Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago. LP Parquet Courts and his stripped-down latest

and his stripped-down latest

size up for looser fit

the conjuring up of a sad

hope and desperation compressed but always a rhythm arises

Prayer for Nil

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago. LP Parquet Courts and his stripped-down latestBon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago. LP I don't think even Justin Vernon himself realised quite exactly what he'd created with his debut album in 2008. For Emma, Forever Ago is not only one of the best records released that year, its absolutely in the conversation for one of the best this century so far. Lush & expansive instrumentation coupled with Vernon's soft but hyper dynamic vocal performances lift this above everything else. A stone cold modern