《Convocations》是美国创作型歌手Sufjan Stevens的第九张录音室专辑，也是他的第四张器乐专辑，于4月8日开始的每个周四发布新篇章，直到5月6日全部发行完毕。《Convocations》是一张关于失去的专辑，有49首曲目，分为五个乐章，重现了哀悼的各个阶段:冥想(Meditations)、哀歌(Lamentations)、启示(Revelations)、庆典(Celebrations)和咒语(Incantations)。 这张专辑是对Sufjan生父的回应和致敬，他的生父于2020年9月去世，就在《The Ascension》发行后的几天。与Sufjan母亲去世后不久制作的《Carrie & Lowell》类似，《Convocations》的基调更为具有普适性，力求真切地讲述在新冠肺炎大流行、政治混乱和气候变化的困难时期，悲伤可能有多么复杂。 Convocations is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens and his fourth instrumental album. Convocations is an album about loss, a 49-track piece divided into five sonic cycles that replicate stages of mourning: Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations and Incantations. The album is a response and tribute to the life and death of Stevens' biological father, who passed away in September 2020, days after the release of The Ascension. Comparable to Carrie & Lowell, produced shortly after Stevens' mother’s death, Convocations comes with a more universal tone that seeks to be honest about how complicated grief can be in these difficult times with the COVID-19 pandemic, political chaos and climate change.