Bon Iver - 22, A Million (September 30, 2016) Album • Page 26

I don't know what I would do if I couldnt trust my own take on an album or if my first reaction was to absolutely hate all albums. That's also crazy to me.

 

Compared with BiBi, I think this album lacks the immediate appeal of songs like "Perth," "Holocene," and "Beth/Rest." Those songs just grabbed me right away, first time I heard them.

 

riff in Perth is a perfect riff

 

Really wish this would leak in hq

How different were the live versions to the album?

 

33 god was as immediate for me as anything hes ever written

 

I love 22 Over Soon but there are some choices he made on that song that I don't like and that keeps it out of top tier BI songs for me.

 

Cool read

Justin Vernon shares the stories behind Bon Iver’s new album ’22, A Million’

 

Maybe it's just me, but I have literally no inclination to watch/listen to the festival set. Same goes for when any band debuts songs live. Or when anything leaks in low quality. I'm more than happy to wait and hear it in HQ as it deserves to be heard.

 

I usually feel the same but the live set download is actually very very good. Usually I dodge low quality leaks unless I really want to hear it, which I did with this.

 

I'm super weird, and can't remember the last time I felt pre-release hype. Like, I love and fan over great albums when I get them still, I'm just pretty indifferent about a project until it's out.

 

I'm like this. There's so much good music being released every week that I can be listening to, that I'm never so desperate to hear anything that badly that I would go to the effort of downloading a low quality leak.

 

So far my favorites are "29 #Strafford APTS" and "8 (circle)".

 

Yep. It's my favorite moment on the record to. You're very right about how strong it comes back in after crackling pan trick or whatever you want to call it. I think it's fucking brilliant.

"hold a note you wrote, I know you've buried all your alimony butterflies"

 

I'm so excited to hear the future live versions of all of these songs. I'd particularly love to hear CREEKS and GOD in a piano only style like the 4AD sessions. Which is quite possibly my favorite live performance of all time.

 

man. this album is so good. took me 4 listens through then it clicked. i wasn't a fan of the second album and i'm a huge fan of the first. this one may be almost as good as for emma

 

blown away by this every single time

 

everything he does is awesome, he's awesome, this will continue that streak

 

UK tour in Jan/Feb

Bon Iver Announce 2017 Tour | Pitchfork

 

Prettymuch my exact feelings. I quite like the new direction he's taken, but it makes for an album that tends to blur together at points. The final 5, 6 tracks, they all sounded nice but I didn't even notice when a new song started.

 

i think the new one is super immediate. songs like creeks, god, 666, circle, were all instantly memorable to me.

 

To me, that is more of a strength than a weakness. The last 4 tracks definitely run together a bit but it feels intentional, like each one adds to all the others when listened to in sequence. Gives the album more of a cohesive feel.

 

but 8 (circle) doesn't blend together with anything. sure the transition from moon water to it blends but the actual song is probably the biggest standout on the album. i have those verses running through my head all the time.

 

UK and Europe tour that doesn't come to Ireland

 

thought about you when i saw the dates. sorry!

 

It happens so often it doesn't even register much now.