Sufjan's Song For Sofia Coppola

Before Sufjan Stevens became who he is today, he was a nerdy college kid stuffing pillows and sheets into the air vents so folks couldn't hear him sing his tentative "assembly-line-style" songs. In an amusing, thoughtful post over at Asthmatic Kitty, Stevens explains the week his parents gave him the option to change his name (he couldn't come up with anything that worked), allowing that to lead him into a discussion of the various "name songs" he wrote in college. He unearthed a bunch of them recently, "stuffed onto tape cassettes, 4-track recorders, forgotten boxes, forgotten shelves, forgotten hard drives" and decided to make at least one of them public. So, here's "Sofia," created "in a world where the banjo was my journal, where Sofia Coppola was my imaginary confidant, and where singing out of tune was perfectly OK!" Sounds OK to me, too:

Sufjan Stevens - "Sofia's Song" (MP3)
(Via P4K).

Phoenix should cover it. Read the rest of Sufjan's "What's In A Name?" entry at Asthmatic Kitty.

Posted at 12:11 PM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Sofia Coppola | Sufjan Stevens

12 Comments

Sufjan does the banjo very well.

Posted by: Voyno at 04/24/09 12:36 PM  | Reply
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Is he dressed up as Erlend Oye in that picture? I like it.

Posted by: moimoi at 04/24/09 1:38 PM  | Reply
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The song is nice but that photo is even better.

Posted by: Sal at 04/24/09 1:52 PM  | Reply
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The song is charming and the AK article/post is really well written. Sufjan, please release the rest of the name songs. A compilation of compellations! From mundane monikers to ethereal epithets, oh my!

Posted by: DSR at 04/24/09 4:20 PM  | Reply
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i have been yearning for new sufjan for too long (and that picture is incredible).

Posted by: Shelby at 04/24/09 4:25 PM  | Reply
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I love how we all bow to his feet when something like this comes out, despite hearing a new record from him in years...

Posted by: OrangeKrush09 at 04/24/09 4:37 PM  | Reply
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I was just thinking if this more La's business is true, he should just put out the demos immediately! Stuff like this sounds just about fine as it is...There's GOT to be more going on than just waves this summer.

Posted by: Game of Pricks or Life Aquatic at 04/24/09 6:10 PM  | Reply
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make a new record already, asshole

Posted by: grover at 04/24/09 9:10 PM  | Reply
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hey sufjan, how bout you give my life meaning again and start playing shows and cut some new material?

thanks,
ryan

Posted by: ryan at 04/25/09 3:08 AM  | Reply
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Song and story make me smile.

Posted by: Andrew at 04/25/09 3:19 AM  | Reply
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yeah, i need something new to obsess over and one song can only go so far. i need an album Suf, and quick

Posted by: Dylanstick at 04/26/09 11:32 AM  | Reply
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Robyn Hitchcock says he never got beyond Visions of Johanna...that he could get lost in each of those verses and I can believe it...

Posted by: Running Away Into You at 04/26/09 12:40 PM  | Reply
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