Footprints of "Blood Bank" and "Emma" can be found here on "Michicant" and "Hinnom, TX." But "Bon Iver" comes with a noticeable influence from the time Vernon spent collaborating with Kanye. Then Vernon spent three weeks with Kanye West working on 10 songs that would go toward West's magnum opus, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy." Bon Iver's "Woods" would even be the main sample for that album's epic closer, "Lost in the World." Each song on "Bon Iver" crafts an ambient atmosphere both individualistic and homogeneous to the album's greater arc.
Using quicker, shorter steps, it covered much of the same ground - without excess baggage. In many ways "Blood Bank" was an artistic advancement. If "Emma" was the bitter cold of a blizzard, follow-up EP "Blood Bank" captured the warmth of a cabin fire. The album's romantic backstory, coupled with its innovative minimalism, made it incredibly popular throughout indie circles, eventually garnering low spots on many "best of the 2000s" lists. He struck critical gold with 2008's "For Emma, Forever Ago," a sparse and haunting LP recorded in a freezing backwoods cabin following a breakup with someone presumably named Emma. It's been a busy and fruitful three years for Vernon. And it's as close to perfection as you can get before being burned. It's not just a step forward, but a mad dash on the back of a Scud missile.
Because Bon Iver's long-awaited sophomore album isn't just 10 songs with atmosphere, it's a vacation in the stratosphere.
Those albums we could consider "great." But what do you classify something better than that? For that you'll have to ask Justin Vernon. They become the touchstone triggers of our nostalgia, leading our memories down the paths of our past and present. A particular road trip, adventure or vacation. A particular Occasionally, an album comes along and grows into the soundtrack of a specific time and place. Occasionally, an album comes along and grows into the soundtrack of a specific time and place.
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