So, just days after surprising us with the immediate release of a new EP Sufjan Stevens is giving us another pleasant update, now announcing the release of another full-length record, his first since the opus that was Come On Now Feel The Illinoise*.

The new one is called The Age of Adz and, we are reliably told, is pronounced "the age of odds". Whatever the hell that is. The artwork - fairly impressive - is below, as is the tracklisting. It all builds up to a 25-minute final track, by the way. It comes out on October 11 through Asthmatic Kitty, of course.

1. Futile Devices
2. Too Much
3. Age of Adz
4. I Walked
5. Now That I'm Older
6. Get Real Get Right
7. Bad Communication
8. Vesuvius - 5:26
9. All for Myself - 2:55
10. I Want To Be Well - 6:27
11. Impossible Soul - 25:35

The album contains lots of themes. Let's just say it's about many things, as you'd expect.

*We know it's not really called that, but humour us, OK?