June 21, 201115 yr So today I bought the CD and when I got home the deluxe package (" vinyl of the album and Calgary, Tshirt, and poster). Then with the vinyl in hand, I listened to the album for the very first time and the song I was most worried about, turned out to be my favourite :p Beth/rest is for some reason just so emotional. And just a great closer of the album. The rest of the album sounded pretty familiar but I already know that I'm gonna love it just as I did For Emma (which took me a while to get into)
June 21, 201115 yr He was on The Colbert Report last night! Interview here: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390018/june-20-2011/justin-vernon Calgary performance here: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390019/june-20-2011/bon-iver---calgary Skinny Love performance here: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390023/june-20-2011/exclusive---bon-iver---skinny-love :nice:! I loved these! And it's always nice to watch some of your favorite music performed on one of your favorite tv shows :awesome:
June 21, 201115 yr He was on The Colbert Report last night! Interview here: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390018/june-20-2011/justin-vernon Calgary performance here: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390019/june-20-2011/bon-iver---calgary Skinny Love performance here: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390023/june-20-2011/exclusive---bon-iver---skinny-love :nice:! Whew! Thank you for these! Phew, what a man. Just... what a man.
June 22, 201115 yr AllMusic gave the new album 2.5 out of 5 stars... Well you know what AllMusic? YOU SUCK!! :P It's an awesome album and I think it's just as good as For Emma
June 22, 201115 yr but the positive reviews far out weight the negative ones "possesses all the austere beauty and understated emotiveness of its predecessor." Uncut "triumphant record, one that may well be my favorite of the year." Paste "One of 2011's most absorbing, affecting and downright brilliant LPs" BBC Music "A wonderful, worthy follow-up" Clash Music it's always nice when a hyped up sophomore record delivers.
June 22, 201115 yr 9.5? fucking hell I would give it about a 6/10. Didn't think it delivered at all. sorry for being hater etc
June 22, 201115 yr I would give the first album a 9.5 out of 10.......as for this one I'd probably give it about an 8.
June 22, 201115 yr I would give the first album a 9.5 out of 10.......as for this one I'd probably give it about an 8. :nod:
June 22, 201115 yr I actually find this one less boring. there's so much more going on in this album. it's not just a guy in the jungle having a cry about how miserable he is. this album is far more adventurous and daring with more moving parts.......just simply more going on.
June 22, 201115 yr I loved these! And it's always nice to watch some of your favorite music performed on one of your favorite tv shows :awesome: Agreed! :heart:!
June 22, 201115 yr I discovered Bon Iver through a song in a free pack of songs on iTunes for "Indie Artists to Watch". I can honestly say he is the only one I ever hear anything from. Justin is a brilliant artist, and Bon Iver is another fantastic release.
June 22, 201115 yr there's so much more going on in this album. it's not just a guy in the jungle having a cry about how miserable he is. this album is far more adventurous and daring with more moving parts.......just simply more going on. Yup I can say I like it, unlike the For Emma one
June 22, 201115 yr For Emma is just so emotionally exhausting. This one doesn't bum you out, so I like that about it. :D
June 24, 201114 yr I only discovered Bon Iver after reading a review in my local paper last Sunday, then he played on Colbert on Monday and I was just struck at how goosebumpy his song and music was. I have not been this stunned by a musician since 2008 when I saw the National open for R.E.M. Loved the National so much took a bus down to N.Y.C. and saw them in Central park. Bon Iver has had that effect on me, and I have yet to listen to his first album. Of all the songs, Holocene is the one that has truly grown in my mind, and reading the lyrics as it plays, just :stunned: I have had the album playing on my ipod touch repeatedly since I bought it on Tuesday. Even let it play while I sleep to seep into my dreams, just such an exquisitely beautiful album.
June 26, 201114 yr It only took me FOREVER to start loving it. After you get past the huge transition they've made since FE, you'll appreciate the beauty of it.
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