Bon Iver

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Bon Iver is the name of indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon’s current band and most notable music project to date. The name ‘Bon Iver’ (pronounced “ee-VEHR”) is a bastardization of the French ‘bon hiver’ for ‘good winter’. Vernon independently released Bon Iver’s debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007, the majority of which was recorded while spending four months in a remote cabin in Wisconsin.

While in high school and college, Vernon founded bands Mount Vernon and DeYarmond Edison, both indie-rock bands from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he still resides.

Vernon’s self-released debut as Bon Iver garnered critical acclaim, and was picked up by the indie-rock label Jagjaguwar, which gave the album a proper release on February 19th, 2008. The album was released in the UK and Europe by iconic indie 4AD on May 12, 2008.

When released in the UK, For Emma, Forever Ago received 5/5 and “Album of the Month” reviews in both MOJO and Uncut magazines. It is currently the third highest rated album of 2008 on review-aggregator site Metacritic, with accolades from publications including The Village Voice, The Hartford Courant and The A.V. Club.

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Top Tracks

1	Skinny Love	7,292
2	Flume	5,902
3	Lump Sum	5,257
4	Blindsided	4,812
5	For Emma	4,700
6	The Wolves (Act I and II)	4,429
7	Creature Fear	4,315
8	Re: Stacks	4,309
9	Team	4,038
10	Wisconsin	215
11	re:Stacks	159
12	Wisconsin (Bonus Track)	158
13	re stacks	144
14	The Wolves (Act I & 2)	140
15	For Emma, Forever Ago	86

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the_fix wrote:
4 hours ago

I thought he just WROTE the album in seclusion, not actually recorded it. Am I wrong? It would certainly explain the "mysterious background vocals"

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Chamberk wrote:
yesterday morning

so when's the new one coming out justin!!

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cereal4life wrote:
Monday morning

Probably is number 3. But iff you listen to the chorus of "Flume" after the bridge there sounds to me to be a girl/lady/woman singing background vocals and not Justin singing falsetto. Give it a listen and tell me what you think!

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kongi007 wrote:
Sunday morning

Lykke Li & Bon Iver doing 'Dance Dance Dance'

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oprimus wrote:
Friday evening

Heres our review http://thefourohfive.com/?p=780

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nicoinfurs wrote:
Friday afternoon

hahaha, number 3

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nicoinfurs wrote:
Friday afternoon

we need a picture of the band up there, vernon wants it

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adambomb wrote:
Friday afternoon

a) album came out in 2007, b) ashluke's number 4 is correct

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Ashluke wrote:
Thursday evening

Possibilities: 1. the girl is just a wondering bitch 2. he did the background vocals himself 3. only ceral4life hears the background vocals 4. The background vocals were added in a second time during postproduction

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cereal4life wrote:
Thursday afternoon

If he recorded this album in an old log cabin by himself, then who is the girl doing background vocals on some of the tracks? The answer my friends, is blowing in the wind.

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TimAy wrote:
Thursday afternoon

best album of 2008. Was a pleasure seeing them in Dublin

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DevilAdvocate wrote:
last week

Disco belo leve e triste...como todos os grandes discos! Este vai durar muito tempo depois do hype pq é realmente bom!

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no_wire_hangers wrote:
last week

im curious as to how badly they butchered "i believe in you" but not enough to actually listen and risk ruining the song

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vomwald wrote:
last week

loves.

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x35JOW337 wrote:
last week

bon iver's cover of Talk Talk's I Believe in You that they seem to be closing their shows with. http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/2008/09/video-bon-iver-covers-talk-talks-i.html

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jochentje wrote:
11 days ago

Great gig at Brussels.

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adambomb wrote:
11 days ago

ill sell someone my original print for like, 500$

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BradleyBell wrote:
11 days ago

so so good.

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Derelicte7 wrote:
12 days ago

Bon Iver & Autumn weather compliment each other perfectly...

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inwidhlemmas wrote:
12 days ago

despite the fact that you may find this record to be a folky release, you have to catch these guys in concert... it's so much more than you'd imagine. It was an incredible surprise to watch them at the Pitchfork festival this year - easily, they were my favorite band to hear and witness. They were right on when I saw them as they covered Talk Talk... These guys basically ARE the new Talk Talk.

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