The Tunz.
So every now and then I find an album that I like so much that I'm willing to play it constantly, at least while I'm getting to know it. The last ones were probably Alligator and Boxer from The National.
Right now, it's Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago.
I rarely find music when it's new, and this album is a little over a year old. You may already know about Justin Vernon.
From Wiki:
After the breakup of a band, relationship, and bout with sickness (mononucleosis), Vernon left Raleigh and moved back to Wisconsin spending three months alone in his father's cabin in the woods of northern Wisconsin.
Vernon did not intend to write or record any music during the time but rather to recuperate from the events of the previous year. Eventually a record began to evolve during this cathartic time of isolation. He had recently finished helping the band The Rosebuds do some recording and had with him some basic recording gear when he made his move to the cabin.
Vernon played all the instruments during recording and each song was heavily edited with a large number of overdubs. Vernon wrote most of the lyrics for the album by recording a word-less melody and listening to the recording over and over and writing words according to the sound of the syllables of the melody.
Right now, it's Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago.
I rarely find music when it's new, and this album is a little over a year old. You may already know about Justin Vernon.
From Wiki:
After the breakup of a band, relationship, and bout with sickness (mononucleosis), Vernon left Raleigh and moved back to Wisconsin spending three months alone in his father's cabin in the woods of northern Wisconsin.
Vernon did not intend to write or record any music during the time but rather to recuperate from the events of the previous year. Eventually a record began to evolve during this cathartic time of isolation. He had recently finished helping the band The Rosebuds do some recording and had with him some basic recording gear when he made his move to the cabin.
Vernon played all the instruments during recording and each song was heavily edited with a large number of overdubs. Vernon wrote most of the lyrics for the album by recording a word-less melody and listening to the recording over and over and writing words according to the sound of the syllables of the melody.
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