Archive for January, 2012

07 ‘Team’ – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008) – Bon Iver

  • long ending: holding chord, bass line solo, snr/kik on beat, distorted elc gtr, bvs, whistling doubled
  • snr doubled loosely; phasing? delayed to drift in and out of time?

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. snr doubled loosely; phasing? delayed to drift in and out of time?
  2. whistling, doubled

06 ‘Creature Fear’ – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008) – Bon Iver

  • vox harmonies, wordless, verbed
  • gtr and brushed percussion join
  • full vox verse – some slipping into falsetto
  • melody line doubled by ac gtr
  • chorus: ‘So many foreign worlds
    So relatively fucked
    So ready for us
    So ready for us’
    bass, ac gtr, snr on beat and harmonised falsetto vox
  • ends suddenly – sort of – remainder is labelled a new track
    next track continues performances, and harmonic content

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. begin with vox harmonies, wordless, verbed
  2. ends suddenly – sort of – remainder is labelled a new track
    next track continues performances, and harmonic content

05 ‘Blindsided’ – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008) – Bon Iver

  • keys or vox or sustained gtr chords cut in & backwards notes
  • ac gtr strums (2 strings) on beat, with kik
  • vox enter, doubled falsetto
  • 2nd verse: drums join (kik snr only)
  • vox: doubled and 2 part harmony
  • middle: ‘would you really rush out’
    strum/beat stops
  • call & response: ‘for me now’
  • ends with loops of backwards notes and plinky gtr

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. loops of backwards notes and plinky gtr; start and end
  2. middle: ‘would you really rush out’
    strum/beat stops
    call & response: ‘for me now’

04 ‘The Wolves (Act I and II) – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008) – Bon Iver

  • knocking gtr sounds
  • single strums, on chord changes
  • vox falsetto harmonies
  • background sirens
  • chorus: 2nd gtr strums on beat
    ‘what might have been lost’
    complex overlap of 2 lines of melody/vox
  • chaotic drums at the end – like fireworks
  • act II: coda, refrain of song start

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. single gtr strums, on chord changes, on beat for chorus
  2. ‘what might have been lost’
    ‘don’t bother me’
    complex overlap of 2 lines of melody/vox

03 ‘Skinny Love’ – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008) – Bon Iver

  • ac gtr, doubled – sounds kinda distant
  • vox, doubled – switching from falsetto and full voice
  • hand claps and minimal percussion (ie kik)
  • ends with plinky gtr afterthoughts

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. double every part
  2. vox – switching from falsetto and full voice
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