March 11, 2008 | Posted by Blair at 12:21 PM

Fire walk with me

I've been listening to the new Bon Iver album For Emma, Forever Ago a bunch over this last week. Mark wrote about Bon Iver back in November, and I thought this part of the post was a good point to mention now:

...it technically doesn't come out until February, when you folks on the east coast will be sick to death of the cold, and us on the west coast will be happy to see a little rain.

Could he have been any more on the money? No. Great job buddy. We're all ready for spring. The album is gloriously full of warmth, and tinged with darkness - perfect for the death of winter. The songs are sweet and sad. His high-register voice soothes me, and spooks me a bit too.

Check out this amazing video for Bon Iver's equally amazing song "Wolves (Act I & II)" - and read the description of the video on the actual youtube page to get a bit more context for it. Dark and beautiful.

Buy For Emma, Forever Ago now from Jagjaguar or Amazon.com - highly recommended.

Comments

I, too, have been enraptured in For Emma, Forever Ago. I can't get enough of the album.

Posted by: Music Critic at March 12, 2008 2:53 PM

What an amazing introduction to your blog ... like you, I've been anticipating the new Bon Iver ... since hearing Skinny Love back in November. The back story to this video makes it the most incredibly moving I've ever seen. Tears were actually streaming down my face ... it was good though, they were hot and I needed it. Thanks for sharing this.

Posted by: Maureen at March 17, 2008 5:38 PM

Excited about seeing Bon Iver tonight with Phosphorescent. Both, interestingly enough, have songs titled "Wolves".

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