Thursday, 4 Oct 2007
Today, Pitchfork reviewed MoB favorite Bon Iver giving it an 8.1 and a “recommended” tag. We couldn’t be happier that a homegrown Wisconsin artist, whose album we really love, finally got the attention of “the big boys.”
…the album is a reminiscent, ruminative collection of songs full of natural imagery and acoustic strums– the sound of a man left alone with his memories and a guitar. Bon Iver will likely bear comparisons to Iron & Wine for its quiet folk and hushed intimacy, but in fact, Vernon, adopting a falsetto that is worlds away from his work with DeYarmond Edison, sounds more like TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, not just in his vocal timbre, but in the way his voice grows grainier as it gets louder.
In case you missed our 5 Questions with Bon Iver, please feel free to check that out now. Otherwise, perhaps it’s time to take our suggestion and pick up a copy of For Emma, Forever Ago.
MoB: Homegrown: Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
Myspace: Bon Iver
MP3: Bon Iver – Skinny Love
MP3: Bon Iver – For Emma
MP3: Bon Iver – Blindsided
October 4th, 2007 at 11:13 am
glad they finally reviewed it too, even if it deserves a higher score
than that
October 7th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Oh, wow. I really, really like Skinny Love. Enough so that I had to stop doing homework and listen to it four times in a row. I’ll definitely have to look into getting his album whenever I have money, if such a thing ever comes about.