| Bon Iver / Bon Iver |
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| Album: | Bon Iver | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Bon Iver | Added: | 10/2011 | |
| Label: | Jagjaguwar | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-10-30 | Pull Date: | 2012-01-01 |
| Week Ending: | 1 Jan | 25 Dec | 18 Dec | 11 Dec | 4 Dec | 27 Nov | 20 Nov | 13 Nov |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 04, 2019: | grapevine Wash. | 4. | Oct 24, 2013: | All Things Go Wash. | |
| 2. | Nov 11, 2017: | National Treasure Holocene | 5. | Aug 28, 2013: | Beach Blanket Bingo Hinnom, Tx | |
| 3. | Nov 07, 2015: | Mix Tape Hinnom, Tx | 6. | Apr 16, 2013: | Moon Buddy Calgary |
| Album Review |
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| Trent Kay Reviewed 2011-10-18 | ||
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Bon Iver is Justin Vernon, and you can pronounce his band name in French if you please. Musically, this seems to me a mild-mannered fusion of Beck and Bibio (indie folk? indie folk), but you'll also like it if you like The National... maybe. Unexpected instrumentation, and a singer who can pull off falsetto and a growl inside the same track. Well-behaved, pretty. Mellow, soft, sweet. Nothing heartbreaking here, but a good rainy day record if there ever was. The fingerpicked guitar on all these cuts is lovely. Also, cool track title scheme. FCC: 3, 4 (these snuck up on me -- please mark if you find more) try: 8, 1, 6 *1. (4:22) ~8 sec to start. vibey electric guitar (think new age), soft choir, building snare. slow, falsetto. doubled guitar and vox. basically the same riff over and over, but it's a good riff. fade starts ~20 sec to end, blends to next track. 2. (3:53) nice slight tribal drums under lone electric. low beck-does-soul vox + sax, then fingerpicked banjo, then falsetto, then blow-out funk bass. mellow midtempo, but a lot of instrumental change-ups make it interesting. 3. (5:37) FCC "fucked" fingerpicked guitar over up-bend electric. slowly introduced brushed drums. mild, pretty, sweet. 4. (3:08) FCC "fuck" ha. guitar-only tom petty-esque lead-in -- but layers on falsetto and sax instead of turning into a classic rock song. goes somplace unexpected (violin is involved) in the last minute. 5. (3:46) false start, then doubled vox over slow waltz guitar. cool spare effects. empty and pretty. the token frozen lake track, and a good one. *6. (2:45) cool reverb keys, low vox, spare, some funk elements (mainly in the vox). sort of sounds like a thunderstorm. this would be great with a techno beat under it. ends with twinkly keys. 7. (4:59) high-reg piano. pretty, spare, quiet, with a slightly disorienting time signature (it's a waltz, but the downbeat moves). some strings. early fade. *8. (4:10) warm backing synth that sounds like an orchestra. then: padded drums and muffled horns. full drum kit comes in, and the song kicks off for real. electric build, ruder indie vox, and a trajectory you can dig into. short-lived ride, but worth it. 9. (1:33) slow long-held warble strings, bleep effects. sounds just like the sound bed that leads up to the fake bright eyes interview on fevers. no, really. 10. (5:17) oh my. 80s soft rock situation here. slow sax, vibe-effect keys, of-the-era electric. layered and very well produced. it's good, and meant to be dated, but i can't listen to it and not laugh. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Perth | 6. | Hinnom, Tx | |||
| 2. | Minnesota, Wi | 7. | Wash. | |||
| 3. | Holocene | 8. | Calgary | |||
| 4. | Towers | 9. | Lisbon, Oh | |||
| 5. | Michicant | 10. | Beth/Rest |