Guide Note
Bon Iver is Folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon's stage name.
Fast Facts
- Name: Justin Vernon
- Genre: Folk
- Origin: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
- Active: 2007-Present
- Albums: 1
- Label: Jagjaguwar
- The name is French for good winter
Career
Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, was self-released in 2007. In 2008 he signed on to the Jagjaguwar label, and the company re-released his debut record that year.
Studio Albums
Review Quotes
- "Vernon gives a soulful performance full of intuitive swells and fades, his phrasing and pronunciation making his voice as much a purely sonic instrument as his guitar." -Pitchfork
- "The album evocatively conjures the loneliness of a long northern winter, placing Vernon's lovely songs in a distant, blurred vacuum of physical and emotional isolation. " -Onion A.V. Club
- "Equal parts awe and nostalgia, hearing Vernon's muted strums and granular falsetto fade like spun sugar into breath vapor is like seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time." -Village Voice
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