« There’s a world », Neil Young’s original or the cover of Sufjan Stevens? – release

Probably frustrated by the announcement that the next European tour of the « Loner » will not go to us, we started to listen to the essential Harvest Where this song is extracted from. Not necessarily, one of those that we retain as a priority in this classic of the Canadian where the Out of the Weekend, Heart of Gold Or The Needle and the Damage Done prompted a whole generation to scrape the guitar while shooting a chilom (in moderation). Logical since There’s a World is characterized by its arrangements made for the London Symphony Orchestra. Stuck between acoustics Old Man and electric Alabama, It’s a real oddity that fans of Neil Young gladly attentive to Harvest. The song is often even considered a stain in its repertoire. We will not be so severe.

It is at the very end of his latest album Javelin that we spot this recovery of all beautiful. The original is hardly recognizable. Disappeared the terribly dated arrangements (but they were already at the time) signed Jack Nitzsche, which we knew better inspired, Co-Co-headed in particular with Phil Spector of the famous « Wall of Sound. It is all in delicacy that the American of Detroit takes hold of Neil Young’s song to hoist her in the stars with her diaphanous choirs and her minimum orchestration. We almost feel like we are dealing with a piece written and composed by Stevensintimate genius whose particular register is however addressed to as many people as possible. A striking interpretation where the words « We Are Leaving, We Are Gone, Come with Us to Allon » resonate particularly when we know that this album is dedicated to his boyfriend Evans Richardson, who died in April 2023, barely 43 years old, a few months before the release of Javelin.