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March 5, 2008

New Bon Iver Video - "The Wolves (Act I & II)"

Damn, Justin had so many worthy tracks to choose from when making his first video. "Lump Sum"? "Flume"? "Skinny Love"? Instead it's "The Wolves (Act I & II)" which, as good as it is on record, is extra goosepimply live, with the crowd-chanted "What might have been lost"s and the noisy, stormy-drummed exeunt. And actually it's the perfect choice for a visual introduction to the world of Bon Iver. The clip's imagery is of a kind with For Emma, Forever Ago's new cover and with Justin's QYDJ picture. The backstory of Justin hunkering down in the woods to make this album, the song's "Don't bother me"s, etc. all connect with the video's fires in the snow, like his time writing and burning up in the cold and dead of winter. "The good winter" indeed; it brought us one of our favorite artists. Now go make videos for the rest of the album.

For Emma, Forever Ago is out via Jagjaguwar.

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video was taken down

Posted by: roryfour at 03/05/08 2:51 PM  | Reply
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You can find it here: http://virb.com/boniver/videos/40616

Posted by: C at 03/05/08 3:33 PM  | Reply
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Don't understand the hype with this guy.

Posted by: Greg at 03/05/08 3:57 PM  | Reply
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there are some great tunes on that album. this is not one of them. nice looking video, though.

Posted by: kaleidescope at 03/05/08 5:04 PM  | Reply
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For the BEST version of the video for quality, follow this link:
http://www.wearethemasses.com/musicvideos/boniver_wolves.html

Posted by: jess at 03/05/08 7:25 PM  | Reply
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some great tunes, very true. i like this one pretty well actually. the vocal mix is gorgeous. considering the "production" on this album the whole thing has great mood. i know that doesn't make good songs alone, i'm just saying, it really hangs together well.

Posted by: MinorRockStar at 03/05/08 11:27 PM  | Reply
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shit. this is unreal.

Posted by: pyown at 03/06/08 12:24 PM  | Reply
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Irony alert: The Wolves (Acts I & II) - two song parts in one track. Creature Fear/Team - one song in two tracks.

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