The classic rock and roll tale: Boy meets girl. Boy starts band. Boy breaks up with girl and band. Boy moves to a cabin in West Bumblefuck, Wisconsin in the dead of winter. Boy records heartbreakingly magnificent album. Ok, maybe "classic" is not the right term. Anyway, Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, sure did come out of the woods with some damn fine tunes. His first album, For Emma, Forever Ago, was properly released by Jagjaguwar about two months ago. While others jumped into this album headfirst months ago, the Society, as is often the case, arrives fashionably late to the party.
That Emma was written and recoded in a wooded, snow-convered cabin, only seems appropriate. Listening to the album, its as if it couldn't possibly have been created anywhere else. The songs have a distinct "winter" hue. Those of you experiencing the final throws of old man winter's fleeting grasp would do well to snatch up a copy, before the clouds break.
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