Illinois‘ Leftover Avalanche

Sufjan Stevens will be releasing an album of “demos, musical interludes, instrumentals and complete songs” taken from the recording sessions for his breakthrough album, Illinois. The Avalanche hits stores July 25 via Stevens’ label, Asthmatic Kitty. Stevens was recently honored with the New Pantheon Award, whic recognizes artists for a work that has sold less than 500,000 in the US.http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313679