Sufjan Stevens has shared the first volume of his new album Convocations. The 10-song suite called Mediations is available to stream now

Convocations was written and recorded as Sufjan’s grieved over the death of his biological father, who passed away just two days after the musician released “The Ascension” last autumn. Each volume — Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations, and Incantations — finds Sufjan exploring a different aspect of loss, taking listeners through “mourning, healing, and catharsis.”