Volcano Choir is the collaboration of Justin Vernon and Milwaukee’s own Collections of Colonies of Bees. Their first album, Unmap, arrives on September 22nd via Jagjaguwar. Wisconsin fans can purchase it in advance at the Collections of Colonies of Bees set (the Capitol Theater) at the Forward Music Festival on Friday, September 19th. If you haven’t heard the first single “Island, IS,” you can download it here:

MP3: Volcano Choir – “Island, IS”

In related news, Bon Iver will play a special sunrise concert at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on the morning (~6am) of Sunday, September 27th. Seems like a event worth traveling for….