Aporia

Ambient · 2020 · 21 tracks · 42m

Aporia

A collaborative instrumental voyage of retro-futuristic synthesizers, drifting ambient textures, and cinematic sci-fi soundscapes.

March 23, 2020 · Asthmatic Kitty Records

Cold analog synths hum like a spaceship engine, drifting you through a quiet, neon-lit sky.

Tracklist · 21 Tracks · 42m

01

Ousia

2:33

02

What It Takes

3:24

03

Disinheritance

1:13

04

Agathon

3:03

05

Determined Outcome

2:13

06

Misology

1:50

07

Afterworld Alliance

2:47

08

Palinodes

0:33

09

Backhanded Cloud

1:26

10

Glorious You

1:50

11

For Raymond Scott

0:35

12

Matronymic

0:58

13

The Red Desert

2:54

14

Conciliation

1:20

15

Ataraxia

1:13

16

The Unlimited

2:15

17

The Runaround

3:35

18

Climb That Mountain

3:00

19

Captain Praxis

2:14

20

Eudaimonia

2:20

21

The Lydian Ring

1:03

Moments Worth Listening For

17The RunaroundThe track builds from a soft, pulsing drone into a driving, cinematic rhythm that evokes a late-night highway drive.

Reviews

Consequence of SoundB+

AllMusic3.5/ 5 stars

Metacritic72/ 100

Pitchfork6.8/ 10

Exclaim!7/ 10

Where This Album Departs

How does Aporia sound next to the rest of Sufjan Stevens's catalogue?

Peaceful+2.1σ

Peaceful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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