Isolation Songs: An Interview with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon

Bon Iver

For Emma, Forever Ago

(Jagjaguwar)

US release date: 19 February 2008

UK release date: Available as import

[19 February 2008]

by Jennifer Kelly

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Bon Iver's Justin Vernon holed up in the north Wisconsin woods to try to get his life and his music back on track ... and, in the process, almost by accident, made one of this year's most hauntingly beautiful folk-rock albums.

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Review: Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago

Dan Raper

28.Feb.08

Like Phosphorescent, Bon Iver mines fragile beauty from acoustic guitar, floating vocals, and low-fi recording.

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