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Bon Iver Is A Grammy Award Winning Folk Band From Eau Claire Wisconsin United States And One Of Justin Vernon's Current And Most Notable Music Projects To Date. The Band Also Consists Of Mike Noyce Sean Carey And Matt MacCaughan. The Name 'Bon Iver' Pronounced "bon Ee-VAIR" Is A Play On The French Phrase 'bon Hiver' Meaning 'good Winter'. Vernon Independently Released Bon Iver's Debut Album For Emma Forever Ago In 2007 Most Of Which Was Recorded During A Four-Month Stay In A Remote Cabin In Wisconsin. While In High School And College Vernon Founded The Indie-Rock Bands Mount Vernon And DeYarmond Edison In Eau Claire Wisconsin Where He Still Resides. According To The For Emma Songfacts After The Break-Up Of De Yarmond Edison Vernon Retreated To His Father's Log Cabin Out In The Woods Of North-East Wisconsin To Hibernate For Three Snowy Months. There He Collected His Thoughts And Formulated Them Into A Suite Of Songs For Emma Forever Ago . The Album Was Originally Self-Released In Late 2007 In A Run Of 500 Copies And Sold Out Instantly. The Album Garnered Critical Acclaim And Was Picked Up By The Indie-Rock Label Jagjaguwar Which Gave The Album A Proper Release On February 19th 2008. The Album Was Released In The UK And Europe By Iconic Indie 4AD On May 12 2008. When Released In The UK For Emma Forever Ago Received 5/5 And "Album Of The Month" Reviews In Both MOJO And Uncut Magazines. It Is Currently The Third Highest Rated Album Of 2008 On Review-Aggregator Site Metacritic With Accolades From Publications Including The Village Voice The Hartford Courant And The A.V. Club. The Group's Second Album Bon Iver Bon Iver Was Released On June 17 2011 To Universal Acclaim. It Was Named By Pitchfork Media As The Best Album Of 2011 On Their Annual List. At The 2012 Grammys The Album Won Best Alternative Album And The Group Was Awarded Best New Artist Despite Having Debuted In 2007. Www.Boniver.Org
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The Horn-Filled Opening Track From Indie Folk Band Bon Iver's Eponymous Second Album Commemorates The Australian City Of Perth. According To The Band's Founder Justin Vernon The Song Was Inspired By A "rejuvenating Experience" He Had While The Band Were On Tour There. Bon Iver Consists Of 10 Songs Each Of Them Named After Or Describing A Place. Vernon Explained To UK Newspaper The Guardian "We Have These Intense Relationships With Our Places And That's Loosely What The Record Is Draped Over " He Said. Vernon Then Explained That Not All Of The Places Are Geographical Locations So Much As Sentiments Or States Of Being. "I Could Go On And On And On About How We Use The Word 'place' In So Many Different Ways " He Said. "About How Somebody Might Ask You 'Where You At?' And They're Not Asking Where Are You Sitting Where Are You Living They're Asking 'How Are You Doing?'"
Vernon Sees The Album As One Coherent Piece With "Perth" Representing The Beginning Or Birth And "Beth/Rest" The Ending Or Death. Justin Vernon Wrote This Song After Director Matt Amato Learnt Of The Death Of His Best Friend Actor Heath Ledger While He Was Shooting A Video At Vernon's Parents' House. Vernon Told Rolling Stone "So I've Got This Guy Matt Amato In My House Whose Best Friend Heath Ledger Just Passed Away. He's Sobbing In My Arms. He Can't Go Back To L.A. Because The House Is Under Siege. Michelle Williams Is Calling My Parents' Phone. All This Stuff." Vernon Added To Clash Music "And His Best Friend Was From Perth. It Just Sort Of Became The Beginning Of The Record. And Perth Has Such A Feeling Of Isolation And Also It Rhymes With Birth And Every Song I Ended Up Making After That Just Sort Of Drifted Towards That Theme Tying Themselves To Places And Trying To Explain What Places Are And What Places Aren't." Vernon Told Q Magazine This Was The Last Track Completed For Bon Iver Delaying The Album Mastering By An Extra Fortnight In Order To Make It Perfect. The Night He Recorded The Final Vocal Alone In His Studio Listened To The Playback Broke Down And Sobbed.
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Bon Iver Is A Grammy Award Winning Folk Band From Eau Claire Wisconsin United States And One Of Justin Vernon's Current And Most Notable Music Projects To Date. The Band Also Consists Of Mike Noyce Sean Carey And Matt MacCaughan. The Name 'Bon Iver' Pronounced "bon Ee-VAIR" Is A Play On The French Phrase 'bon Hiver' Meaning 'good Winter'. Vernon Independently Released Bon Iver's Debut Album For Emma Forever Ago In 2007 Most Of Which Was Recorded During A Four-Month Stay In A Remote Cabin In Wisconsin. While In High School And College Vernon Founded The Indie-Rock Bands Mount Vernon And DeYarmond Edison In Eau Claire Wisconsin Where He Still Resides. According To The For Emma Songfacts After The Break-Up Of De Yarmond Edison Vernon Retreated To His Father's Log Cabin Out In The Woods Of North-East Wisconsin To Hibernate For Three Snowy Months. There He Collected His Thoughts And Formulated Them Into A Suite Of Songs For Emma Forever Ago . The Album Was Originally Self-Released In Late 2007 In A Run Of 500 Copies And Sold Out Instantly. The Album Garnered Critical Acclaim And Was Picked Up By The Indie-Rock Label Jagjaguwar Which Gave The Album A Proper Release On February 19th 2008. The Album Was Released In The UK And Europe By Iconic Indie 4AD On May 12 2008. When Released In The UK For Emma Forever Ago Received 5/5 And "Album Of The Month" Reviews In Both MOJO And Uncut Magazines. It Is Currently The Third Highest Rated Album Of 2008 On Review-Aggregator Site Metacritic With Accolades From Publications Including The Village Voice The Hartford Courant And The A.V. Club. The Group's Second Album Bon Iver Bon Iver Was Released On June 17 2011 To Universal Acclaim. It Was Named By Pitchfork Media As The Best Album Of 2011 On Their Annual List. At The 2012 Grammys The Album Won Best Alternative Album And The Group Was Awarded Best New Artist Despite Having Debuted In 2007. Www.Boniver.Org read less
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The horn-filled opening track from indie folk band Bon Iver's eponymous second album commemorates the Australian city of Perth. According to the band's founder, Justin Vernon, the song was inspired by a "rejuvenating experience" he had while the band were on tour there.
Bon Iver consists of 10 songs, each of them named after or describing a place. Vernon explained to UK newspaper The Guardian: "We have these intense relationships with our places, and that's loosely what the record is draped over," he said. Vernon then explained that not all of the places are geographical locations so much as sentiments or states of being. "I could go on and on and on about how we use the word 'place' in so many different ways," he said. "About how somebody might ask you 'Where you at?' And they're not asking where are you sitting, where are you living, they're asking: 'How are you doing?'"
Vernon sees the album as one coherent piece, with "Perth" representing the beginning or birth and "Beth/Rest" the ending or death.
Justin Vernon wrote this song after director, Matt Amato, learnt of the death of his best friend, actor Heath Ledger, while he was shooting a video at Vernon's parents' house. Vernon told Rolling Stone: "So I've got this guy [Matt Amato] in my house whose best friend [Heath Ledger] just passed away. He's sobbing in my arms. He can't go back to L.A. because the house is under siege. Michelle Williams is calling my parents' phone. All this stuff." Vernon added to Clash Music: "And his best friend was from Perth. It just sort of became the beginning of the record. And Perth has such a feeling of isolation, and also it rhymes with birth, and every song I ended up making after that just sort of drifted towards that theme, tying themselves to places and trying to explain what places are and what places aren't."
Vernon told Q magazine this was the last track completed for Bon Iver, delaying the album mastering by an extra fortnight in order to make it perfect. The night he recorded the final vocal alone in his studio, listened to the playback, broke down and sobbed. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.