Bon La Bon

I'm a firm believer of music being just as rich as the soil on which we plonk our feet. I know I go on and on about music and it's underestimated sense of profoundness and all that jazz, but it is only because music is one of the 3 true loves of my life.


The day that I took a break from music was the day I lost a sense of self. It was all until I heard "Blood Bank" by Bon Iver, that I was pulled back into this realm of excessive bliss. Granted I first heard it a year after its inception, however it doesn't change how it made me feel.


Ever since then I've viewed Justin Vernon, the lead singer of Bon Iver, as a lyrical genius and dub him "He who emerged from ground" because of his immense soulful quality. His earlier work goes so far as to emphasize it, especially "Skinny Love", my absolute favourite, which was recorded in a cabin. Little things like that mean the world to me.


"Flume", "Lump Sum" and "For Emma" all remind me of "Into the Wild" for some odd reason. Perhaps because I affiliate them with Christopher McCandless aka Alexander Supertramp and his "Alaskan Odyssey" (very off topic I know).


Simply put, he's friggin' awesome.

Kina Grannis singing Blood Bank (just because I love this cover)

Skinny Love - Bon Iver