‘i,i’
is Bon Iver’s most expansive, joyful and generous album to date. If
‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ was the crisp, heart-strung isolation of a
northern Winter; ‘Bon Iver’ the rise and whirr of burgeoning Spring; and
‘22, A Million’, a blistering, “crazy energy” Summer record, ‘i,i’
completes the cycle: a fall record; Autumn colored, ruminative, steeped.
The autumn of Bon Iver is a celebration of self acceptance and
gratitude, bolstered by community and delivering the bounty of an
infinite American music. The sales and accolades are well-known –
multiple Gold albums, multiple Grammys, chart-topping collaborations and
festival headlines. But even more significantly, with each release Bon
Iver quietly shifts the state of modern music. From the boundaries of
folk, to the rules of autotune, to production work for others, Bon
Iver’s fingerprint finds its way across the mainstream every time.
Vernon has always been a master collaborator, and on ‘i,i’ that desire
becomes maximal, with guests ranging from Moses Sumney and Bruce Hornsby
to Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Here, the music
— and band, and themes, and creative space — are bigger than ever.
1 | Yi |
2 | iMi |
3 | We |
4 | Holyfields |
5 | 5. Hey, Ma |
6 | U (Man Like) |
7 | Naeem |
8 | Jelmore |
9 | Faith |
10 | Marion |
11 | Salem |
12 | Sh'Diah |
13 | RABi |