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AKR Holiday Sale
Sufjan -Themed Holiday Playlist Contest
Nothing quite sets the holiday mood like a Sufjan-themed holiday playlist.
To participate, create a playlist on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or your favorite streaming platform that includes 10 tracks: 5 original Sufjan holiday songs plus 5 classic/traditional Sufjan holiday songs. Any of Sufjan's music on Songs for Christmas and Silver and Gold will be a great fit!
Give your playlist a creative, original title and make sure it's set to public and shareable. Feel free to include playlist cover art if you'd like. Once complete, submit your playlist link via this form, for your chance to have your playlist featured as a weekly Artist Pick and reshared on AKR and Sufjan's Instagram Stories.
Deadline for playlist submissions: Monday, December 8th at 5pm ET
SUFMAS SING-ALONGS
Are you planning on hosting a public Sing-Along this year?
Let us know, and Asthmatic Kitty Records can help promote your event! Be sure to complete our 2025 Sufmas SIng-Along Form HERE if you are planning to host an event.
Songs for Christmas: Vols. 1-5
Back in 2001, Sufjan Stevens set out to create a Christmas gift for friends and family. What resulted was a 7-song recording he dubbed Noel Vol. 1. Every few Christmases Sufjan would create a new volume to add to the collection. After years had passed Sufjan became determined to release the first five EP’s in their raw, blemished form, presented, as he describes it, with a "lavish display of ornamentation" to coincide with the spirit of excess and overindulgence that has in some ways become synonymous with the season.
Included in the 5 LP/CD Box Set package (designed by Sufjan and Stephen Halker) are lyrics, chord charts, and full recording credits for all the songs. Includes favorites like "Sister Winter," "That Was The Worst Christmas Ever," "Only At Christmas Time," and "Put The Lights on the Tree."
Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas Vols. 6-10
Originally released in 2012 as a follow-up to 2006's Songs For Christmas: Vols 1-5, this pressing of Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6-10 features nearly 60 tracks spanning traditional hymns and holiday pop songs, as well as numerous original songs from Sufjan Stevens and a long list of collaborators. The album includes collaborations with artists such as Aaron and Bryce Dessner (The National), Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), among others.
Box set includes:
5 EPs on 6 vinyl records
Christmas sticker sheet
Temporary tattoo sheet
Three paper ornaments (self-assembly with directions)
An apocalyptic pull-out poster
A 44-page songbook with lyrics and chord charts (sing along with your friends and enemies)
A 20-page Christmas coloring book by Stephen Halker
Hallucinogenic photographs and psychedelic graphic design
Extensive liner notes (introductory salutations and an essay on the Christmas tree by Sufjan Stevens, and a few theological words on the End Times by Pastor Vito Aiuto)
Also available to purchase without the bonus holiday merchandise in a slim slipcase.
