Career
Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, was self-released in 2007 and created while Vernon spent 3-4 months hiding out in his father's Wisconsin cabin. In 2008, he signed a deal with the Jagjaguwar label who re-released the album.
Charity
Vernon created a design for the Yellow Bird Project to help raise money for the women's shelter "Interval House", in Toronto. He also performed a live concert in 2008 to help raise money for the "Bolton Refuge House", another shelter in Wisconsin.Official Site: Bon Ivor T-Shirt designs
Releases
- 2007: For Emma, Forever Ago
- 2009: Blood Bank EP
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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