Music Review: Bon Iver reflects, laments and resets on 'SABLE,' a short EP of indie folk
More than five years have passed since Bon Iver's last album, “i, i” was released, so it's fitting that the opening of this new indie folk EP, “SABLE,” arrives like a siren, warning the listener of some intensity ahead.The pitter-patter of the percussion on the first full track, “Things Behind Things Behind Things” precedes a high-pitched cascade of minor-key finger picking. Then frontman Justin Vernon's natural baritone follows with a restless announcement, “I would like the feeling / I would like the feeling / I would like the feeling / Gone.”Emotions and reflections around nature, nostalgia, relationships and religion have long lived at the heart of Bon Iver — first heard on 2007's debut album, “For Emma Forever Ago,” recorded in his father's hunting cabin in the woods of northwestern Wisconsin. Much has changed since then, but for all the Grammy nominations, world tours and features with a wide variety of stars from Bruce Springsteen to Taylor Swift, Vernon has never felt comfortable with his fame or the…
17 Oct 13:28 · iNFOnews.ca