On the birthday of Lowell, the co-founder of asthmatic kitty records, Sufjan announced that Carrie and Lowell would have a live version. It will be released in video format as well as an audio format. There is yet to be a preorder but we did get a snippet of the video that was released previously. The album is about Carrie and Lowell and Sufjan upbringing. Lowell is Sufjan's step father and Carrie is his mother. Carrie has a lot of issues with schizophrenia diagnosis and drug addiction.