Bon Iver (pronounced bon e-vair) is an indie folk band founded by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. Vernon is joined live by Sean Carey (drums/vocals/piano), Michael Noyce (vocals/baritone guitar/ guitar) and Matthew McCaughan (bass/drums/vocals). I wanted to do another post on Bon Iver because he just released his second album. Joining him on the new album are several different musicians, such as Colin Stetson (bass saxophone) and Greg Leisz (pedal steel). The album is composed of 10 songs and takes a new musical direction than his first album. Vernon states “I brought in a lot of people to change my voice; not my singing voice, but my role as the author of this band, this project.” Prior to the album's release, Vernon said that each song on the new album represents a place. The album was recorded in a remodeled veterinarian clinic in Fall Creek, WI, which was bought by Vernon and his brother in 2008. It was converted into April Base Studios, built mainly over the defunct swimming pool attached to the clinic. Vernon's reason for recording in the location was that "[it's] been a wonderful freedom, working in a place we built. It's also only three miles from the house I grew up in, and just ten minutes from the bar where my parents met." I really love the utilization of so many instruments in this song, especially being performed live. This is "Holocene" off the new self titled album.
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