Bon Iver...

myxomatosis · 07-01-2008, 12:48 AM

Good god this is an amazing album. Click the album cover to download. I haven't been this in love with an album in a long time.

Review from allmusic.com:

Bon Iver is the work of Justin Vernon. He isolated himself in a remote cabin in Wisconsin for almost four months, writing and recording the songs on For Emma, Forever Ago, his haunting debut album. A few parts (horns, drums, and backing vocals) were added in a North Carolina studio, but for the majority of the time it's just Vernon, his utterly disarming voice, and his enchanting songs. The voice is the first thing you notice. Vernon's falsetto soars like a hawk and when he adds harmonies and massed backing vocals, it can truly be breathtaking. "The Wolves (Acts I & II)" truly shows what Vernon can do as he croons, swoops, and cajoles his way through an erratic and enchanting melody like Marvin Gaye after a couple trips to the backyard still. "Skinny Love" shows his more of his range as he climbs down from the heights of falsetto and shouts out the angry and heartachey words quite convincingly. Framing his voice are suitably subdued arrangements built around acoustic guitars and filled out with subtle electric guitars, the occasional light drums, and slide guitar. Vernon has a steady grasp of dynamics too; the ebb and flow of "Creature Fear" is powerfully dramatic when the chorus hits it hard not to be swept away by the flood of tattered emotion. Almost every song has a moment where the emotion peaks and hearts begin to weaken and bend: the beauty of that voice is what pulls you through every time. For Emma captures the sound of broken and quiet isolation, wraps it in a beautiful package, and delivers it to your door with a beating, bruised heart. It's quite an achievement for a debut and the promise of greatness in the future is high. Oh, and because you have to mention it, Iron & Wine. Also, Little Wings. Most of all, though, Bon Iver.

Jonas · 07-01-2008, 01:37 PM

YES!

im glad someone likes this album as much as I do. His voice is just so mesmerizing, its breathtaking.

Jakeisuseless · 07-04-2008, 03:05 AM

Skinny Love is a fun song to play.

Women fall in love immediately.

It's dangerously good.

myxomatosis · 07-07-2008, 02:11 AM

Come on you bastards. This is soooo good.

Man in Black · 07-07-2008, 02:28 AM

I can dig it

myxomatosis · 08-18-2008, 11:55 AM

Needs more love.

Geeno · 08-18-2008, 12:43 PM

I would like to note that the frost depicted on the album cover is known as hoar frost.

anonymous49 · 08-25-2008, 09:46 AM

it makes me happy to see Bon Iver fans on yahooka. even if the numbers are few. he is simply amazing.

Geeno · 08-27-2008, 06:23 AM

links broken btw

myxomatosis · 08-27-2008, 04:26 PM

Yeah, realized it yesterday. Still gotta upload the rest of the Brother Ali. Just sorted 6 gigs worth of my unsorted shit.

You hear the album yet Geeno?

Geeno · 08-27-2008, 08:43 PM

Nah

Jonas · 08-28-2008, 09:21 PM

nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye....

this music is soo good. early today a friend of mine was playin' me and some friends some new songs he had wrote, then outta nowhere after a good couple of joints session, he went and did a sick cover of Blindsided (of this album). it was awesome, and it made me play the CD when i came home tonight, and i'm glad i put it on...

myxomatosis · 09-01-2008, 11:17 AM

Reupped. Go get that shit.

07-01-2008, 12:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 933 Times in 597 Posts	Bon Iver... Good god this is an amazing album. Click the album cover to download. I haven't been this in love with an album in a long time. Review from allmusic.com: Bon Iver is the work of Justin Vernon. He isolated himself in a remote cabin in Wisconsin for almost four months, writing and recording the songs on For Emma, Forever Ago, his haunting debut album. A few parts (horns, drums, and backing vocals) were added in a North Carolina studio, but for the majority of the time it's just Vernon, his utterly disarming voice, and his enchanting songs. The voice is the first thing you notice. Vernon's falsetto soars like a hawk and when he adds harmonies and massed backing vocals, it can truly be breathtaking. "The Wolves (Acts I & II)" truly shows what Vernon can do as he croons, swoops, and cajoles his way through an erratic and enchanting melody like Marvin Gaye after a couple trips to the backyard still. "Skinny Love" shows his more of his range as he climbs down from the heights of falsetto and shouts out the angry and heartachey words quite convincingly. Framing his voice are suitably subdued arrangements built around acoustic guitars and filled out with subtle electric guitars, the occasional light drums, and slide guitar. Vernon has a steady grasp of dynamics too; the ebb and flow of "Creature Fear" is powerfully dramatic when the chorus hits it hard not to be swept away by the flood of tattered emotion. Almost every song has a moment where the emotion peaks and hearts begin to weaken and bend: the beauty of that voice is what pulls you through every time. For Emma captures the sound of broken and quiet isolation, wraps it in a beautiful package, and delivers it to your door with a beating, bruised heart. It's quite an achievement for a debut and the promise of greatness in the future is high. Oh, and because you have to mention it, Iron & Wine. Also, Little Wings. Most of all, though, Bon Iver. __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11) Last edited by myxomatosis; 09-01-2008 at 11:17 AM. Reason: uploaded again.

07-07-2008, 02:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 933 Times in 597 Posts	Come on you bastards. This is soooo good. __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

07-07-2008, 02:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
Man in Black willie d Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: dayton,ohio Posts: 4,817 Thanks: 3,200 Thanked 1,348 Times in 896 Posts	I can dig it __________________ When I was arrested I was dressed in black.

08-18-2008, 11:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 933 Times in 597 Posts	Needs more love. __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

08-25-2008, 09:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
anonymous49 Kamehameha Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: in a k-hole Posts: 1,223 Thanks: 2 Thanked 30 Times in 17 Posts	it makes me happy to see Bon Iver fans on yahooka. even if the numbers are few. he is simply amazing. __________________ Wake up in the morning got the yearning for herb which loosens up the nouns, metaphors, and verbs.

08-27-2008, 04:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 933 Times in 597 Posts	Yeah, realized it yesterday. Still gotta upload the rest of the Brother Ali. Just sorted 6 gigs worth of my unsorted shit. You hear the album yet Geeno? __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

09-01-2008, 11:17 AM	#13 (permalink)
myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 933 Times in 597 Posts	Reupped. Go get that shit. __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

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