The Blessed, Cursed Life of Bon Iver - The New York Times
Jon Pareles
Vernon wrote and recorded it after the breakup of both his longtime band and a relationship, in his father’s chilly hunting cabin in Wisconsin during the winter of and it was full of pensive ballads with translucent layers of guitars and vocals.
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