Sufjan Stevens – Exploding Whale / Fourth of July (PPD remix) w/ full color picture sleeve

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Artist: Sufjan Stevens | Label: Asthmatic Kitty |Format: 7″ 45 |Genre: Rock | 45Condition:New | Jacket:Sealed

Sufjan Stevens
Asthmatic Kitty 371

Exploding Whale b/wFourth of July (PPD remix)

Exploding Whalewas released just after Carie & Lowelland was originally intended to be a tour-only 7″, but was later distributed online by Asthmatic Kitty in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the exploding whale incident.Like many songs on Carrie & Lowell, this song has references to Oregon. The Exploding Whale Incident was a famous epic fail incident that happened in Florence, Oregon in 1970, when a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach. It began to smell horrible so the Highway Department took it upon themselves to solve the problem by attempting to disintegrate the whale carcass with dynamite.

Fourth of July is a conversation between Sufjan and his mother, Carrie, while she was dying in the hospital. Each stanza alternates between them.
NEW SEALED7″ 45 – comes in a full color picture sleeve