{"product_id":"sufjan-stevens-angelo-de-augustine-a-beginners-mind-olympus-perseus-shield-gold-vinyl","title":"Sufjan Stevens \u0026 Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner's Mind (Olympus Perseus Shield Gold Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Limited Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Asthmatic Kitty\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDetails: \u003c\/b\u003eIt's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture (impossible and absurd). But what about singing about movies?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSufjan Stevens and Angelo de Augustine have paired up for a collaborative project that does just that. A Beginner's Mind is their debut album that contains 14 songs (loosely) based on (mostly) popular films. The source material is highbrow, lowbrow, and everything in between. The music is folksy, sweet, sincere and harmonically effervescent-Simon \u0026amp; Garfunkel with New Age flourishes. This album runs the gamut and has fun with it, even while it's songwriters remain fully rooted in the melancholy folk idioms they are known for. Daniel Anum Jasper, a pioneer of Ghanian movie poster painting, was commissioned to paint a series of new works for A Beginner's Mind. His paintings are a graphic simulacrum for the same sense of wonder, wordplay, and intrigue that shape A Beginner's Mind. By transforming old films into vital new songs, Stevens and de Augustine ask us to consider ourselves from a previously unconsidered vantage point-a new way of seeing and hearing-an exercise that's as necessary and relevant now as it's ever been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e1 Reach Out\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e2 Lady MacBeth in Chains\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e3 Back to Oz\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e4 The Pillar of Souls\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e5 You Give Death a Bad Name\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e6 Beginner's Mind\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e7 Olympus\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e8 Murder and Crime\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e9 (This Is) the Thing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e10 It's Your Own Body and Mind\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e11 Lost in the World\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e12 Fictional California\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e13 Cimmerian Shade\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e14 Lacrimae\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pale Blue Dot Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48088949915906,"sku":"729920165209","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/9007\/7442\/files\/2F417F66-ADF6-411C-A471-C2AACE6B8413.jpg?v=1783366510","url":"https:\/\/soundbendrecords.co\/products\/sufjan-stevens-angelo-de-augustine-a-beginners-mind-olympus-perseus-shield-gold-vinyl","provider":"Sound Bend Records ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}