Thanks to NPR, we’ve got two great albums this week! First up is one of the most highly-anticipated releases of the year: Bon Iver’s Bon Iver. It’s certainly a change in tone from 2008’s For Emma, Forever Ago, featuring a more complicated, textured set of musical arrangements. I’ve been looking forward to this all year, and I encourage you to join me in visiting NPR to hear Bon Iver.
Also, this week, we get to hear another eponymous album: Marissa Nadler’s kickstarter-funder Marissa Nadler. Marissa is definitely one of the most exciting artists to come out of Boston in a while – drawing comparisons to Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, and Kate Bush (how’s that for a mix?) – I encourage you to have a listen here.
I love Bon Iver’s Bon Iver! Although it’s more complicated and richer I can still hear hints of For Emma like his trademarked spacious sound. It’s cool atmospheric style makes for a great listen on a warm summer evening.
I’m really enjoying it, too! I agree that it seems so much more nuanced… but in all the right ways. And it actually does pair up wonderfully with Marissa Nadler’s latest. 🙂