Bon Iver - Blood Bank
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Release date: 20 January 2009
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Bon Iver - Blood Bank: Wikipedia Album Entry
On 2009 EP BLOOD BANK, Bon Iver aka Justin Vernon covers territory similar to that of his 2007 debut, EMMA, FOREVER AGO, without repeating himself, and instead builds on the stark sound of that album to achieve a warmer, if not fuzzier, effect. On the brooding title cut, Vernon forgoes a chorus in favor of hushed guitar squalls and the swelling, affecting sentiment of the lyric, which maps out places from which to escape the winter wind and cold. On the peppier "Babys" (half a world away from "Blood Bank" if the lyrics are to be believed), Vernon uses sparse piano to mine the glow of the summer and its possibilities. On "Woods," Vernon uses only his voice to achieve results no less dazzling. If anything, BLOOD BANK benefits from its relatively short playing time: its four songs are so fully realized that they stand best alone.Billboard (p.37) - "What remains from FOR EMMA is a dizzying and ethereal beauty."
Released January 20th, 2009 Blood bank is Bon Iver's first EP, it was released after the band's first album For Emma, Forever Ago .
The Band Explores much more instrumentation than previous works, including a stunning use of a vocoder and multi-track recorder on the song Woods.
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Bon Iver - Blood Bank Lyrics
Bon Iver - Blood Bank Lyrics
Well, I met you at the blood bank
We were looking at the bags
Wondering if any of the colors
Matched any of the names we knew on the tags
Bon Iver - Beach Baby Lyrics
When you're out tell your lucky one
To know that you'll leave
Don't you lock when you're fleeing
I'd like not to hear keys
Bon Iver - Babys Lyrics
Summer comes to multiply, to multiply
Summer comes to multiply, to multiply
And I, I'm the carnival of peace
Bon Iver - Woods Lyrics
I'm up in the woods, I'm down on my mind
I'm building a sill to slow down the time
I'm up in the woods, I'm down on my mind
I'm building a sill to slow down the time
