Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
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wabbit
May 18th 2011


7059 Comments


Might make my top 10 of the year...but probably not somewhere from 2.5-3.5. Last half is pretty fucking bad and beth/rest is really terrible.

AngelofDeath
Emeritus
May 18th 2011


16307 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Man, don't play. That song is awesome.

DoubtGin
May 18th 2011


6879 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

ioi

LepreCon
May 18th 2011


5482 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Not liking the s/t so far really, looking about a 3 though for now. Since this isn't usually the kind of music I listen to I guess I need to listen to it a bit more.

Romulus
May 18th 2011


9117 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah it's definitely not as immediate as this, at least not personally

defjaw83
May 18th 2011


1805 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Just downloaded the new album, can't wait to have a proper listen. I'll be so gutted if it doesn't live up to this

letsgofishing
May 18th 2011


1721 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

People shouldn't have classic as an expectation..ruins the listening experience

defjaw83
May 18th 2011


1805 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I don't expect it to be classic, that may come with time. I just want it to be really fucking good that's all

wabbit
May 18th 2011


7059 Comments


"People shouldn't have classic as an expectation..ruins the listening experience"

Radiohead is my favourite band though

defjaw83
May 18th 2011


1805 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I could see how that would be a problem yes

Steoandnoodles
May 18th 2011


2832 Comments


I know you're supposed to consider the '5' a classic rating but I never took it that seriously. I
always took it as an album that exceeds the banal of its genre and offers something fresh, unique or
perhaps something important to the table.

defjaw83
May 18th 2011


1805 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

And is awesome of course

Steoandnoodles
May 18th 2011


2832 Comments


And of course; is awesome. =)

Iamthe Nightstars
May 18th 2011


3001 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Actually, I think Beth/Rest would be better if it was more stripped down and was just vocals and piano.

Slum
May 18th 2011


2580 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Michicant is my favorite off the new album rn

Knott-
Emeritus
May 18th 2011


10259 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

with regards which is better,



But can it hit in the same way? Can a body pummelled by Emma's acoustic guitars and detached sense of loneliness rebuild itself only to be cut through once again by the same man's abstract, arm's-length desperation? Bon Iver hardly has a 'Skinny Love', but it's starting to look unlikely that Justin Vernon's artistic worth under this moniker will be defined in terms of individual records, and to that end, Bon Iver is Bon Iver, that same ad libitum expression of fragility which permeates everything from 'Woods' to 'Flume', drifting right back to this album's closer 'Beth / Rest'. It is hard to see this man ever releasing something less than completely vital.


mothercountry
May 19th 2011


447 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

If early voting trends hold up . . . Self titled will be #1 on the '11 RYM charts.

G3N3R1C
May 20th 2011


1945 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

simultaneously bumped this and the s/t up to a 5.



well that certainly didn't take long.



:]

PlaygroundFading
May 21st 2011


433 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

i agree with most of you guys this is pretty terrible

AliW1993
May 21st 2011


7511 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

If it wasn't for Creature Fear/Team I'd probably have this as a 5, it's become one of my all time favourites.



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