Bon Iver

I first listened to Bon Iver's "For Emma, Forever Ago" back in 9th grade. I didn't get much out of it, as I listened to it only for its most well known track "Skinny Love" I liked the song but eventually grew tired of it and moved on. I recently spontaneously decided to give it another try. I was blown away. I was amazed by Justin Vernon's amazing use of harmony. Throughout the entire album most of the falsetto vocals are double or even triple tracked, giving the album an incredible choral fullness in sound. Justin Vernon seems to take old cliche acoustic chord progressions an give them brand new life and melody. The circumstances in which the album was recorded is just as legendary in the indie folk world as the music itself. After ending a very long relationship with his girlfriend and suffering from "Mono". He decided to seclude himself in a cabin in the woods of Wisconsin for the winter to "hibernate". He created For Emma there with his guitar, a few microphones and some old recording equipment. This backdrop for the album make the music even more impacting and set the stage for an even more powerful listening experience.