Re-listening to Bon Iver's second album for the first time in a while, and yuppo... super sloppy and pointlessly bombastic without any real form or technique. Can't believe some of the high reviews this thing got. Feels extremely amateurish compared to the debit and 22 million

Wait you're a mod reacting so nonchalantly to this i had no idea. ok I'm glad how obviously unserious it was

You know what that's a perma for pointing that out

Goodbye spyro

Also the people had already spoken and the sentiment was unanimous

I think the charm is literally all you mentioned, sloppy bombastic, without any form etc. While something like 22 Million felt too calculated in trying to match that. At times feeling almost artificial.

For Emma is still come winter

Anyone here watched The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg? Dear god, that was uncomfortable. Prolly the most hilarious and excruciating film I've seen in years. Might even be better than The Hunt. @Fella @Aruji

Which one is his second? For Emma still bangs imo

Lazy admin neglects very simple website fixes. bring back kanye​tothe.com

Bon Iver bon Iver

I like Holocene, don't remember any of the other songs

Lmao

Not sure if I ever listened to a bon iver album more than once

yup it's a great film but I remember thinking it was heavy-handed. I might have to rewatch it. been almost 10 years

brilliant essay by scaruffi. Remarkably insightful

Wtf this is some all time masturbatory nonsense

22 million and For Emma are essential imo

Holy s***

First two lines are more or less fine and I dont see anything too disagreeable about them.

Then dude starts doing 9/11 numerology level s***

Ehh, 22 feels way tighter in execution and isn't over the top with pointless bombast. The records are completely different. 22 is more of a marvel of electronic engineering, really loved what he did with the arrangements on that. Felt like he was adding layers and layers of sound on bon Iver for no reason. Bro worked on MBDTF and thought he could replicate that extravagance

I can understand that. Even though it is completely over-the-top, I think most of the film actually plays out in a very realistic way. The absurdism functions less as exaggeration and more as revelation. I remember thinking "how the hell are they going to end this film?", and luckily it never devolved into melodrama or sentimental resolution. There were a few flaws for sure.