Sufjan Stevens and Angelo de Augustine announce new album, A Beginner’s Mind

Sufjan Stevens is releasing more music in 2021. Following the five-disc ambient set Convocations, Stevens is releasing a collaborative album with Angelo de Augustine, titled A Beginner’s Mind. It’s due out September 24 via Asthmatic Kitty. The album features 14 songs loosely based on popular films, and its writing was inspired by the shoshin (which translates to “beginner’s mind”), a zen concept of openness and a lack of preconceptions. The duo also employed devices such as the I Ching and Brian Eno’s “Oblique Strategies”. They’ve shared two tracks from the album, “Reach Out” and “Olympus,” which you can check out below. Also take a look at the album’s tracklist and cover art.

Sufjan Stevens & Angelo de Augustine A Beginner’s Mind tracklist:

1. Reach Out
2. Lady Macbeth In Chains
3. Back To Oz
4. The Pillar Of Souls
5. You Give Death A Bad Name
6. Beginner’s Mind
7. Olympus
8. Murder And Crime
9. (This Is) The Thing
10. It’s Your Own Body And Mind
11. Lost In The World
12. Fictional California
13. Cimmerian Shade
14. Lacrimae

Sufjan Stevens’ The Ascension is featured on our list of the Top 50 Albums of 2020.