Tracks:
1. Flume
2. Lump Sum
3. Skinny Love
4. The Wolves (Act I And II)
5. Blindsided
6. Creature Fear
7. Team
8. For Emma
9. Re: Stacks
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I've been talking with some friends about Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, an album that For Emma, Forever Ago has a lot in common with. Both are raw ruminations that weren't intended to be heard in their current forms but you can't really imagine them any other way. FEFA is less character-driven and more insular. There's nowhere to go but inward. Its homespun, desolate landscapes and falsetto choirs are of another world., verging on the spiritual without meaningfully touching on anything divine--certainly not to the degree of Justin Vernon's later work. It's the kind of album that I can't quite revisit as much; it's inextricably tied to a much younger, more vulnerable version of myself that I don't relate to anymore, in part because FEFA helped me work through so much. Yet, it exists for as a timeless object that can speak to our loneliest moments. For that, I will always cherish this album.
Ahhh, the long-play recorded somewhere in the woods. Alone in a cabin. And it makes great sense, since the album has an unmistakable character of resigned loneliness and sentimental sorrow - and sincere hope, after all. The instrumentation is not to be overlooked (it’s simple but flawless), however the record is worn from start to finish by Vernon's bright, splendid soul-modeled vocal and simple running guitar game. This is just wanna those albums, that once it plays, everything flows. A pile of chills are being send down my spine with Flume, one of the most touching, and emotionally compelling openers ever to an album. The song Wolves brings thoughts over to Beatles’ Long x3, with the intensity turned up a bit, and length extended. Underrated Lump Sum has a fingerpicked guitar that I find very captivating (just like a cabin). As well as the short-but-sweet Team. Skinny Love, we all know is just dynamic and thoughtfully adorning. 4EFA is such a nice and even irresistible album. Every song doesn't seem out of place, 'cause the melodies and themes are chosen for the right instrumentals. I love the metaphors, the lack of irony, and perspectives here…when I can hear it. But that’s perfectly ‘cool’; you don’t have to understand what soulful Vernon is singing, for you to connect with it, at least emotionally. More is not needed at all, when that the melodies, the presence and the arrangements r so alluring and sadly insistent, s is the case here. For Emma Forever Ago is a miraculous statement in distancing yourself from the outside community/world, reflecting what really brought you here, getting inner peace, and finding you, embrace your isolation to deal with it. This album lets you know that it’s okay to be lonely - it’s human to be lonely - it’ll be your company.
What a winsome album. WHAT a winsome album. All I need. _________________ My Top 100 :
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Bon Iver's (Justine Vernon) debut album still remains my favourite.
Interesting to read about the writing and recording of this album. It remains one of my favourite lo-fi (hope I'm using that description correctly but I assume you know what I mean) albums of the last 20 years.
Not an easy listen for the most part and I like a previous contributors reference to Springsteen's Nebraska. Makes sense.
I haven't listened to this in quite a while and this has prompted me to take it out for a long overdue spin
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