BON IVER




Wisconsin, USA (2007 – present)
    Bon Iver is an   band, and one of Justin Vernon’s current and most notable music projects to date. The band also consists of Mike Noyce, Sean Carey and Matt MacCaughan.

    The name ‘Bon Iver’ (pronounced “bon ee-VAIR”) is a play on the French phrase ‘bon hiver’ meaning ‘good winter’. Vernon independently released Bon Iver’s debut album 
For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007, most of which was recorded during a four-month stay in a remote cabin in Wisconsin, USA.

    While in high school and college Vernon founded the 
 bands Mount Vernon andDeYarmond Edison in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he still resides. 

    According to the 
For Emma Songfacts, after the break-up of De Yarmond Edison, Vernon retreated to his father’s log cabin, out in the woods of north-east Wisconsin to hibernate for three snowy months. There he collected his thoughts and formulated them into a suite of songs, For Emma, Forever Ago . The album was originally self-released in late 2007 in a run of 500 copies and sold out instantly.

    The album garnered critical acclaim, and was picked up by the indie-rock label 
Jagjaguwar, which gave the album a proper release on February 19th, 2008. The album was released in the UK and Europe by iconic indie 4AD on May 12, 2008.

     When released in the UK, 
For Emma, Forever Ago received 5/5 and “Album of the Month” reviews in both MOJO and Uncut magazines. It is currently the third highest rated album of 2008 on review-aggregator site Metacritic, with accolades from publications including The Village Voice, The Hartford Courant and The A.V. Club.








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