Purple Mountains
To Berman, life was impossible, strange, haunting, and beautiful; his final self-portrait is a harrowing reflection of that jaded worldview.
Indie Music
A Sun Came
Amidst the crowded sea of influences and potential, the core of the future Sufjan is visible.
Roman Candle
A thoroughly haunting album, Roman Candle announced to the world—or at least the indie music world—that Elliott Smith was a musical force worthy of attention.
Feels
This is the band at its peak; not at its most accessible or at its freakiest, but at its best.
Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished
It’s kind of like a David Lynch film—at a glance it could pass as an awkward attempt at mimicking a popular analog, but if you peel back its layers, you find it is a creation of an endlessly complex and inspired artist.