2. I would like my artist to be similar to Bon Iver, Bon
Iver is an American indie folk band founded in
2007 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. Vernon
released Bon Iver's debut album. The indie folk
style really relates to the style of my magazine and
their appearance links to the look and aesthetic of
my magazine. They are quite well known indie
bands who have a large fan base but they also
produce very unique music.
3. Justin Vernon moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter. Tailing from the swirling breakup of his
long time band, he escaped to the property and surrounded himself with simple work, quiet, and space. He lived there alone for three months,
filling his days with wood splitting and other chores around the land. This special time slowly began feeding a bold, uninhibited new musical
focus.
This slowly evolved into days filled with twelve-hour recording blocks, breaking only for trips on the tractor into the pines to saw and haul
firewood, or for frozen sunrises high up a deer stand. All of his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss and guilt that
had been stock piled over the course of the past six years, was suddenly purged into the form of song. The end result is, For Emma, Forever
Ago, a nine-song album comprised of what's been dubbed a striking debut by critics and fans alike.
Bon Iver is a greeting, a celebration and a sentiment. It is a new statement of an artist moving on and establishing the groundwork for a lasting
career. For Emma, Forever Ago is the debut of this lineage of songs. As a whole, the record is entirely cohesive throughout and remains
centered around a particular aesthetic, prompted by the time and place for which it was recorded. Vernon seems to have tested his boundaries
to the utmost, and in doing so has managed to break free form any pre-cursing or finished forms.
For Emma's tracks consist of thick layers draped in lush choral walls, with rarely more than an ancient acoustic guitar or the occasional bass
drum providing structure. Vernon sings the majority of the record in falsetto, which painfully expresses the meanings behind its overt, yet
strangely entangled words. This newfound vocal path acts as each song's main character and source of melody.
Despite its complexity, the record was created entirely by Vernon with nothing more than a few microphones and some aged recording
equipment. This homemade aspect shows itself in sections as creaks and accidentals are exposed in the folds of the songs, but is hidden well
by the highly impressive and almost orchestral sound that Vernon managed to produce by his lonesome, within the creaky skeleton of his
father's cabin.
4. "I just knew that what I was doing was extremely
honest. It was all the things I wanted my music to
be.“
“And at once I knew I was not magnificent.”
“I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet,
like, 'Here comes another Bon Iver album!' I just
want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that'll take a
while to figure out.”
5. Bon Iver’s fans often vary in age and gender.
Because his music is very alternative and
follows a few genres, it covers a lot of different
music groups an listeners. Although he has a
mixture of fans most of them support him well.
“Bon Iver Gives Worried Fans a Breath of
Hope, Performs Two New Songs”
6. Bon Iver won the 2012 Grammy Awards for
Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music
Album for their album Bon Iver.
American indie folk band founded in 2007 by
singer-songwriter Justin Vernon.
Release music on Spotify, iTunes,
CD and Vinyl.