There's really not much for me to say about Bon Iver, I wouldn't count it as a band, I give all recognition to Justin Vernon as he writes the majority of the songs, especially their first album For Emma, Forever Ago, on which he recorded every instrumental track and vocal track on his own. He did a damn good job on it too, to this day, I class that as my winter album as it perfectly sets the mood for winter. But I'll give that album the hype it deserves another day, for now, let's just stick to this song.
In classic Justin Vernon style, this song is absolutely fucking phenomenal, I posted this song the minute I heard it on my Facebook and described it as a song I've been waiting to hear all my life. There's something about it that every song I've ever loved has been missing. It's really just so god damn satisfying to finally hear something that makes me feel as good as this song does. It takes me back to a time in my life I quite miss, back when I was around 14 years old and just starting to have some freedom in my life from my parents, but before I had so much freedom to the point I was very cautious. Since hearing it, I find myself in the middle of the night, sitting in my bedroom, listening to it, and smoking a cigarette, just forgetting about the world for that 4 minutes and 3 seconds, everything about this song is perfect in my opinion.
I really have to give it to Justin Vernon this time, I mean, I've heard some fucking great songs in my life, a lot of them by Bon Iver. I once said that Beach Baby from his EP Blood Bank was the greatest song I'd ever heard, since then I've been amazed by finding better songs. But in all seriousness I think this takes that title for me, I can't find anything wrong with it, there's a point in have song where he songs the lyrics "turn around now and you count to ten" where I just can't believe how perfectly he sings it, and just little things about it, it may seem repetitive, it may not seem "Bon Iver" cause it's not just guitars and an acoustic song, but go and listen to an older song called Woods from Blood Bank, a song that is completely written off because of how simple and repetitive it is. If you really listen to it, and how he sings it, you should really enjoy listening to it the way I do.
Seriously, take that 4 minutes, sit down, take this song in, I guarantee you won't regret it. While you're there, if you haven't listened to Justin Vernon's other band Volcano Choir, then give them a listen as well, I highly recommend Byegone from their 2013 release Repave.
Hopefully this will satisfy you like it did for me, damn good bit of music. For now, I'm going to go and listen to Bon Iver's debut release, because all of this talk of Wolves and Flumes has got me craving it.
Until next time.
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