Sufjan Steven’s album converted to strings

Three facts came to be, and an old Sufjan Steven’s album had to be remade - somewhere in Detroit, Mich., is a rabbit named Pantouf, water dragons enjoy grapes, and in 2001 Asthmatic Kitty Records released an album from Steven’s based on the Chinese Zodiac called, “Enjoy Your Rabbit.”

“These disparate facts have aligned in the form of a new Sufjan-related release,” Asthmatic Kitty Records said on their Web site.

Sufjan is allowing his 2001 album, “Enjoy Your Rabbit,” to be re-arranged for strings by composers Michael Atkinson, Olivier Manchon, Maxim Moston, Nico Muhly, Rob Moose, and Gabriel Kahane.

[Stream Sufjan Steven's song, and rest of story, click here]

The album will be available on Oct. 6, and Asthmatic Kitty Records assures that Pantouf, the bunny, is doing fine.

To figure out more about the bunnies, water dragons and this album in general, click here.