BON IVER - BON IVER (June 2011)
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I thought I would give this record a listen since I had heard so much talk about it in a positive light and hey I love the cover .
Bon Iver is an Indie band from Wisconsin, USA and is led by singer songwriter frontman Justin Vernon. This is the problem....I do not like Vernon's low key strained whiney sounding vocals therefore I cannot endorse the album in my utmost honest opinion !
As I've stated previously if I don't like the vocals then I don't like the album or group ! Makes sense, right ?
The album is all about place names - Perth ( USA/Aus/Scotland/Canada)...I'm not sure. Even a song called Calgary is on here!
I guess the main thing that irritates me about this album is that I can't make out a damn word that Mr. Vernon is singing !!!!...lol. It would be more of an ambient noise vocalese record for me than anything else !
I am usually for the most part uncomfortable for bashing a musician's work since I admire all musicians (I can only muster up a few basic chords on guitar). However this one was totally disappointing for me ...oh well... the cover is cool !
All Music - surprised to see their rating of 2.5/5 !...I guess I'm not the only one ! I'll give it a generous 3/5 because I respect all music makers !!!!
![[Image: 220px-Bon_iver.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Bon_iver.jpg/220px-Bon_iver.jpg)
I thought I would give this record a listen since I had heard so much talk about it in a positive light and hey I love the cover .
Bon Iver is an Indie band from Wisconsin, USA and is led by singer songwriter frontman Justin Vernon. This is the problem....I do not like Vernon's low key strained whiney sounding vocals therefore I cannot endorse the album in my utmost honest opinion !
As I've stated previously if I don't like the vocals then I don't like the album or group ! Makes sense, right ?
The album is all about place names - Perth ( USA/Aus/Scotland/Canada)...I'm not sure. Even a song called Calgary is on here!
I guess the main thing that irritates me about this album is that I can't make out a damn word that Mr. Vernon is singing !!!!...lol. It would be more of an ambient noise vocalese record for me than anything else !
I am usually for the most part uncomfortable for bashing a musician's work since I admire all musicians (I can only muster up a few basic chords on guitar). However this one was totally disappointing for me ...oh well... the cover is cool !
All Music - surprised to see their rating of 2.5/5 !...I guess I'm not the only one ! I'll give it a generous 3/5 because I respect all music makers !!!!
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