Sufjan Stevens + Austra

'Carrie & Lowell' (2015) is the stripped-down and intimate album that brings Sufjan Stevens back to recording, as it's the American musician's first since 'The Age of Adz' (2010), which had a more electronic and stratospheric air. Eleven autobiographical tracks see pain and melancholy fluorish, along with Stevens's trademark delicate touch. The electronic pop of Canadian band Austra gets you warmed up for what's to come.