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Considering three of my favorite albums of the past few years have pretty heavy early-Bon Iver influences (Folklore and Evermore by Taylor Swift and When Facing the Thing We Turn Away From by Luke Hemmings) it felt appropriate to choose the bands' first album For Emma, Forever Ago as my album on a "gray November" day (I couldn't pass up an Evermore reference, what can I say).
This album is hauntingly gorgeous and listening to it as a complete work is an immersive experience. If a fire in a cabin in the woods in the winter were an album, this would be it. Grab a cable knit blanket and an old record player and pray for some light rain and then you'd really have the right environment for taking in For Emma, Forever Ago.
Stand-out tracks: "For Emma"
My favorites: "Lump Sum" "Blindsided" "Re: Stacks"
It's hard to describe the individual tracks on this album because they do mostly run together, but in this case, it works beautifully to drop the listener into the indie world created by this collection of songs. Album-opener "Flume" is the most jaunty track (which still isn't saying much), which makes the more melancholy "Lump Sum" all the more impactful. Arguably the most well-known song from this album is "Skinny Love," but it blends right in to the rest of the album, though it does come across as darker than many of the other tracks. "Re: Stacks" is truly a sung poem paired with an acoustic guitar that illustrates the combination of frustration and hope of trying to get back on your feet.
For Emma, Forever Ago has only solidified my realization that I guess I really like indie music now.
AM I OBSESSED?
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