Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams' new video sets New Age sounds against death-defying dirt-bikes
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Earlier this month, Sufjan Stevens announced a mostly instrumental New Age collaboration with his step-father, Lowell Brams. Called Aporia, it pairs sci-fi themes with analog synths and an altogether gauzy vibe, and was directly influenced by the scores to films like Blade Runner, Under the Skin, and Hereditary. We got a taste of the album’s spacey vibe with its previous single, “The Unlimited,” and now Stevens has shared another song, “The Runaround,” which features one of the album’s few inclusions of Stevens’ vocals. They’re buried in effects, sure, but no less lovely. Just as notable, though, is the song’s accompanying video, which we hope can set a new template for what ambient visuals can look like.