Album cover: Bon Iver, “Bon Iver”

Bon Iver

Bon Iver

8.9 out of 10

A bucolic, mellifluous ripple of eloquence from the Midwestern hinterlands that is both effervescent and demure. Each song is as much a careful meditation on individual sounds as the album is a coherent, thematic whole. If Vernon’s words were more comprehensible, this album would break the heart of an echinoderm.

Reminds us of: Tara Jane O'Neil / Iron and Wine / winter hikes

Rating: 8.9

Bon Iver: Website | MySpace

Words by Carrie Johnston

Published on melophobe June 3, 2011.

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