I definetly prefer Sufjan Stevens to Iron & Wine. They are both very talented but IR can be a bit boring sometimes. He is a good song writer but alot of his songs have very similar instrumentation and tone. Sufjan Stevens has a much more eclectic style. His songs vary in style from folk to electronic to Philip Glass-esque minimalism. I also he think his albums are much more complete and better to listen to. I like the way he adds the short 1-2 minute ambient tracks in. He also varies the syle of each song on the album. While IR will have like four really slow acoustic folk songs in a row Sufjan will have a piano ballad, a banjo driven folk song, and then an ambient song. Just ask yourself this: would you rather listen to an IR album or a Sufjan album?
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