I was just the happiest kid when i when i stumbled across Bon Iver’s new ep “Blood Bank” released on itunes this week. The title track is deeply stirring as he tells the story of meeting a girl. He has made quite the impact in last year with his first album “For Emma: Forever Ago” released 2/19/08. In my personal opinion it is the best album released all year. The lonesome and almost eerie vocals portray both the place and the mindset in which this album was recorded as well as perfectly complimenting the overt, yet strangely entangled lyrics. Bon Iver or Bon Hiver (spelled wrong on purpose in order to encourage correct pronunciation) is actually french for “good winter”.

        After the breakup of his longtime band, Bon Iver (Justin Vernon) moved to a remote cabin in Northwestern Wisconsin in hopes of a break from life as he knew it and in need of a quiet place to hibernate for some time while things work themselves out. This in itself is very poetic, and helps one understand just what Bon Iver is trying to say with his music. 

Check it out! This guy might have just changed my life…. 

-aleesh

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