We re coming to the end of bon iver s 22 a million era.
Bon iver vinyl review.
After retreating to the woods of wisconsin to record for emma forever ago he drew a surrealist roadmap of the united states on bon iver.
It is mature and honest.
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The reprises are there solitude quietude hope and desperation compressed but always a rhythm arises a pulse vivified by gratitude and grace notes.
A truly wonderful piece.
On the way there the music moves like.
Justin vernon et al s brilliant glitchy third album was released almost two years ago and now on the day of his mad cool.
He recorded in solitude on what he described as a very light set up with the intent of distributing the recordings as demos to be shopped to the labels.
And 22 a million a blistering crazy energy summer record i i completes the cycle.
If for emma forever ago was the crisp heart strung isolation of a northern winter.
Bon iver s for emma forever ago was one of 2008 s biggest critical darlings.
Bon iver s bon iver is justin vernon returning to former haunts with a new spirit.
Bon iver has always been justin vernon s escape route.
It seems to me that 22 a million is the brilliant result of a self investigation process.
On that album mr.
Bon iver is about flow from one scene and arrangement and song and memory and word into the next each distinct but connected all leading to beth rest.
For emma forever ago was a brilliant album full of intimate lyrics with a very autobiographical approach and it is undoubtedly one of the greatest releases of the 21st century.
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I bought the cassette and the grainy sound is just right for the album.
Bon iver the rise and whirr of burgeoning spring.
Vernon kept things at their absolute most basic.
It is extremely difficult to locate the direction in which justin vernon went in completing bon iver.