Sufjan Stevens - Exclusive Releases On Soundcloud

Sufjan Stevens has been posting unreleased songs and demos on Souncloud and while some of these were mentioned in the Silver & Gold thread it seems that there is no end to them (a demo of a song called Julia has just appeared) so I thought it best we put them all in one place for easy reference. Here's what we have so far:

Julia

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/julia

Caimir Pulaski Day (demo)

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/casimirpulaskidaydemo

The 50 States

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/the-50-states

Silver & Gold (iPhone demo)

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/silver-gold

BQE (Fail)

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/bqe-fail

Give A Little Love

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/givealittlelove

Which One Are You?

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/which-one-are-you

Star Spangled Banner

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/star-spanged-banner

Please post further additions as they appear.

 

Thanks for compiling

 

Very cool.

 

Three versions of Love Yourself

v.1 1996, 4 track demo

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/01-love-yourself-v-1-1996

v.2 1999, Roland VS880-EX

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/01-love-yourself-v-2-1999

v.3 2011, Pro-Tools

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/love-yourself-2011

 

The 50 States, GiveALittleLove, Which One Are You?, and the 2011 version of Love Yourself stand up nicely beside the best work he's ever done.

Has he released other songs this way that I haven't found?

 

After an extended break we have a new demo on Soundcloud: Take Me.

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/take-me

As Sufjan says on his blog "Sloppy lo-fi demo I found on an old hard drive. It don’t go nowhere so don’t expect nothing. Love don’t go nowhere so don’t expect nothing. Quadruple negative, yo. Stay Positive."

 

It's A Long Life Live Jam

More obsolescence found on old hard drives. This one is hilarious: a live jam session in Seattle, WA (circa 2009?) that evolved into the last party section of "Impossible Soul." Casey on bass, James on drums, me on piano, overdub choir is a bunch of folks I don't remember who. Recorded in Casey's living room. We were just trying to have fun. For those of you suffering the darkness, remember: It's a long life. Pace yourself. Put your face together. Stay Positive!

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/its-a-long-life-live-jam

 

Jamila

Here's an old 4-track song I recorded for my sister Jamila (recorded 1998?). Happy Belated Birthday. Forever Young. Stay Classy.

https://soundcloud.com/tumblr-ghetto/jamila

 

Love the message. A little repetitive though. Thanks for posting!