I just heard a new song from Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon's latest project, Volcano Choir (entitled "Island, IS") and it was excellent. Vernon is a rising talent in my eyes (only 28 years) not only vocally, but in the studio as well. The multi-layered vocals introduced on Iver's debut album For Emma, Forever Ago blew me away as something I had never heard before, and he stepped it up to the next level on the track "Woods" from the proceeding Blood Bank EP. Woods starts with a singular voice reciting the song's only verse and then adds a new voice on a different pitch each time the verse is repeated. By the end of the song, the listener cannot help but to become embedded within the "forest" of swirling melodies and intonations. The best part is that the entire song is a capella. Based on the newest track, "Island, IS", Vernon is exploring even more in the studio and I hope that his next album will build upon the experimentation that he started in the first two Bon Iver releases.
I'm thinking about checking out the band Grizzly Bear next - does anyone listen to them/know any of their songs?
New track from Volcano Choir, "Island, IS" - http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Volcano%20Choir%20-%20Island,%20IS.mp3
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