[kj] Bon Iver

Mark Kolmar mkolmar at gmail.com
Thu Jun 26 20:08:24 EDT 2008


Bon Iver is not this-listy by any stretch, but indeed a beautiful and
moving record. I was intrigued on reading about it, and leery after
one review referenced early Bee Gees, in terms of the vocal harmonies.
So I confess I downloaded first, and was sold. It even made me a bit
weepy. Bee Gees really misses the point, notwithstanding the
multi-part harmony and use of falsetto voice. It has more in common
with Nick Drake and maybe Red House Painters, with a kind of enigmatic
but directly emotional appeal.

--Mark

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Mike Cooper
<mike at coopersurf.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Any fellow Gatherers got the Bon Iver album? It I have to say if you like

> solo artists is pretty brilliant. A real beautiful album and very

> spiritual.

>

> Jo Whilley had played him a few times and caught him on Jools Holland and

> that was enough.

>

> Wonder if he will hide in a log cabin for 3 months for the next one!



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