'Javelin' marks Stevens' first solo album of songs since 2020's 'The Ascension,' and his first in full singer-songwriter mode since 2015's Carrie & Lowell, bridging all these approaches like never before. Whether listened to individually or as an album, these 10 songs become something much bigger, the entire experience of Stevens' 25-year career brought to bear in four-minute bursts of choral, orchestral, and electric wonder.