BON IVER - For Emma, Forever AgoRating *****
IT’S being hailed as one of the albums of the year and it comes with a story
to match.
When Justin Vernon’s band split up he took off to his father’s log cabin in
the freezing winter wilderness of northern Wisconsin.
He took a few instruments and minimal recording paraphernalia. He lived on
deer meat. He got bloody cold. He returned with a masterpiece.
His songs are performed in a haunting falsetto that evokes his desolate
surroundings and summons his feelings for a first love long lost, hence
album title For Emma, Forever Ago.
Emma ... the first love he never got
Justin took the name Bon Iver (derived from
