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Best album I ever heard


If I have to choose one album that I consider relatable, beautiful and extremely interesting for the history behind and itself I will choose  one called ‘’For Emma, Forever Ago’’ by the indie folk band called Bon Iver. I want to make clear that I said band,  but really, is just Justin Vernon (the vocalist) who create the whole thing, and the other people just play with him in the shows, as a ‘’band’’.

In 2006, Justin Vernon moved to a remote cottage of his father in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin when the winter starts. After the breakup of his long time band and also with his girlfriend, he got sick of mononucleosis, he wanted to escape from every human being and surrounded himself with quiet and space. He lived there alone for three months.

In that time of isolation he discover a new voice, literally, he starts to sing in falsetto, and he began to improvise with his guitar to finally record the whole album by himself.

This album make me feel so many things and it came to my life when I was 14 years and I still listen to it. Makes me feel calm, like freezing, like if I can smell the trees and the snow.

* Related to the meaning of Bon Iver, it is a French term that means ‘’buen invierno’’ in spanish. Taken from a serie that Justin Vernon saw in that cottage called ‘’Dr. Alaska’’.

"Emma is not a person; Emma is a place that you get stuck in; Emma is a pain that you cannot erase''



Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2019 at 5:45 AM

    Oh very interesting Javiera

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  2. SebastianSeptember 10, 2019 at 5:56 AM

    Sounds like an interesting album, I will hear it maybe

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  3. fromtr3spuntosSeptember 10, 2019 at 9:53 AM

    I never heard this band before, maybe i search when i need new music in my playlist.

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