8 Artists to Check Out if You Miss Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens hasn’t gone anywhere — but he also hasn’t exactly been here lately. Between a years-long health battle and the grief record that preceded it, the version of Sufjan most people fell in love with — the one who made Illinois, who whispered gospel over banjos, who somehow made a 25-minute suite about the Chicago transit system feel like a religious experience — has felt increasingly distant.That sound had a specific gravity to it: orchestral and intimate at once, spiritual