Follow-up to For Emma, Forever Ago was made with a little help from Justin Vernon's friends after he 'forgot how to write songs'
Four years after Bon Iver emerged from a Wisconsin cabin with one of the 2000s' most celebrated records, the forlorn folkie has announced his second album. Featuring pedal-steel, saxophone and a children's choir, the as-yet-untitled disc will be released in June.
It hasn't been an easy process, recording the follow-up to For Emma, Forever Ago. "Somewhere along the line, I forgot how to write songs," Bon Iver's Justin Vernon explained to Rolling Stone. "I couldn't do it anymore with a guitar. It wasn't happening." Whereas his debut was recorded in broken-hearted obscurity, Vernon's critical and commercial success increased the pressure for new Bon Iver material. Instead of sitting alone in a dark room, the singer went into a studio ? and called some friends.
"I brought in a lot of people to change my voice ? not my singing voice, but my role as the author of this band, this project," Vernon said. Although For Emma was mostly a solo affair, Bon Iver has generally toured as a band. For these new songs, Vernon brought in sidemen such as pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leisz, and sax virtuoso Colin Stetson, who has backed Arcade Fire, Beirut and Tom Waits. "I built the record myself, but I allowed those people to come in and change the scene."
Alas (or hurray), Vernon doesn't seem to have rung Kanye West, one of his principal distractions over the last 12 months. Vernon was an unlikely contributor to West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and he has assisted at several of West's recent, epic concerts. In the break between Bon Iver albums, Vernon also released records with the indie groups Volcano Choir and Gayngs. "The whole Gayngs thing has knocked down so many doors for my brain," Vernon admitted last week.
Bon Iver's new album will have 10 tracks, each inspired by a different place. Perth, named after the Australian city, is a "Civil War-sounding heavy metal song" with martial drums, choir and "wailing guitars". Minnesota Wisconsin lays Stetson's bass saxophone over Vernon's finger-picked guitar, and the album closer, Beth/Rest, is "definitely the part where you pick up your joint and relight it".
Bon Iver's last release was the 2009 EP Blood Bank.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/24/bon-iver-second-album
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