Sufjan Stevens Announces New Holiday Album Worst Christmas Ever!

Sufjan Stevens is getting into the holiday spirit early with a new compilation titled Worst Christmas Ever!, which is set to arrive on November 6th via Asthmatic Kitty Records. The 16-track collection distills his famously sprawling Christmas catalog into a single album, gathering 15 selections from earlier box sets plus the previously unreleased “On This Christmas (It Only Gets Better).” Stevens’ relationship with Christmas music dates back to 2001, when he began recording songs as gifts for friends and family. He would typically spend a week in December recording at home with whoever happened to be around, eventually accumulating nearly five hours of material. Asthmatic Kitty packaged the first five volumes as Songs for Christmas in 2006, followed by another five EPs on Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6-10 in 2012. Worst Christmas Ever! pulls from both collections, bundling originals like “Sister Winter” and “Put The Lights On The Tree” with the singer-songwriter’s interpretations of holiday classics like “Silent Night” and “Joy To The World.” All tracks were performed, recorded, and produced by Stevens, with contributions across the original recordings from a wide-...