Bon Iver: Daytrotter Session recorded Jul 21, 2008. Play Add to QueueshareShare Download (members only)favoriteAdd to My Favorites Tracks 1 Welcome to Daytrotter2 Flume3 Lump Sum4 Re Stacks5 Creature Fear.
Album Reviews: Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago. The biographical details behind the creation of an album shouldn't matter when it comes to a listener's enjoyment, but For Emma, Forever Ago, Justin Vernon's debut as Bon Iver, exudes such a strong sense of loneliness and remoteness that you might infer some tragedy behind it.
So, to skirt the rumor mill, here are the particulars, as much or as little as they might apply: In 2005, Vernon's former band DeYarmond Edison moved from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to North Carolina. As the band developed and matured in its new home, the members' artistic interests diverged and eventually the group disbanded. While his bandmates formed Megafaun, Vernon-- who had worked with the Rosebuds and Ticonderoga-- returned to Wisconsin, where he sequestered himself in a remote cabin for four snowy months. During that time, he wrote and recorded most of the songs that would eventually become For Emma, Forever Ago. For Emma isn't a wholly ascetic project, though.
Bon Iver.