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New album from Justin Vernon’s Bon Iver Released June 20 on 4AD in the UK and June 21 on Jagjaguwar in the USA.
Fresh off of some great hype and press — partially a consequence of Coachella and an on-stage collaboration with Kayne West, partially a consequence of a mammoth debut release — Bon Iver’s new album is ripe with anticipation. With the success of recent touring and recording, coupled with the myth around For Emma, Forever Ago it’s no wonder that a small army of fans are eager to hear the new self-titled recording from the Justin Vernon-led project.
The album opens with “Perth” as wind chimes and warm bright notes usher in the lead track. Through the song we are immediately lulled with spiraling, choir-like echoes that melt into staccato drum beat as Vernon’s wiry and harmonic voice collides with the band behind him. The symphony of horns carries the song to a mythological place, transporting the listener into a completely unique artistic plane; an attribute essential to the Bon Iver sound.
By the time “Holocene” takes over, the music fully immerses the listener in a dreamscape of silky guitars and ethereal vocals. The song moves with steady, locomotive-like progression, as if Vernon’s carrying us through some transcendent plan to explore the geological period known as “Holocene.”
A few songs later we find ourselves in “Calgary”; a warm rich track that leans on wobbling harmonies, gentle melodies, fuzzy distorted notes and dissonant sounds. Vernon’s lyrics are almost situated as a backdrop, consistent with much his work on the first Bon Iver album. The idea of exploration and understanding is especially evident in this song (as is the album in its entirety, really). Vernon sings, “Hip, under nothing/Propped up by your other one, face ‘way from the sun/Just have to keep a dialogue/Teach our bodies: haunt the cause I was only trying to spell a loss.”
The album continues to wind before Bon Iver eventually ends with “Beth/Rest.” Utilizing minimalist instrumentation (minimalist for Vernon), soft horns, winding solos and lyrics centered around suffering and hope, the song is emblematic of Vernon’s unbelievable journey over the past years. He took time on this album, and it shows; the location-based song titles create a mosaic of Vernon’s adventures, each track symbolizing a place, state of mind and concept which was explored.
On the whole, the album can viewed as “concept art.” Each song is strong and can stand alone but when all of the tracks (and even the album art) are explored in their totality, the true magic of Vernon’s uncommon and truly authentic sound comes to life. As the musician so eloquently explained in a recent New York Times interview, “I’m trying to become something, and that was a different accent, a different place in my brain.” The new tracks didn’t come easily, as he continued to reveal, “Those are the only 10 songs I wrote in the last three years.” “I had to go looking under rocks.” With Bon Iver Justin Vernon takes us through the tapestry of his mind and musical stylings, never shying away from stretching himself emotionally, lyrically or musically. Not only has Vernon built on the successes of the past with the new album, but he continues to grow and push his creative endeavors in an ever-more adventurous direction.
