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Review: To mark a decade since its original release, Carrie & Lowell returns in expanded double vinyl edition through Asthmatic Kitty, curated and designed by Sufjan Stevens himself. The anniversary release addends 7 unreleased tracks, as well as a full 40-page art book, and a newly unearthed Polaroid cover revealing the album's namesake, handwritten by Sufjan's sister Djamilah. The booklet contains family photos over four generations, as well as Sufjan's own landscape photography taken throughout the American West, all reflecting themes of loss, memory, and place. The second LP compiles forty minutes of bonus material, including demos of 'Death With Dignity' and 'Eugene', atmospheric outtakes of 'Fourth of July' and 'Wallowa Lake Monster', and the original version of 'Mystery of Love', recorded during the album's sessions before its reworking for the infamous Timothee Chalamet actor-debut Call Me By Your Name.

Review: A decade later, this landmark work still cuts like a quiet revelation. Originally released in 2015 by the Michigan-based songwriter, the album marked a sharp return to acoustic intimacy, steeped in grief following the death of his mother. The original recordings are preserved here with their stark, hushed intensity intact: skeletal arrangements cradle whispered meditations on loss and the half-formed memories of childhood. '4th of July' unfurls with ghostly repetition; 'No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross' lingers in the air like a last breath; 'John My Beloved' feels spoken rather than sung. The second disc brings seven unearthed tracks, mostly stripped-back demos. 'Eugene' and 'The Only Thing' appear in rawer forms, with faint lyrical shifts and a slightly looser grasp on grief. 'Wallowa Lake Monster (Version 2)' stretches toward something more orchestral, while 'Fourth of July (Version 4)' swaps hushed devastation for cinematic scope. The inclusion of the original 'Mystery of Love' is particularly poignant i recorded during the same sessions but unreleased until now, it's just voice and guitar, with altered lyrics that render it even more fragile than the version made famous in Call Me By Your Name. The booklet and alternate cover, both assembled by the artist himself, deepen the intimacy further i full of snapshots, sketches and quiet revelations that bring the music's emotional terrain into sharper, more painful focus.