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For Emma, Forever Ago Reviews
I love this CD so much, my boyfriend introduced me to it and it is so soothing. There is not one song that I do not love.
While nowhere near as grand in scope, there are moments on this disc that bring to mind Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden. My title pretty much sums this album up.it sounds like a cross between Mark Hollis' voice (Talk Talk)and the music of Iron and Wine. And that, my friends, is a very good thing indeed. Very nice mixture indeed.Perhaps, just a slight bit more experimentation than Iron and Wine, a synth wash here and an odd, distant pulsing sound there, but overall, a very nice, introspective album that fans of acoustic-based, experimental-folk music should appreciate.
It really is so painful and beautiful and so incredibly personal that it leaves me wondering how Vernon can sing the songs live without weeping. Even more beautiful live, I didn't want to leave and now when I listen to the album on headphones I am transported back to that evening. I had heard so much about this album before my boyfriend gave it to me to put on my ipod and listen to as he had gotten us tickets to go and see the live version, and this always puts me off - hence I wasn't expecting to love it but basically the reviews which are raving it are all 100% true. Thank you is all I want to say to Justin Vernon, thank you so much for sharing this music At the gig, he got everyone to sing "what might have been lost" over and over as a 'backing track', which he conducted to reach an amazing crescendo - I was moved to tears.
"Flume" and "Skinny Love" are my personal favorites but this is one of those albums where you dont really want to skip and you can listen to over and over. I am absolutely in love with this album and yes, it is past the lust stage. You will thank yourself for checking this out. I simply can not stop listening to this album.
It sounded like some weird combination of mumbling and whining. I wasn't able to understand Bon Iver's lyrics because of the way he shuffled the words together. I bought the album off of the strength of the other reviews, since I've had good luck with that practice in the past. I regret this purchase, though. I have to agree with the guy, and his wife, who said this album had an annoying sound.
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