Sufjan Stevens "Javelin" Color:Lemonade Yellow if you've ever hated the

if you've ever hated the powers that be

'Canary in a Coalmine' and 'Man in a Suitcase'

and late-night contemplations

and the band's customary nods to the lineage of two-tone

'My Happy Ending'

Sufjan Stevens "Javelin" Color:Lemonade Yellow if you've ever hated theEach track on Javelin starts intimately: the trickle of an acoustic guitar, the patter of a lidded piano, and the cascade of a coruscant arpeggio. And then, of course, there is that disarming voice, the throughline in one of the most eclectic catalogs of any songwriter this century soft but strong, as if the very scenes of hurt and hope it is about to share have only galvanized it through the decades. Javelin pairs musical sweep with emotional