Album Rating: 5.0

2011 has had heaps and heaps of fantastic albums but no 5's yet (for me)which makes me sad

Not even 4.5's except for Scurrilous which was a 4.5 on principle.

Album Rating: 5.0

Have you heard England Keep My Bones?

A 3.5, possibly a 4 if I still enjoy it a month from now.

You don't share my setiments? You gave this a 4/5 :S

Album Rating: 4.0

thought it was boring after first listen, don`t understand what i was thinking know. might be my favorite record of the year. perth is so perfect, as is holocene, and not a single mediocore song on this, my goodness i have to give for emma another listen too

Album Rating: 3.0

Damn good review.

So excited to listen to this. =)

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www.downloadthealbumalready.com

I don't download music. =/
I just get hyped; then buy it, so every album is special. =)

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i download, then buy if i like. its a win win

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ny times wrote an article on vernon: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/magazine/who-what-and-where-is-bon-iver.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=magazine



on the lyrics:



The subject matter, as ever, is vague: “There’s finding love, not needing love, and then there’s sleeping with your buddy’s girlfriend,” Vernon said. Not that you’d ever be able to guess that from listening to the lyrics. The songs revolve around the melodies — big, spectral, swooping things — and the words are secondary to the feelings they evoke. Often when singing, Vernon lands on cryptic words: “acrost,” “melic,” “noachide” and so forth. The meaning is in the melody, the texture, the implication. “I’m not really asking you to hear what I’m saying too much,” he said, “because I would have spoken the words harder.”



His solution was to create songs “so unspecific that I’m not actually going to use words that have specific meanings.” But that vagueness has the effect of inviting people in ---

Album Rating: 4.5

This album is really really good. It gets better with every listen, too. Straight up beautiful.

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for me its not that the words are vague it's that they're not articulated at all. I'd love

singing along to something instead of feeling like an idiot when I mutter "in the woos at tha do, so

playyy ninin, in the hawwww se faaaare" etc. etc.



not that i need clearly articulated lyrics all the time (looking at my dig, i feel its necessary to

qualify this), but on this album i feel the emotion is too vaguely communicated. like i think its sad

but just give me something to latch on to justin. i know you can make pretty music that sounds

awesome but i know youre capable of dropping in the extra bit of honey to make it classic.

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i can see that. the 'honey' is seldom used but when it does it really grabs me. when it shows up it makes the moment even better because i have to wait to hear a line i like. i liken it to dangling a carrot and never latching on to it for more than a fleeting moment. lines like 'in a mother out a moth' or the 'never gonna break' chorus'. a few songs unfortunately don't dangle the goods, michichant, hinnom and beth/rest. when vernon brings his voice above ground and speaks a coherent word or two, it's special to me.



it's still my favorite record released this year because of the way the album makes me feel--

There are 3 or maybe 4 awesome songs on this, but then the rest all blend together...

Album Rating: 4.5

mothercountry, I totally agree. it's the melody, rhythm, and harmonic texture of the vocals that really matter to me... and there are definitely lines that pop out in a great way. the vocals work perfectly with the music, and--literally sensical or not--the lyrics work. as a whole, it's goddamn beautiful.



i mean, look at Sigur Ros. half of what Jonsi says is gibberish, and it's still some of the most beautiful music you'll ever hear.



and omaha, i think there's more than 4 awesome songs on this. it may be a little front-heavy, but individually, they're all fantastic.

I'll keep listening it because Justin Vernon's the shiz, but as of right now I'm not digging quite a bit of it. I respect him for trying out utilizing more instruments, but it feels like his message doesn't come across quite as nicely because of it

Album Rating: 4.5

There is no standout track like 'skinny love' (in the radio play sense of the word), but everything is there; beautiful, sweeping, heartbreaking and melancholy. He has more than met my anticipations and expectations and i have i put my sticky tape down over the repeat all button..

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i think i'm gonna get the deluxe vinyl bundle. stoked.