The latest from Volcano Choir, a team effort between Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and the members of Collections of Colonies of Bees, is even more layered and more rewarding than their first record, Unmap. Beginning with the hauntingly beautiful Holocene-ish fingerpicking of “Tiderays,” the album certainly channels previous efforts of those involved–the poetic lyrics, the heartbreaking falsetto, pounding bass, blaring guitars–but it really carves out its own place in post-rock history somewhere near the climax of “Byegone” and doesn’t relinquish it until the final triumphant moments of “Almanac.”

1. Volcano
Choir’s
Repave
Review
by
Justin
Perich
October
9,
2013
Repave
-­‐
The
latest
from
Volcano
Choir,
a
team
effort
between
Bon
Iver’s
Justin
Vernon
and
the
members
of
Collections
of
Colonies
of
Bees,
is
even
more
layered
and
more
rewarding
than
their
first
record,
Unmap.
Beginning
with
the
hauntingly
beautiful
Holocene-­‐ish
fingerpicking
of
“Tiderays,”
the
album
certainly
channels
previous
efforts
of
those
involved–the
poetic
lyrics,
the
heartbreaking
falsetto,
pounding
bass,
blaring
guitars–but
it
really
carves
out
its
own
place
in
post-­‐rock
history
somewhere
near
the
climax
of
“Byegone”
and
doesn’t
relinquish
it
until
the
final
triumphant
moments
of
“Almanac.”
5/5
stars.