Skinny Love (Live) By Bon Iver
Over the winter of 2006-7 Justin Vernon retreated to a remote cabin in Wisconsin. It was in this isolated sanctuary that he recorded nearly all of what was to become ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’. The record is a quiet masterpiece.
It is pretty remarkable to think about the distance that this falsetto-voiced singer from Wisconsin covered in 2008. From the initial Internet whispers that someone had gone and produced a remarkably evocative record whilst living as a semi-reclusive woodsman in the middle of nowhere to playing sell-out shows where ever he goes, it has been a meteoric rise to fame in the world of alternative music.
Nothing can be said to detract from Vernon’s musicianship, instrumentally. Rotating among more than five guitars, he and two others used their instruments to experiment with acoustics. Much of the appeal of Bon Iver rests in timbre and layered sonic quality. Moreover, there is so much talent to burn here that it is hugely unlikely that his star will extinguish any time soon. I, for one, am perfectly fine with that.
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I absolutely LOVE listening to him sing live. I think there's something in his performances that can't quite translate into recorded music.
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