New Sufjan Stevens in Toronto

Here's one of the epic new songs Sufjan Stevens unveiled last night at Lee's Palace (this one clocks in at ten minutes). You'll find one of his uncharacteristic new psych/prog flourishes around the 2:20 mark... and another at 4:45. Maybe I'm imagining things, but to my ears, Stevens sounds a bit more Shins-like than usual in this track. It's not clear whether the presence of James Mercer -- or a James Mercer lookalike -- in the audience had anything to do with this. -- JD