Tracklist
1. Flume
2. Lump Sum
3. Skinny Love
4. The Wolves (Act I and II)
5. Blindsided
6. Creature Fear
7. Team
8. For Emma
9. re: Stacks

Review
Well, I should have reviewed this album sooner because it’s one of the best ones of this year. I was already eager to hear this cd after reading Bon Iver’s story on last.fm:

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 (DeYarmond Edison), 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.

You truly feel the cold, desolate landshape around you when you’re listening to the songs. In a soft and gentle way, Justin lets you float along the feelings he expresses. It is as if you’re standing next to him, with your heels deep in the snow and only wilderness around you , contemplating how your life has been up till now.

If I could describe this album with one word, I would say ‘Intimacy’. Listen to this album, and you’ll understand why I’ve fallen in love with it…

My favorite song: 3. Skinny Love, 9. re: Stacks

Similar Artists: Iron and Wine, Great Lake Swimmers

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