Sufjan Stevens 'Carrie & Lowell' 10th Anniversary Edition album listening premiere in the dark - Tuesday 27 May 2025 @ We The Curious Planetarium, Bristol

Please arrive by event start time as latecomers will not be admitted and refunds will not be offered

Hear the expanded 10th anniversary edition of Sufjan Stevens' stunning 'Carrie & Lowell', including 7 unreleased bonus songs, at our exclusive album listening session in the dark ahead of the album's release on May 30 (via Asthmatic Kitty). Hear this immense record played loud in uncompressed audio on a powerful sound system. No distractions; just you and the music.

"This sounds great” — Rick Rubin
"A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai
"The optimal way to listen to an album" — Max Richter
"This might just be my favourite new thing to do" — Nihal, BBC Radio 5 Live

Ticket includes Pitchblack Playback eye mask for extra darkness.

As recommended by The Guardian, GQ, Time Out, Metro and Newsweek.

Duration: 90 minutes

Venue Address: We The Curious Planetarium, 1 Millennium Square, One Millennium Square, Anchor Rd, Bristol BS1 5DB, United Kingdom

The deluxe edition features an expanded double-LP album that includes seven previously unreleased bonus tracks, a 40-page art book, and a new essay by Sufjan. This edition also offers an alternative cover: a full-framed version of the original Polaroid zoomed out to reveal the photo’s caption written in a child’s handwriting—“Carrie & Lowell”—disclosing the source of the album title (it was written by Sufjan's sister Djamilah). Designed by Sufjan, the 40-page booklet contains various collages of vintage family photos spanning four generations interfused with artwork and drawings (on themes of death, dying, grief and the state of Oregon) as well as landscape photos Sufjan took while traveling across the western U.S. over a decade ago.

The original album is preserved on one disc, while disc two contains 40 minutes of extras, including demo versions of "Death With Dignity," "Should Have Known Better," "The Only Thing," and "Eugene.” Expansive outtakes of "Fourth of July" and "Wallowa Lake Monster" are also included, both featuring a more cinematic mood. The final gem is the original demo of "Mystery of Love" taken from the original Carrie & Lowell album sessions but later re-worked and re-recorded for Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name. The demo version here features solo guitar and voice with slightly altered lyrics.