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Sisyphus (album)
''Sisyphus'' is the debut studio album by Sisyphus, a collaborative project between Serengeti, Son Lux, and Sufjan Stevens. It was released through Asthmatic Kitty on March 18, 2014. The project was commissioned by the Walker Art Center and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's ''Liquid Music'' series to accompany an exhibition of the work of visual artist Jim Hodges, scheduled to run from February 14 through May 11, 2014. Music videos were made for "Calm It Down", "Alcohol", "Booty Call", and "Take Me". Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Jeremy D. Larson of ''Pitchfork'' gave the album a 6.2 out of 10, saying: "More often than not, ''Sisyphus'' misses its mark, but the album's dense, melancholy back half represents its strongest moments." Meanwhile, Paul MacInnes of ''The Guardian'' gave the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisyphus (hip Hop Group)
Sisyphus (formerly S / S / S) is a collaborative project between Serengeti (rapper), Serengeti, Ryan Lott (under the moniker Son Lux) and Sufjan Stevens. History The trio released their debut EP, ''Beak & Claw'', on Anticon in 2012. It features vocal contributions from Shara Worden and Doseone. In 2013 the trio changed their name to Sisyphus. In an interview, Stevens said, "S/S/S started to sound like the Schutzstaffel, Nazi Schutzstaffel with a lisp, so we had to change it." The name is inspired in part by the art of Jim Hodges (artist), Jim Hodges, whose work is featured on the cover of their self-titled debut full-length album, which was released on March 18, 2014. Stevens says the "gold and metallic boulders Jim made were an obvious influence on our name change"—a reference to four steel-clad boulders installed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Sisyphus performed at opening of Hodges' retrospective at the Walker on February 14, 2014. Discography * ''Beak & Claw'' EP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |