Bon Iver – Bon Iver LP Vinyl Record

Bon Iver – Bon Iver LP Vinyl Record

American indie folk band Bon Iver’s self-titled sophomore album “Bon Iver” displaysfounder Justin Vernon returning to former haunts with a new spirit. The reprises are there – solitude, quietude, hope and desperation compressed – but always a rhythm arises, a pulse vivified by gratitude and grace notes. The winter, the legend, has faded to just that, and this is the new momentary present. The icicles have dropped, rising up again as grass.

Featuring 10 new songs penned by Vernon, the album’ expands the group’s sonic palette beyond the rustic acoustics of the debut into a lush landscape of silky electric guitars, beautifully intricate keys, and subtle horn and string sections while keeping the ghost choirs and densely layered vocals intact that Bon Iver has become so known for. It’s a rare thing for an album to have such a strong sense of what it wants to be. “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 the conclusion.

Pressed on Classic Black Vinyl.

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