four minutes of this track you won’t hear what you need to hear.

Sufjan Stevens & Vesper Stamper – Up On The Housetop

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Up on the housetop, reindeer pause
Out jumps good ol’ Santa Claus
Down through the chimney with lots of toys
All for the little ones, Christmas joys

Merry Christmas.




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2 Comments
  1. sam
    28/12/2010

    “I no longer really have faith in the album anymore. I no longer have faith in the song.”

    http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/11/sufjan-stevens-on-the-road-to-find-out.html

  2. 28/12/2010

    perfect.