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DVDfever.co.uk – Bon Iver: Blood Bank EP CD reviewElly Roberts reviews
Jagjaguwar Records
- Released: January 2009
- Rating: 10/10
- Formats: CD/12/Digital download
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Indie folk singers intimate musings brilliant.
In my eyes, or even ears, Bon Iver can do no wrong.
His masterful album For Emma, Forever Ago hit all the right buttons with this reviewer.
Now we get bonus tracks from those chilly recording in Wisconsins outback.
Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) has just made the UK Top 40 singles chart at 37 nestling between Pink (So What) and Rihanna (Rehab). Its a first for Jagjaguwar Records too. Hooray! The album, done in his dads shack with simple gear guitar, piano and vocoder, was dressed-up later.The concept was to catch a solitary reflective time after a lost-love, amidst the snow and time for hunting. The results were remarkable, and so are these album outtakes.
By definition, the sparseness and presentation is captivating and stunningly beautiful especially the piano-led Babys. The ivory tinkling is both haunting and warm, while the ghostly vocals appear to dance.
Woods is voice-tampered, again, catching a special reclusive time declaring, Im building a still to slow down the time.
Ivers best moment is just the man and guitar Beach Baby amazing, oh, and those pedal steel add-ons that melt away the winter snow.
Title track Blood Bank is the most up-beat here, though not the EPs finest moments.
The verdict: Perfection
The full list of tracks included are :
1. Blood Bank
2. Beach Baby
3. Babys
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Elly Roberts passed away in 2011, but he was a man who was so passionate about all types of music and loved meeting his musical heroes, such as Mick Hucknall at a book signing at the Trafford Centre, Manchester in 2007.
A former teacher and also a music journalist, DJ and radio presenter on local community station Calon FM, plus appearances on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 2, Elly started doing reviews for DVDfever.co.uk in 2004 and he did the majority of the CD and concerts reviews on the website.
I know also that he loved getting away for the summer to Spain and I hope that wherever he is now he is enjoying the hot sunshine and, as one of his friends has said on his Facebook page, that he is interviewing his musical heroes.