Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)

I decided to upload the entire album after posting Skinny Love a few days ago. I have a feeling a lot of hip-hop heads will actually end up liking this like I did.


Like I mentioned early, this album was the result of frontman Justin Vernon "hibernating" in a cabin in Wisconson for 3 months. He had no intention to write, but he ended up penning the lyrics and coming up with the notes anyway. If I were to ever be sent to a desert island, this would surely be an album I would want with me. This album opened me up to a lot of different types of music, but even more so towards the folk/indie scene, which I will be sure to go through in more depth in the future.

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Bon Iver

Bon Iver's frontman: Justin Vernon

A little changeup here from my prior blogs in the past. For the longest time, I was a hip-hop man only. But lately, I am proud to say that has changed. I have developed an infinity towards folk/indie music as of late, and this band has been the sole reason for it. Bon Iver, a band lead by frontman Justin Vernon, makes simply: beautiful music. This song is off of their debut album, "For Emma, Forever Ago". The story goes that Justin Vernon locked himself off from society for a few months in a cabin Wisconson, and this is what he came up with.

If you're skeptical, just give this song a listen. I would've thought the same thing not more than a few months ago. But it has definitely opened my eyes to an entire new spectrum of music.

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