Earlier this year, for instance, Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams collaborated on an ambient instrumental LP called Aporia.

But Stevens does not make proper studio albums — albums full of proper Sufjan Stevens songs — often enough.

The last real Sufjan Stevens album, the fragile and magnificent Carrie & Lowell, came out more than five years ago.

So it’s great to be able to report that Stevens will release the Carrie & Lowell follow-up soon.

The new Stevens album is called The Ascension, and it’s coming out this fall.

Stevens hasn’t shared any information about how the album might sound, or about who his collaborators might be.