Check out Bon Iver aka Justin Vernon's project. Last year he released an incredible album, For Emma, Forever Ago. I must say it is quite amazing. The album is just spectacular, when you listen to it it feels like you're listening to explosions of emotions put into song. The entire album is filled with such beautiful tenderness and sorrow. I really don't know how else to explain it. This is what music should be like.
You can find this through his Myspace page:
"it wasn't planned. The goal was to hibernate.
Justin Vernon moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter. Tailing from the swirling breakup of his long time band, he escaped to the property and surrounded himself with simple work, quiet, and space. He lived there alone for three months, filling his days with wood splitting and other chores around the land. This special time slowly began feeding a bold, uninhibited new musical focus.
This slowly evolved into days filled with twelve-hour recording blocks, breaking only for trips on the tractor into the pines to saw and haul firewood, or for frozen sunrises high up a deer stand. All of his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss and guilt that had been stock piled over the course of the past six years, was suddenly purged into the form of song. The end result is , For Emma, Forever Ago, a nine-song album comprised of what's been dubbed a striking debut by critics and fans alike. "
I think it's especially beautiful because a lot of us can relate to the need to hibernate after a failed relationship and all the feelings one feels when you're at that stage.
*Also be sure to check out Blood Bank, his latest work; equally incredible. The only downside, it features only 4 songs.
Myspace.com/boniver
Official Website
Blood Bank
Skinny Love
