casts those songs—and the Bon Iver project as a whole—in a new light SABLE is carried over whole to serve as the prologue three uniformly deep-blue songs introducing an album of kaleidoscopic color What follows on fABLE is joyful and immediate as Vernon rhapsodizes about rebirth and romance in ways that would have seemed impossible even a few months ago It is a genuinely surprising pop and soul record from an artist who has spent half a lifetime searching for new modes of expression as though he’s purging some ecstasy he’s kept at bay for years Vernon has been orbiting the word “fable” in his lyrics for years though it’s always had a negative connotation as though the mythic was something to be rejected or fought off he implored whoever was at the other end of the song to “say nothing of my fable” before rounding back on himself: “I’m standing in your street now and I carry his guitar.” There was the sense that Bon Iver’s foundational story that journey into the frozen nowhere to make For Emma had been repeated so many times that Vernon couldn’t identify with the protagonist anymore Here, on “Awards Season,” the last track of the prologue, he plays the fable off against the “sable”—deepest black, dressed for mourning. He absorbs it as an identity: “I’m a sable/And honey, us the fable.” He is the abyss. In an interview with The New Yorker shortly before the EP’s release he said that adopting sable as an identity in that line was a way of questioning whether his heartbreak was self-inflicted Perhaps he had been “pressing the bruise[...] steering this ship into the rocks over and over again.” His pain brought him two Grammy Awards and the admiration of some of the world’s biggest pop stars carried skyward on a hallucinatory pedal steel and a sweep of violins with Vernon singing in disbelieving reverie: “Damn if I’m not climbing up a tree right now.” There are sounds and ideas on fABLE that Vernon has toyed with in the past, but here they are followed to their extremes. There was shimmer and shine to his pop-leaning collaborations with Francis and the Lights but they produced nothing as pretty as the unabashed hymnic love song “Walk Home.” Bon Iver may have found grandeur in diamond-cut CD-era production but “If Only I Could Wait,” a gorgeously melodramatic ’90s R&B-pop ballad featuring Danielle Haim is sleeker by half than anything else in his catalog It’s a brief pause in the bliss and it never quite resolves language breaks down: “Not for the freight/I’ll best alone/In high ways.” But it’s still a search for communion All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Justin Vernon found he couldn’t leave the house Then a new relationship changed his concept of love His radiant new album shares the revelations Justin Vernon would rather not be doing any of this. Releasing a new Bon Iver album “I don’t need to do this any more,” he says that I’m going to do something I haven’t been comfortable with to put them out.” As soon as Vernon hit the public eye in 2008 he started pulling away from its obsessive glare – and from the caricature of him as the lonely woodsman who made his era-defining debut in a hunting cabin in his native Wisconsin Kanye West and Taylor Swift wanted to collaborate But anxious from the demands to flay himself for entertainment which only created more distorting attention As Vernon puts out his first album in six years he knows better than to make such declarations though he “might peace out” after releasing Sable If he is going to give these pivotal songs a chance the colour of life – T-shirt bearing the image of a giant salmon “I’m not gonna hide my face any more,” he says It’s why the 43-year-old songwriter is sitting cross-legged on my sofa in north London in mid-March He’s kicked off his “footies” – hand-sprayed in salmon – freeing the ankle he recently sprained playing basketball Wearing a blue hoodie advertising a hometown brewery he relays the dark and light of his past half-decade with dude-ish enthusiasm and ease Bon Iver performs during Lollapalooza 2009 in Chicago Photograph: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesSable Fable documents a period when what had felt like irrevocable darkness became light The Sable part arrived as a three-track EP last autumn: lovely straightforwardly sad songs about hitting a wall “I wanted to try to be basic,” says Vernon as new love enters his life: “You can be remade,” he sings The revelation invites the radiantly funky secular gospel of nine infatuated songs that make up the remaining Fable part of the album The lyrics have strikingly simple repeated internal rhymes “I just want it to feel good and feel happy,” says Vernon “To have a song about sex where the only way to listen to it is to move rather than be like It has a beautifully silly chorus that crests like a sunrise: “Damn if I’m not climbing up a tree right now!” – childish ecstasy meeting the fear of what you do once you get that high I feel so good I don’t know what to do,” says Vernon “We put it on the wall to see what else gathered around it.” the future really “looked like a brick wall that I didn’t have the mechanics to go around” but I remember telling my therapist: if a bus hit me today that would be a fucking relief.” Vernon’s body had been “buzzing with anxiety for a dozen years” making 2011’s Grammy-winning followup Bon Iver “It was so funny to me that we had blown up so hard so I had all that courage: y’all are crazy I’m gonna do a record where it starts out like metal and ends as 80s sex rock.” The pandemic soon prompted Vernon to ask himself some “hard questions” about the future and wrote the incantatory Things Behind Things Behind Things “I would like the feeling / I would like the feeling / I would like the feeling gone / Cause I don’t like the way it’s / I don’t like the way it’s / I don’t like the way it’s looking,” he sings summoning it so that you could throw it in the wind and have it blow away like dust.” then immediately started having this panic exhaustion.” He felt trapped until the tour ended he definitively sold or donated all his live gear: “If I didn’t I was almost afraid that I could get pulled back into it accidentally.” He still felt unwell for another year There was one immediate improvement: he attended a five-week programme to quit smoking He had started in his mid-20s while working as a chef brought Bon Iver into being.) It worked: Vernon replaced smoking with nicotine toothpicks “all the good parts of me kept going and all the shitty parts kind of hit that wall.” Smoking became a metaphor for other ways Vernon wanted to better himself He asked: “What validation was I getting from being this sad The attention came to me and of course I’m going to react subconsciously you steer towards a little more self-destruction.” long before the rapper’s heel turn – “but it’s a good example of observing when people have their head up their ass a little bit He concluded that his problems weren’t “that hard” you better get the fuck out of here because you can’t keep acting like this I could see the quality of my character slowly diminishing from trying to be too much to too many people.” He believes the world needs more hard decisions Vernon faced that scenario again with the new love he sings about in Awards Season and this person made me feel really good about myself,” he says “Like everything I had done to this point had been OK.” Then came the classic next step: “Let me just give you everything Please give it to me constantly.” He had to pull back from the relationship What parts of me are just rushing to conclusion?” every day since I left the house at 18 was kind of a letdownVernon says that the relationship is neither over nor ongoing now we’re together.” That’s the Fable part: “Little lessons about what happens after that” – messages he’s still getting from the songs His favourite is the gleaming benediction There’s a Rhythmn “It says: I don’t know what’s gonna happen It might not matter whether we’re together or not because you changed me for the better We should just be thankful for what we do have.” ‘Was I looking for that relationship because I wanted to have that peace?’ … Justin Vernon Photograph: PRThe experience overhauled his idea of relationships every day since I left the house at 18 was kind of a letdown So was I looking for that relationship because I wanted to have that peace I have to make that for myself before that can ever happen.” Vernon might be technically middle-aged, but he’s stopped feeling as if he is running out of time. “I’ve done enough personal work where now I feel young,” he says. “When I was 33, I was like, oh my God, I’m gonna die soon – like, life is short. But now, I’ve got my health. I feel like I’ve got a lot of years to live. To be able to say that and feel truthful, I feel like I really overcame some shit.” He knows some listeners might hate this sea change: after all, everything today is not exactly peaceful love. “I’m not really afraid of that,” he says. “I know that I need to do this for me. I would hate to think it feels like a distraction or that I’m ignoring the problems of the world to sell myself. But I give myself permission to put this kind of art into the world because it is about love, and we’re animals out here.” It’s why he can’t diss that weird Dylan show. “This motherfucker is not of this planet. And just because I was uncomfortable with everything musically, I still watched something real, at least.” This article was amended on 11 April 2025. Justin Vernon was cast as Orpheus, not Hades, in the original Hadestown concept album. 2025Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyBeen a long while now coming upThought we were past it thought we’d patched it upThought the title had passed handsThought we’d had enough But the Sun’s gonna go ahead and tag right upand we dont understand what we’re standing onand we sure come in blindWith our timing So I’ve culled what I can’t tameI have taken all that I can takeIt got bad enoughI thought that I would leave  I wish you could take that right off!All that shit that rips you right upThen you’d know that we been taught all this from Day One  Same old town and yerparsing throughSigns of live and die for youThere’s a million waysYou’re falling thruThe cost of your mind And some may say thatyou lack the stuffand you burn it down andclack your cuffsBut you may have to toughen upWhile unlearning that lie I’ll go find the tap wireI’ll go put the pathfinder on waltz if you don’t mindI don’t know who I am without ya’cause I feel a wild one now comin’ onI told you to be patientI swore that I was wrongSo why can’t we both justnow get to understandfrom Day One  All this was dry landYes you have just alwayshad your BandBut you get sad enoughbecause it’s all you seek  This is drawn from “SABLE, fABLE.” Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker (Jagjaguwar)This companion album to last year’s Sable EP gives those sorrowful songs a soulful lift with Vernon’s beautiful falsetto vocals to the fore Fable review – Justin Vernon’s most easy-going record yet(Jagjaguwar)This companion album to last year’s Sable EP gives those sorrowful songs a soulful lift the Wisconsin musician has wrapped a soul album around that dark-hearted release Fable cover shows a black square encircled by a salmon-coloured frame The Sable songs serve as a jumping-off point for what is Bon Iver’s most easy-going record to date Read moreKicking off with the pedal steel-enhanced, sweet soul yearnings of Everything Is Peaceful Love, a vivid kind of equanimity hovers over Fable, which also continues Vernon’s run of nuanced duets with notable creatives (Danielle Haim on If Only I Could Wait; Flock of Dimes on Day One) with just Vernon’s falsetto to the fore – such as Walk Home – that win the day Watch the video for Walk Home by Bon Iver.This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media Another data center campus has been proposed outside London in Iver First reported by the Bucks Free Press, Sequence (Iver) UK Ltd has asked Buckinghamshire Council for an environmental impact assessment of its plans The proposed project would see the redevelopment of a former landfill site to host a data center and substation located east of the M25 along Slough Road (A4007) 15,490 sqm (166,755 sq ft) building offering 48MW of IT capacity The site was historically used as a landfill for the disposal of waste materials Sequence (Iver) UK Ltd is a joint venture between Astra Partners Ltd and Valore Group Companies within the group include investment manager Valore Capital Partners and Valore Ventures The planning document noted that the project’s development team was involved in the Kildare Innovation Campus on the outskirts of Dublin in County Kildare The 72-acre campus was formerly occupied by Hewlett Packard in the 1990s More projects have been proposed in the area since the current government looked to open up more land on London’s Green Belt for development Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Store Locator Bon Iver is a musical project by American-born Justin Vernon he has blown away indie and folk lovers with his dulcet falsetto tones and incredible lyricism every instalment has been as good as the last Singles like ‘Skinny Love’ and ‘Holocene’ bought Vernon the recognition he deserved and blew his career to new heights he has been an icon in the Indie Folk scene As someone who has been accompanied by the soothing tones of Bon Iver on every road trip and rainy walk since ‘For Emma’ Fable feels like returning to a childhood home Your name is still carved in the tree in the garden Fable draws threads from each chapter of Vernon’s evolution The glitchy digitalised timbre of ’22 I prefer this album to the more experimental ’22 Like his previous album ‘i,i,’ Sable and acoustic guitars to place the listener in a familiar place It gathers all the emotional textures of past records and refines them into something subtler It’s not just an album – It’s a reflection We were teased last year with the album’s first songs in the form of the four-song SABLE EP These songs lean on Vernon’s early folk-heavy influences ‘Things Behind Things Behind Things’ lets us peek behind the curtain into Vernon’s brain as he opens with the line ‘I would like the feeling gone’ After the opening song turns to silence, Justin continues with the acoustic finger-style folk songs and soothes our ears with ‘SPEYSIDE’ and ‘Awards Season’. I tested these songs on the Orange Essentials Box The EQ controls allowed me to tone down the harshness of the falsetto and I found the unit had no problem recreating the warmth of Vernon’s guitar tones After the soft introduction of the first few tracks, the album has a more electronically produced nature. In ‘Short Story’, Kacy Hill’s line emphasises the whole album’s tone: ‘Time heals and then repeats’. I played the following few songs on our Cambridge Edge A and Harbeth M30.2 to get the most out of them ‘Everything Is Peaceful Love’ then introduces a beat to the album accompanied by a flanger synth that bounces through the arrangement The album’s message feels a lot happier in the following few songs You can clearly see the distinction in lyricism between ‘Walk Home’ and Vernon’s earlier Vernon’s introspective ‘Day One’ is the most popular song on the album Featuring Baltimore musicians Dijon and Flock of Dimes the piece has a wonderfully complicated arrangement that draws you in and leaves you wanting nothing more There is no single anthem here, no ‘Skinny Love’ or ‘Holocene’. But that’s the point. Sable, Fable isn’t trying to be iconic. It’s content being sincere. 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perplexing on the page The brief “Short Story” heralds the album’s second section “Sun in my eyes.” It is followed by “Everything Is Peaceful Love” and its radiant and faintly goofy refrain – “Damn if I’m not climbing up a tree right now” gives the impression of the singer clambering towards the light and striking on something new: the feeling of burgeoning love “I put that song up on the shelf,” he said recently ‘I’m going to wait until other songs feel like that.’” It’s an interesting turn of phrase; over and again fABLE is an album that is felt as much as heard: the contraction of its opening tracks Vernon seemed to shroud himself in both music and language; increasing the cast and remit of the Bon Iver project He made his lyrics as opaque and imagistic as possible He refused to be photographed without a face covering The burden of being Mr Bon Iver was clearly At one point he quite literally calls a spade a spade It’s a development that clearly reflects an emotional transition with everyone from his Big Red Machine counterparts to pop behemoths such as Taylor Swift and Charli XCX fABLE also includes production from Jim-E-Stack and collaborations with Danielle Haim as the Bon Iver sound marches further into something warmer opening with electric keys and building out over a steady percussion quite at odds to “Things Behind Things Behind Things” The song brings a sense of quiet circularity not only to this record If there’s a song that “There’s A Rhythm” most closely echoes – in sensation rather than sound Both concern themselves with the healing power of rhythmic movement leaving the listener with a sense of openness But there is something about it that makes sense; 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Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times sent to Buckinghamshire Council for consideration on April 10 This website uses 'cookies' to give you the best Using this website means you are Ok with this You can change which cookies are set at any time - and find out more about them - by following this link<\/a> motors and property from the Maidenhead Advertiser A planning application has been put in by Network Rail to build a new entrance/exit for Iver railway station Thorney Lane LLP is currently bringing forward a series of proposals that would result in the closure and redevelopment of Thorney Business Park Planning permission was granted last May for a data centre at the western end of the site and a planning application was submitted in December 2024 for a second data centre to be situated alongside the first one (yet to be decided) a planning application will be submitted later this year for new homes public open space and other facilities in the eastern section of the site The redevelopment of Thorney Business Park ‘presents a unique opportunity to improve access to Iver Station’ as part and parcel of some other improvements there Thorney Lane has already applied for a 310-space station car park on the business park site (also yet to be determined by the council) Within these latest plans from Network Rail the footbridge that provides access to the station platforms from the south side would be extended north to cross the entire railway which would provide stairs and a lift down to street level Thorney Lane has committed to fund the construction of both the station car park and the new entrance/exit if planning consent is secured for the second data centre development manager for Thorney Lane said the company was ‘pleased’ by the plans “We have always wanted to make sure that our proposals for the redevelopment of Thorney Business Park enable access to Iver Station from the north side of the railway and the application is a major step towards turning this idea into a reality,” he said “If our application for a second data centre is approved we will fund not only the new entrance/ exit but also a 310-space station car park on our site these improvements should dramatically improve access to the station for Iver residents as well as alleviating the congestion problems outside the station’s one and only current access in Richings Park.” The planning application is under ‘prior approval’ a pathway that bypasses the full planning process if certain requirements are met This falls within specific rights granted to statutory undertakers They do not need full planning permission for works on land they already operate and are directly related to the running of the railway The council can only refuse the proposal if it raises serious concerns on a limited number of grounds Often there is little in the way of information for these kinds of applications – and in this case there are no documents currently logged in Buckinghamshire Council’s online planning portal for this scheme Nevertheless, the planning reference number is PL/25/1185/PRAMD. View it via pa-csb.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/online-applications/ Traffic and Travel Voters have had their say in local council elections across Buckinghamshire Construction workers did make a mistake when building a new £1.3million roundabout the RBWM cabinet member for highways has said The Conservatives lost a long-held majority at Buckinghamshire Council and fell one seat short of the 49 needed - but how did the votes fall in the county's south A murder investigation has been launched in Slough after a 46-year-old man was killed in an attack © Copyright 2024 Baylis Community Media CIC All right reserved Those Damn Crows start the week ahead for their first-ever UK Number 1 album with God Shaped Hole The alt-rock fivesome – who were formed in Bridgend South Wales – previously scored a Top 10 record with 2023’s Inhale / Exhale (3) and a Top 20 peak for 2020’s Point Of No Return (14) Midweek, the Welsh rockers are ahead of US indie icons Bon Iver, founded by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon it could become their third UK Top 10 record following 2011’s Bon Iver (4) and 2016’s 22 a Million (2) Last weekend’s Record Store Day 2025 could send a host of exclusive vinyl drops some issued on a physical format for the first time ever Oasis’s greatest hits Time Flies... (1994-2009) eyes a Top 3 re-entry (3), while RSD ambassador Sam Fender’s exclusive new Me And The Dog EP could debut in the Top 5 (5) Liam Gallagher’s Acoustic Sessions (7) and Gracie Abrams’ The Secret Of Us – Live From Radio City (8) are also predicted to debut inside the Top 10 this Friday Further down, David Bowie’s live album Ready, Set, Go! (Live, Riverside Studios ’03) (11) and Charli xcx’s 2017 mixtape Number 1 Angel (13) could make their Official Albums Chart debuts this week following their issuing on vinyl for RSD 2025 Other RSD drops present in the midweek update include Gorillaz’s Demon Days – Live From The Apollo Theatre (21) beabadoobee’s Live & Acoustic in London (23) The Killers & Bruce Springsteen’s Encore At The Garden (30) The Cure’s The Head On The Door (36) and Madness’s Take Cover (39) The Smashing Pumpkins’ 1993 second album Siamese Dream gets a new reissue to celebrate its 20th anniversary The LP is looking to re-enter the chart at Number 37 having peaked at Number 4 in the UK upon its original release GOD SHAPED HOLETHOSE DAMN CROWS SABLE, FABLEBON IVER Join the conversation by joining the Official Charts community and dropping comment Log in Register Why don't you do a top 20 table like you do for the singles charts for albums Dude do you really read the article before making your dumb comment? clearly it says “See the Official Albums Chart Update here from 5:45pm” ORDINARYALEX WARREN PINK PONY CLUBCHAPPELL ROAN SHOW ME LOVEWIZTHEMC/BEES & HONEY AZIZAMED SHEERAN LOVE ME NOTRAVYN LENAE Loading...Charts in your inboxEmail Sign upPrivacy policy Jacob Collier and Mk.gee are among those who come through to contribute credited or uncredited features and you might just be able to hear his processed falsetto in the mix Here’s our ranking of his best work on other people’s songs On its first album, For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver introduced a sonic signature: sparkling choruses of vocals, polished to a glittering sheen with Auto-Tune. It quickly became a ubiquitous pop music device. Francis Farewell Starlite, aka Francis and the Lights, carried the baton on by developing a new, layered vocal tool called the Prismizer, used on albums including Frank Ocean’s Blonde This makes “Friends” a neat full-circle moment: two modern pioneers of singing technology vocally jamming out over a bouncing A lot of Vernon’s features are like sriracha or similar: a dash of sonic flavour that makes something pop without changing the fundamentals and Vernon’s falsetto blends into the existing harmonies or hovers in the background adding just that little something to elevate the song You can hear why he’s in such demand for this kind of thing A similar example is “My Eyes”, the highlight of Travis Scott’s most recent album It’s a two-parter: the second section is more rapid-fire and ravey while the first has gently clicking drums and very pretty synth work that intertwines with vocals from Scott sitting in the background of the production like a melancholy ghost It’s one of the records that really illustrates his subtle but pervasive influence on vocal melodies in modern hip-hop Speaking of hip-hop: Vernon has steered the genre with more than his voice. This doesn’t (at least to the naked ear) have any Vernon vocals on it, but “Crabs in a Bucket”, the opener of Vince Staples’ excellent 2017 album Big Fish Theory, does have his production credit. It’s an intriguingly weird, garage-y concoction that opens an album full of rap-dance crossovers that Vernon was in all the right recording studios in the 2010s Vernon linking up with James Blake made a lot of sense in the early 2010s: here were two sensitive dudes doing weird things with their voices and acquiring more prominence than their experimental inward-looking music might have initially suggested Their first collab was on “Fall Creek Boys Choir” – a reference to the location of Vernon’s Wisconsin studio – which featured on Enough Thunder with Blake’s minimal electronic percussion moving Vernon away from the country cosiness his voice was at the point most associated with Vernon ventured further into the Taylor Swift Musical Universe on its follow-up with several instrumental contributions and a central role in the self-titled closing song first with those tell-tale mumbled harmonies when the dominant piano melody switches up with lead locals that layer over Swift’s own hitting a red-hot falsetto before the song settles down again Even the best of Vernon’s guest features tend to deliver the familiar sound that artists and listeners love gets something a bit different from him – a testament to her own skill as a collaborator sounds gassed that the Sad Boy Special Relationship is back because James Blake’s third album was where he started to shake off his moodiness to write happier songs “I Need a Forest Fire” is a highlight of the album really: there’s a palpable delight in the expressive power of the voice as different vocal lines and samples come together like a glittering constellation Fable has focused on its sunny mood as a departure from the usual Bon Iver vibe – this song tells us that potential was always there in the open Bon Iver has shared details of a global series of location-specific listening events Six years since the last Bon Iver album, fABLE sPACEs brings SABLE, fABLE to scenic, outdoor settings chosen by the band and fans. Utilising location-based technology and crowd-sourcing, listeners will arrive at one of the geographically-defined destinations, and unlock a full preview of SABLE, fABLE via their smartphones. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bon Iver (@boniver) For more information, visit fablespaces.boniver.org. Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday worked with the controversial rapper on records including ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Justin Vernon, the US artist better known as Bon Iver made a fleeting reference to his past collaborations with disgraced rapper Kanye West as he admitted he was reluctant to talk about the controversial artist Vernon and West, who legally changed his name to Ye in 2022, were once closely linked after the rapper was introduced to Vernon’s Blood Bank EP by his keyboard player After West invited Vernon out to Hawaii to collaborate they produced “Lost in the World” – which sampled the hook from Bon Iver’s “Woods” – regarded as a highlight of West’s 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Vernon was credited on a further two songs on the album – “Dark Fantasy” and “Monster” Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj –and on three songs on 2013’s Yeezus West brought Vernon out on stage during his Glastonbury headline performance introducing the indie musician as “one of the baddest white boys on the planet” In a new interview with The Guardian Vernon spoke about the feeling that fame and exhaustion might have made him a “s***head” to his friends and family: “The attention came to me and of course I’m going to react He appeared to suggest that West had veered into that self-destructive territory, having notoriously championed Donald Trump during his first presidential campaign and sparked uproar over a series of antisemitic outbursts the most recent of which took place in February this year Vernon, meanwhile, has been critical of Trump’s America in his music and endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. He has also collaborated with pop star Taylor Swift on her albums Folklore and Evermore with whom West has previously clashed with “I don’t really want to talk about Kanye,” he said in the interview “but it’s a good example of observing when people have their head up their ass a little bit Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Vernon said that his own problems weren’t “that hard” having earlier confirmed that he won’t be touring his new album you better get the f*** out of here because you can’t keep acting like this I could see the quality of my character slowly diminishing from trying to be too much to too many people.” “It’s not dissimilar to what Sufjan Stevens likes to do when finding the silver linings in his own clouds… You can almost feel the soft, supple rubber of the 80s-style drum pads flexing beneath Ben Lester’s easy-going pedal steel solo.” Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Store Danielle Haim)’ and ‘Walk Home,’ from his highly anticipated forthcoming album the songs will be accompanied by lyric videos at 3pm GMT Bon Iver fans can catch an early listen via the ‘In Such A Small Time Frame’ live stream a 24/7 trail camera feed set up by Justin Vernon last October in the Wisconsin woods which has already drawn a devoted following will showcase these two new tracks starting at 6pm GMT on Thursday Accessories fABLE is slated for release on 11th April via Jagjaguwar following the release of the lead single ‘Everything Is Peaceful Love.’ The song also comes with a music video directed by filmmaker John Wilson known for his work on HBO’s How To with John Wilson Vernon will also participate in a sold-out conversation with writer Laura Barton at London’s EartH Fans of Vernon’s ever-evolving sound can expect a continued exploration of his expansive musical world when SABLE Keep up to date with the best in UK music by following us on Instagram: @whynowworld and on Twitter/X: @whynowworld You must be logged in to post a comment by Harvey Solomon-Brady | May 01, 2025 | News by Harvey Solomon-Brady | Apr 30, 2025 | News by Harvey Solomon-Brady | Apr 29, 2025 | News Juan Wauters returns to Montevideo to record MVD LUV tender album capturing the rhythms and spirit of his hometown ‘Bleeding’ sees CARI processing the end of a relationship with intense emotion and a mature perspective capturing the complexity of heartbreak in her lyrics ‘Cathy,’ MICHELLE give fans a taste of their upcoming album Songs About You Specifically - and there’s a North American tour on the way Shoegaze revivalists Bdrmm evolve their sound with 'Infinity Peaking' The album drops 28th February on Mogwai's Rock Action label we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site and show (non-) personalized ads may adversely affect certain features and functions Click below to consent to the above or make granular choices. Your choices will be applied to this site only. You can change your settings at any time or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " Iver is the happening place in this week’s public notices with a string of developments planned including a new ‘commuter car park’ and a revamped golf course The new car park is planned for land at Thorney Business Park in Iver Iver is the happening place in this week’s public notices with a string of developments planned including a new ‘commuter car park’ and a revamped golf course a public inquiry is set to take place over three ‘unauthorised’ buildings in the village Thorney Lane LLP has applied to Buckinghamshire Council to build the new ‘commuter car park’ between Thorney Business Park and the station A transformation is underway at the business park with several applications for new data centres submitted over recent months The developer plans to build 310 car parking spaces; 12 motorcycle spaces; 30 electric vehicle space and 92 electric vehicle charging points A design and access statement on the plans said the new car park would encourage ‘sustainable travel choices’ by promoting the use of Iver Train Station enter reference number PL/24/3919/FA into Buckinghamshire Council’s online planning portal The club wants to build a new 32-bay practice range along with a new lobby area and restroom facilities; as well as another new ‘outfield’ practice driving range and putting green there is also provision for new water features and landscaping The design and access statement submitted on the plans said: “At the moment Thorney Park GC has very limited practice facilities with members having to go to other courses or ranges to practice their skills “The provision of these facilities (in addition to the driving range) will be very attractive to both existing and future members as well and visitors.” Enter reference number PL/24/3756/FA into Buckinghamshire Council’s planning portal to see more The council issued an enforcement notice to James Smith over an alleged breach of planning control at 246 Swallow Street The notice said three buildings; storage containers; hard surface areas; and a new fence had been built without permission It said Mr Smith should demolish the buildings and restore the land ‘to its original condition’ within six months Mr Smith has appealed this decision to the Planning Inspectorate the land had already been authorised for development by Buckinghamshire Council The three buildings faced with demolition are a games room The public inquiry into the development is set to take place over two days from 10am February 24; and is being held at the council’s offices in Queen Victoria Road to allow roadworks to take place and diversion signs will advertise an alternate route while work is ongoing save and share Public Notices that affect you in your local area Public Notices CLICK HERE TO GET THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR where dreams come true,” concluded actor Michael Shannon in February having performed together publicly for only the second time since Bill Berry’s departure in 2007 Repeatedly insisting they’ll never undertake a full-blown reunion guitarist Jason Narducy and their band during their Fables Of The Reconstruction celebration tour) reminded us of R.E.M.’s powerful reputation – not just as revered indie-rock trailblazers In the aftermath of the momentous event at the 40 Watt Peter Buck and Mike Mills reflecting on their early years and in particular Fables… as it turns 40: a pivotal record in the band’s story as they begin to transition away from a lively and mysterious post-punk outfit into a concerned and influential rock band We also bring you an eyewitness report from the 40 Watt and hear from Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy as they prepare to bring their Fables… tour to the UK So it’s really down to the records and songs including our highly collectable Doors CD; new interviews with Bon Iver Pavement: The Movie and a heap of other great writing to keep you busy for the month ahead As Justin Vernon releases an unexpectedly buoyant fifth album we chart his path from backwoods crooner to indie-pop icon five years on from the release of his fourth album Bon Iver announced the release of a three-track EP: SABLE it appeared as if Justin Vernon was revisiting his fabled cabin in the woods making a full-circle return to the bare-bones though: S P E Y S I D E’s self-serious grayscale music video saw Vernon cosplaying as a po-faced cowboy swallowed up by gloomy skies and crashing waves and the jig was up: Bon Iver wasn’t returning to his roots SABLE was in fact only a prologue to a full-length project that represents a new chapter for Vernon drawing a line in the sand and placing his sadness - an emotion that has defined the majority of Bon Iver’s output - firmly behind it SABLE’s inky black gave way to the rosy self-acceptance and a hard-won peace of mind we’re ranking Bon Iver’s five studio albums from the plaintive indie-folk of 2007’s For Emma Forever Ago to the blissed-out and soulful pop of SABLE (He’s also perhaps the only man in music with tastes broad enough to unite Bruce Hornsby and major-league hip-hop producer Wheezy on the same record.) The album that launched Vernon’s career Forever Ago has a backstory that’s become indie-folk legend Following the troubling breakdown of a band and a relationship Vernon holed up for the winter in a remote cabin with nothing but a couple of guitars and an SM57 for company The nine songs that emerged from this self-imposed exile - originally only intended to be demo recordings - placed Vernon on the path to Grammy awards For a certain group of angst-ridden millennials - this writer included - For Emma Forever Ago was just about the most powerful piece of music that had ever graced their Limewire library misty-eyed songs like Flume and Skinny Love ached with regret and longing and Vernon’s elastic falsetto pierced the heart deeper than a high-school breakup well-crafted album that captured a distinct cultural moment it doesn’t quite hit like it used to By the time that album’s follow-up came around Bon Iver meant something entirely different where he records to this day - and invited new faces into the fold transforming Bon Iver from a solo project into a nine-piece band and recording an album that amplified his intimate sound to monumental Grander in scope both lyrically and sonically Bon Iver fleshed out Vernon’s stately arrangements with saxophones sculpting songs that were vast and sumptuous where For Emma was gentle and spare and Vernon’s falsetto was charged with a newfound confidence I was not magnificent,” Vernon croons on Holocene Many artists have accomplished dramatic reinventions of their sound but few have switched things up quite like Bon Iver did on 22 After the warmth and poignance of their self-titled record - a luxurious album with a rich naturalistic sound - the last thing anybody expected was a headfirst dive into fractured tape-warped sample of Vernon’s voice opened 22 (OVER S∞∞N) it was clear that something very different was in store the raw feeling behind these songs remains more palpable than ever Matt MullenSocial Links NavigationTech EditorI'm MusicRadar's Tech Editor working across everything from product news and gear-focused features to artist interviews and tech tutorials I love electronic music and I'm perpetually fascinated by the tools we use to make it you'll probably find me behind a MIDI keyboard carefully crafting the beginnings of another project that I'll ultimately abandon to the creative graveyard that is my overstuffed hard drive you will then be prompted to enter your display name “All Strats aren't equal… Then it’s how you smack it or zing it or strum it… A lot of it is that too”: Session guitar legend Michael Thompson reveals how he created the famous clean tone that’s on countless '80s and '90s hits “It’s jokingly the worst rap album in history because there are no lyrics on it at all”: It turns out there’s a reason why André 3000 turned up at the Met Gala with a grand piano on his back Years after Thom Yorke told her that she was “the only one doing anything interesting these days,” Billie Eilish has covered Radiohead’s Creep even though he’s nursing a recently rolled ankle but I’m gonna be aight,” he says about 15 minutes before game time His signature beanie has been swapped for a bandana sweatband is to cram into the Terasaki Budokan gym in Little Tokyo and observe his jump shot Why promote an album with a basketball game the whole record is about steering to the sunlight or whatever It’s a celebrity tournament, but not in the truest sense. There are a few recognizable faces throwing on custom Sables or Fables jerseys, like Travis Bennett, a.k.a. Taco from Odd Future, a.k.a. Elz from Dave (Fables; #69; confident and aggressive with the ball in his hands) But for the most part the four teams are made up of everyday people whom Vernon plays with at a gym in nearby Silver Lake “my first real friends I made that weren’t in music were just friends I made at the coffee shop And we just started playing hoops together.” At least one of the players getting ready on the sidelines doesn’t even know the host—this is more of a friend-of-a-friend type thing Vernon (Sables, #21) is one of the taller players on the floor for the first game—a hearty Wisconsin-bred six-foot-three—and sets the tone on the first possession after the tip: a pump fake to draw the defender in followed by a pass out to assist a teammate on a deep three This is a good representation of Vernon’s game—turning down open shots to find better looks elsewhere on the floor Though he admits his vertical has shrunk “in half” in the last decade he still has a knack for boxing out and grabbing boards it’s usually a Midwestern-worthy midrange turnaround; he hits one early on and then mimes a gun going back in its holster Scouts looking for a player comp might do well with retired French power forward Boris Diaw having grown up in the sports franchise no man’s land of Eau Claire roots for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks and the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx Danielle Haim, who features on the SABLE, fABLE track “If Only I Could Wait,” is watching from the sidelines and her sister Este sits down next to her in the second quarter One of Vernon’s teammates ends up on the floor with no call and Este seizes on it: “That’s a fouuuuuuulllll,” she yells The refs appear to hear her and proceed to stop swallowing their whistle for the rest of the afternoon Vernon says he thinks of basketball like jazz: “You’re improvising in a form, and you’re flowing, and you’re following momentum, and you’re retreating from momentum, you're following the lead energy. It’s exactly like jazz.” Poetry in motion, but also notably a team sport—knowing how to guide while also getting others involved. There’s a rhythm The first do-or-die game is surprisingly close and physical as the fourth quarter starts to wind down and Vernon’s Sables are trying to close the gap one of Vernon’s teammates heaves up a halfcourt Hail Mary It’s a good look—but runs out of gas just before the basket meaning Vernon clearly didn’t ask for the ball Bon Iver is a band now—not a solo project—for a reason He doesn’t want to be on his own in the damn woods anymore “That only happened once, and I got For Emma out of it,” Vernon says. “But you’re never really on your own, even though you think you are.” A government review of a local council’s decision to block a US-based company from building a hyperscale datacentre in Iver Buckinghamshire Council refused permission in November 2022 for US investment company Affinius Capital to proceed with its plans to redevelop an industrial estate in Court Lane Buckinghamshire and build a 65,000m2 datacentre on the site instead The reason given by the council for the refusal is that the project would be an inappropriate use of Green Belt Land, which are protected pieces of land that are intended to prevent the onset of urban sprawl Shortly after coming to power in July 2024, the Labour government pledged to review the council’s decision to block the project in support of its strategy to stimulate the UK’s economic growth by accelerating the delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects The developer had raised an appeal against the council’s decision and a month before the government’s intervention a public local inquiry was held over four days in June 2024 Following a review of the council’s decision and the local inquiry the government has now granted Affinius Capital permission to proceed with the project The letter states that the decision to overturn Buckinghamshire Council’s decision to block the build was made by the minister of state for Housing and Planning Matthew Pennycook on behalf of the secretary of state Angela Rayner “Weighing in favour of the proposal are the need for new datacentres which each carry significant weight,” the letter stated “Weighing against the proposal are harm to Green Belt which carries substantial weight; harm to [a nearby] listed building which carries great weight; and landscape harm and visual harm there are “very special circumstances to justify this development in the Green Belt” adding: “The secretary of state therefore concludes that the appeal should be allowed and planning permission granted.” The letter also states that the secretary of state’s decision on this matter can be challenged in the High Court provided an application to do so is received within six weeks from the date of the letter Computer Weekly contacted Affinius Capital for comment on this story but no response was received by the time of publication The Affinius Capital project was one of two datacentre developments the government placed under review in July 2024 The other is being overseen by Oxford-based developer Greystoke Land after its bid to build a £1bn datacentre in Abbots Langley Computer Weekly understands a decision at government level on whether that build will go ahead remains pending Organizations must take steps to ensure compliance with emerging rules targeting foreign adversaries' access to U.S A former federal deputy CIO testified that reauthorizing the Technology Modernization Fund will help the government continue IT .. 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With a sound that's instantly recognisable Justin Vernon – known as Bon Iver - continues to astonish he treads a miraculous path between melancholy and joy and has established himself as one of the great voice of contemporary indie pop which he has supplemented with new material a search for identity whose mixture of innocence and wisdom steers well clear of self-indulgence a vulnerability incarnated in lyrics and sound The song "Speyside" echoes earlier material with a tentative guitar intro and self-effacing lyrics starting with “Awards Season” the wounded male voice that he’s made so much his own is multitracked and treated with varying degrees of reverb that serve to both express the doubt and pain and yet transcend it with an endlessly surprising series of musical shifts - including a typical brief and haunting distorted sax break supported by co-producer Jim E-Stack knows how to build drama in his little jewels of song – most of which end abruptly With “Short Story” we plunge into a wonderland of sounds the kind of rich and layered soundscape that glitters when heard under the influence of consciousness-altering substances a tradition of creative mind-messing that reaches back to the early days of psychedelia This music is a trip!  “Everything is Peaceful Love” a gentle feelgood tune in which the honeyed sound of Greg Leisz’s steel guitar is matched by the otherworldly pulse of a morphagene one of many digitally versatile instruments that enhance the album driven a sleazy and very low-register bass in conversation with Vernon’s soft and emotional voice there is the cool and comforting joy of music that expresses the spirit in a positive feedback loop that Justin Vernon and his collaborators know just how to deliver perfectly calibrated for maximum pleasure.  “If Only I Could Wait” is a small masterpiece that unfolds as pure pop gold – laden with heart-warming reverb – once again the wonderfully appealing hesitation that is so much Bon Iver’s trademark pulls one forwards inexorably Vernon is joined by vocalist Danielle Haim in harmony and counterpoint.  Another hit for sure.  Bon Iver have come up with some immensely appealing and highly original albums an album that will be hard to beat when it comes to selecting the greatest moments of the year More information about text formats We urgently need financing to survive. 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And if you're looking for that extra gift for a friend or family member, why not treat them to a theartsdesk.com gift subscription Get a weekly digest of our critical highlights in your inbox each Thursday Simply enter your email address in the box below View previous newsletters Vibrance emanates from these songs like never before Rob Moose’s string arrangements and Greg Leisz’s pedal steel are eager to uplift every listener on “Everything Is Peaceful Love” Jim-E Stack’s meditative drums on “Walk Home” embody steady steps towards brighter days ahead Some may say that to be blatantly in love is to entertain ignorance but Justin Vernon determines to paddle along its coast blind “You get sad enough / Because it’s all you seek,” he reasons on “Day One” fABLE gleams with heart-shaped eyes and an airy banking its sorrows on the trenches of the more introverted predecessor SABLE, his decades-long project Bon Iver greets the sunshine with open arms was teased first: for the sake of cohesiveness and as the preparation for a daring change the EP sidles close to Vernon’s original roots – songs written at the winter cabin in Wisconsin “Things Behind Things Behind Things” takes on a familiar wordplay of repetition and obscurity “There’re rings within rings within rings,” he sings face-down What differs is the collaborativeness as he excelled on the self-titled or i,i and the cleanest and starkest vocal stems he’s ever produced he shies away from self-harmony and sings bare like those celebrated soliloquies of the greatest plays The effect is a solidarity that pierces through every long-term listener’s deepest aches “Just take my love in your time,” Vernon winks on the Smokie-style soft rock “From” The absence of lyrical and musical quirks that capture silvery shards of emotion like on “iMi” or “29 #Strafford APTS” is the daring change of Bon Iver’s new direction It instead toys with sensuous melodic tones fABLE may be a risk considering the sacrifice of some of his acclaimed qualities “I’ll Be There” and “If Only I Could Wait” are feel-good ear candy made from heavenly instruments such as horns No shocking structural shifts nor lyrics that haunt – only voices of pure bliss and unbound love While geared towards granting a pleasant listen throughout fABLE can suffer from shallow entries and uncharacteristically dated production “Short Story” feels like a much-needed warm hug at the front door after returning from a long trek through hardships but this blooming ecstasy wears off pretty quickly on second and later listens Its languid pace turns into lethargy that leaves a bitter aftertaste “Walk Home” and “Day One” have the same issue Their musical influences are distinctly trackable like “We can let the light come in” and “Hop on it’ll all be gone!” fABLE’s end goal arguably is to soothe – not to impress “There’s a Rhythm” is the best song on fABLE in that love’s intensity has waned a little allowing space for contemplation without forgoing besottedness quite yet and his attentive and patient synths carry him on like a dear friend It’s the charm of sensibility – however light it may appear – that could’ve exerted more presence here: not to leave love’s beguiling allure completely but to navigate around it and display all of its hidden shades fABLE’s slog in the middle wouldn’t have been as hollow had that seeped into the central concept more the record shows signs that Bon Iver’s discography runs in duologies These rays of light might be a one-time occurrence – and it wouldn’t hurt to appreciate them while we can – or a setting piece for his next big thing BY Alex HudsonPublished Apr 25 Vernon shared the photo along with the caption "TRUE LOVE IS A fABLE." The same photo was included in the album's behind-the-scenes book earlier this month, Stereogum notes. The photo certainly seems to be a baby announcement, although it's a bit more complicated than that. Just last month, Vernon explicitly told The New York Times' Popcast that he isn't a father, saying, "I thought I'd have kids and a wife and like, that kind of love in my life. But I have my health. I have joy. I have love in my life everywhere I look." Furthermore, Vernon and Milioti aren't publicly known to be in a relationship together, and she wasn't ever photographed being pregnant, despite being in the public eye. (Of course, there are ways for a couple to have a baby that don't involve being pregnant.) See the baby reveal below. The details of the situation will presumably be revealed soon. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bon Iver (@boniver) Be the first to get our biggest stories delivered to your inbox. Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission But this is actually the heart of their relationship One does not turn on Bon Iver to throw ass To listen to Justin Vernon is to hurt and heal alongside him — an approach he has found taxing The storm of activity heralding the new Bon Iver full-length Sable and a light and chipper TV and podcast push — loudly insinuates that Vernon is deeply committed to having a better time now He returns to uncouple the day job from the memories of difficult experiences to write from a place of peace rather than distress The acoustic Sable EP from last year now feels like a delicate pump fake quieter songs sit at the top of the new album like a tumultuous past from which Fable represents a poignant break After callbacks to the grief and solitude of the early catalogue in the darkly resolute “Speyside,” it’s off to greener pastures for good Fable is your stereotypical “living in Los Angeles now” record and aiming to stimulate bodies as much as brains Fable says Vernon’s folk and pop tastes are capable of cozy cohabitation His cryptic lyrical missives can paint scenes of romantic intimacy with the same zest they once showered on wild wolves and herons Occasionally the shift in tone feels a bit like Sting’s “Brand New Day,” the artist’s 1999 single using ecstatic Black church aesthetics to signal his rebirth — though Fable spotlights Black creatives and touts tighter vocals than other curios at that musical intersection fans who saw 2011’s synth-folk gem “Beth/Rest” as a cash grab will likely resent “From” with guitar virtuoso and schlock merchant Jacob Collier Collier’s vocals and mk.gee’s guitar playing nudge Vernon into a studious pastiche of a 40-something rocker outing of the ’80s like George Harrison’s Cloud Nine “If Only I Could Wait” with Danielle Haim is a blissed-out ballad that like Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia” or Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush’s “Don’t Give Up,” resembles mere gooey radio fodder until you catch the cosmic questions the lyrics are pondering: “Can I live inside this state / Where the summers are charades now / Can I incur the weight?” The onset of a deep romantic bond proves as terrifying here as the apparent loss of love chronicled in past weepers Vernon’s pen remains compelling as long as it isn’t aggressively dressing this slippery talent in the threads of the AOR vets that his killer cover of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” suggests he worships Fable’s easygoing highlights and sporadically overbaked bits all show Vernon working toward a sustainable maturity marrying a dripping earnestness and a musical playfulness He finally doesn’t have to injure himself to push himself won’t be reliving bygone misfortune but bringing the same gutsy melisma captured in the recording of “I’ll Be There” to the stage night after night Already a subscriber? Sign in By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York Bon Iver has announced the release of two new songs – "If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim)" and "Walk Home" – taken from the forthcoming album, SABLE, fABLE A special preview of the songs is streaming live from In Such A Small Time Frame the 24/7 trail camera feed and art installation that Justin Vernon quietly set up in the trees of Wisconsin last October and has been using to send messages to a devoted group of viewers ever since Bon Iver's first full-length release in six years is set to follow i,i, and 22, A Million, which came out in 2016. The singles will be released on 14 March. SABLE, fABLE will be released on 11 April via Jagjaguwar. Justin Vernon’s version of ‘radiant pop music’ is to brighten his earthy acoustic landscapes with synths and drum pads Despite opening this album with the admission that “I have been afraid of changing”, indie-folk miserablist Justin Vernon really gets his groove on with SABLE, fABLE, his fifth album with Bon Iver After all the years of circling his lo-fi anxiety it’s lovely to hear him break out of the log cabin of his own head and breathe in the wholesome wonders of the outside world Although he’s spoken of making “radiant pop music”, his version of that (with the help of producer Jim-E Stack) is to brighten his earthy, acoustic landscapes with synths and drum pads. It’s not dissimilar to what Sufjan Stevens likes to do when finding the silver linings in his own clouds Single “Everything is Peaceful Love” finds him exalting the ordinary world if I’m not climbing up a tree right now!” he sings falsetto notes reaching skywards over the slinky supple rubber of the 80s-style drum pads flexing beneath Ben Lester’s easy-going pedal steel solo Explaining his new philosophy in a Spotify interview with Lil Yachty, Vernon said: “Somebody came into my life and rearranged it.” As a consequence he “started to repair the past”, quit smoking and realised that “maybe I shouldn’t put true love on a pedestal, maybe I should put it down here where it is”. Apparently, he’s launching this record in LA by participating in a basketball tournament (sending fans into a frenzy of speculation about which other introspective musos might turn out to surprise us by proving themselves hoop-shooting aces). It’s cool to hear Vernon choosing fun at last. It’s a decision that’s opened up a whole new court for his melodies to play in. A slam dunk. {"adUnitPath":"71347885/_main_independent/gallery","autoGallery":true,"disableAds":false,"gallery":[{"data":{"title":"bon-iver.jpeg","description":"Press image","caption":"Bon Iver (Justin Vernon) in artwork for his latest album Bon Iver (Justin Vernon) in artwork for his latest album it’s cool to hear Bon Iver having fun at last","description":"Justin Vernon’s version of ‘radiant pop music’ is to brighten his earthy This week’s public notices feature a proposal for three homes in Iver and road closures in Slough and Burnham in April This week’s public notices feature a proposal for three homes in Iver and road closures in Slough and Burnham in April Buckinghamshire Council intends to prohibit vehicles along various roads in South Buckinghamshire in April and Dropmore Road and Taplow Common Road in Burnham The closure is required whilst surface dressing prep works start on April 29 and the actual times that each road will be closed for will be much less than this and could be either day or night works only The full details will be publicised on one.network when confirmed with signs on the affected road erected two weeks before the closure Slough Borough Council has proposed a road closure for nearly a month starting in April The closure will come into operation at 12.01am on Monday It will prohibit any traffic passing through Malton Avenue There is a major development proposed at Old Slade Farm in Iver Developers want permission to demolish four existing buildings and to erect three detached homes landscaping and roadway at 41 Old Slade Lane Old Slade Farm comprises four independent agricultural style buildings and a converted grain silo and the proposed development will replace these with three two storey detached houses served by a new roadway from the existing shared access point onto Old Slade Lane the large area of existing hardstanding would be removed for hedging trees and the formation of residential garden areas Each home will have forecourt parking and dedicated electrical vehicle charging points The application site has already been subject to a successful planning application to convert the main existing building to five homes, bringing ‘a level of residential activity to the application site of a more intense nature than that currently proposed’ For more details search for PL/25/0373/FA in the Buckinghamshire Council Planning Portal Public Notices Bon Iver launch global listening events for SABLE letting fans preview the album early in hand-picked outdoor locations using their phones Bon Iver have announced a global series of location-specific listening events for their new album SABLE the initiative allows fans to hear the full record early via their smartphones at select outdoor locations around the world The events take place from 4pm to 7pm local time on Wednesday Building on the community-led spirit of past Bon Iver activations A Million’s mural-based boombox gatherings and i,i’s record store and photobooth previews fABLE sPACEs invites listeners to gather in scenic crowd-sourced locations to unlock a geofenced stream of the new album is to create “shared moments within a personal listening experience,” reflecting SABLE fABLE’s shift from isolation to connection A full list of listening locations is available at fablespaces.boniver.org Bon Iver will also host a day-long event titled Live Inside This State Fair at Terasaki Budokan in Los Angeles on Saturday is free to attend with RSVP and will feature a mix of community events curated by Justin Vernon and friends Among the highlights: a three-game basketball tournament between two teams named SABLES and fABLES a pop-up shop from Vernon and Trever Hagen’s fashion brand Hrrrbek and artwork by Tolbert and Eric Timothy Carlson There will also be a raffle supporting Bon Iver’s anti-domestic violence campaign 2 A Billion and a record stall from Going Underground Records with copies of the new album and a limited edition companion zine Food and drink vendors include Fishwife and Canyon Coffee is a community centre in Little Tokyo developed by the Little Tokyo Service Center to provide space and programming for youth fABLE is Bon Iver’s first studio album in six years You must be logged in to post a comment Mercury Prize winners English Teacher release a Pinterest-inspired live video for ‘Not Everybody Gets To Go To Space’ closing an incredible year with creative flair a moving prelude to their comeback album Heavy Jelly featuring lead single ‘Sweet Danger’ and a striking new video New Road share their new single 'Happy Birthday' alongside the announcement of their upcoming album Forever Howlong and UK tour in April 2025 Many of the artisanal brands are offering special salmon-themed products to celebrate the album's release Bon Iver have announced a range of unconventional brand partnerships in connection with their new album ‘SABLE, fABLE’ Justin Vernon and co. released their fifth studio album on Friday (April 11) via Jagjaguwar. It serves as the follow-up to the 2024 EP ‘SABLE’ and it has been produced by Vernon and Jim-E Stack at Vernon’s own April Base studio in Wisconsin. To mark the release, the band have unveiled a list of over two dozen brands that they have partnered with to promote the album, many of which are artisanal food and drink companies who have created special salmon-themed products. They include Courage Bagels, who are providing a Bon Iver salmon sable plate, Fell + Cole, who are offering a whiskey ice cream and a grapefruit, thyme and whiskey sorbet, and Kometen Brood, who have made a range of sourdough salmon pastries. See the entire list of collaborations here: A post shared by Bon Iver (@boniver) In a four-star review of ‘SABLE, fABLE’ NME commended the album which was feared to be the departure of the Bon Iver project It reads: “Though this is not Bon Iver’s answer to ‘Brat’ summer by any stretch of the imagination many of these same existential questions also linger on ‘SABLE fABLE’ – a record that grapples with his own identity as much as it does the twists and turns of life Though some fans feared this might well be an epilogue to the Bon Iver project and collaborated with Swift on her 2020 album ‘Folklore’ and its follow-up On Fallon, Vernon revealed he sampled Bonnie Raitt‘s ‘Nick Of Time’ for his collaboration with Charli, explaining: “My friend Danielle Haim told me because Charli’s song was about running out of time.” He went on to say he and Raitt “have been friendly over the years” calling her “my number one” and “the greatest living singer” When calling her to request usage of the sample He told Fallon watching videos of Taylor Swift’s fans singing ‘Exile’ felt “out-of-body” The world’s defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking what’s new and what’s next since 1952 Fans can tune in to the listening event tomorrow (March 13) which uses a trail camera feed Justin Vernon set up in Wisconsin back in October Bon Iver is gearing up to share two new singles via a 24/7 trail camera feed, one of which features Danielle Haim The songs, titled ‘If Only I Could Wait’ (featuring Danielle Haim) and ‘Walk Home’, will be released on Friday (March 14) with their own lyric videos. Before that, a special preview of both tracks will stream live from In Such A Small Time Frame, the 24/7 trail camera feed and art installation that  Justin Vernon quietly set up in the trees of Wisconsin in October he has been using it to send messages to a devoted group of viewers Fans can tune in for the early listening event at 6pm GMT tomorrow (March 13) here. Both songs will appear on Bon Iver’s fifth studio album ‘SABLE, fABLE’, which is due for release on April 11 via Jagjaguwar (pre-order/pre-save here) fABLE’ was primarily recorded at Vernon’s April Base studio in Wisconsin A press release notes that the “conceptual genesis” for the LP occurred in early February 2022 “when Stack arrived at the Base with Danielle Haim” Vernon and Haim’s voices intertwined on ‘If Only I Could Wait’ about not having the strength to be the best version of yourself outside the glow of new love.” and ‘…fABLE’ is about the selfless rhythm required when one is enmeshed with another person or lover – a patient commitment to finding the pace for betterness and togetherness,” the description continues “Gone are the evasive and dense layers of sound that guarded Justin Vernon’s voice on ‘i, i’ and [2016’s] ’22, A Million’ The previous four albums were a cycle of seasons that is now complete; ‘SABLE In a four-star review of Bon Iver’s 2024 EP NME wrote: “‘SABLE’ can serve as a reminder of the light at the end of the tunnel and a reason to push through adversity – to move forward onto a new chapter.” The Academy Award-nominated movie tracks a week in the life of the fictional Llewyn Davis an aspiring folk singer in New York City’s famous Greenwich Village scene during the early 1960s whose life is falling apart while he dreams of superstardom transforming the actor’s career and catapulting him into the mainstream Vernon has now revealed he was under consideration for the role despite his lack of acting skills During a recent episode of the Handsome podcast Vernon explained how representatives of the Coen brothers got in touch with him while Bon Iver were on the road in 2012 I was never allowed to be on camera because I was so bad at acting Vernon was unaware of what the project entailed there’s no way in high hell that I can do this I don’t wanna be any more famous than I just got.” he changed his tune and fell in love with the movie the singer-songwriter thought the role was his when he was merely under consideration The Bon Iver musician remembered a meeting at Joel Coen’s apartment when he got himself “into such a tizzy” that he proposed moving his Australian tour for the movie it was the most dun dun dun moment in my life I realised that I was in an audition and I didn’t know that He continued: “The movie ended up being acted by Oscar Isaac I’ve read this thing exactly once… It was OK that they were laughing at me While it was a missed opportunity to become a Hollywood star “It was one of those learning experiences where if something doesn’t feel right to you Bon Iver recently released their new album, Sable, Fable which Far Out described as a “conduit for reflections on everything that pushes us between light and dark finding that sweet spot where despair transforms into liberation.” Three buildings proposed next to three planned Segro facilities An application has been filed to develop a data center campus outside London in Iver Thorney Lane LLP has filed with South Bucks County Council for a proposed data center development comprising up to 90,000 sqm (968,750 sq ft) of floorspace at the Thorney Business Park on Thorney Lane The proposal is for three data center buildings up to 25m tall The real estate giant is known to be developing data centers on an adjacent plot of land that is also part of the Thorney Lane Business Park First announced in 2022, the Segro Iver data center campus at Thorney Road Business Park will comprise three buildings offering 990,000 sq ft (92,000 sqm) of space. The company received the green light for the first three buildings earlier this year The 18.6-hectare site is located approximately 5 km east of Slough It is bound to the north by the Grand Union Canal to the west by the remaining area of the Thorney Lane business park The site was used for gravel extraction until the 1960s when it was filled and used for industrial purposes Real estate firm Greystoke had been hoping to develop a data center campus in Iver but saw its proposals rejected twice. The application is now being reconsidered under the new Labour government CyrusOne first filed for permission to redevelop the Shannon Group headquarters, located on Dromenagh Farm on Sevenhills Road into a data center campus known as the ‘Iver Heath Data Park’ project back in October 2022 The original filing aimed to see the existing 5,850 sqm (7,000 sq ft) property redeveloped for up to 63,000 sqm (678,000 sq ft) of data center facilities in a plot of 16.59 hectares The site will have 10 data halls across six buildings supporting around 90MW of capacity The project would include a new on-site substation The refiled statements seem to follow a similar goal The application notes the site would use outdoor air for ‘free’ cooling when external conditions are suitable The site currently consists of multiple large buildings The Shannon Group also operates helicopters and a motor racing team from the site and logistics base for the previous 30 years the Shannon Group provides civil engineering The company has occupied the site for more than 20 years; a number of smaller companies also occupy smaller parts of the proposed site Part of the property has been occupied by Living Props a manufacturer and supplier of living and artificial trees and fauna for the film industry There are also two residential properties on the site Part of the land was previously a landfill CyrusOne currently operates six ‘London’ data centers; four in Slough Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Welcome to New Music Friday your one place to discover the biggest new song Let's start with this week's singles, which starts with a surprise release from Lana Del Rey herself come on is the first single from Lana's forthcoming new album The Right Person Will Stay We also have a team-up between two of last year's brightest breakthrough stars: British singer-songwriter Myles Smith and US country artist Shaboozey which they recently debuted live at Myles' headline show in LA Indie legends Pulp have delighted fans by dropping Spike Island a new single inspired by Stone Roses' seminal 1990 concert on the man-made Cheshire island It's the first single from the band's first studio album in 24 years Meanwhile, unbreakable girl-group Sugababes have marked the start of their UK and Ireland arena tour by dropping the atmospheric ballad Weeds It's the second single from their as-yet-untitled ninth studio album following the slinky house banger Jungle MARINA – the artist formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds -– continues her sixth album era by dropping the confidently titled bop Cuntissimo It's the third track she's shared from the album following Butterly and Cupid's Girl Another beloved British pop queen, Louise, also shares the third single from her upcoming album Confession, which is due on May 23. Lou recently told us the album features "a departure in sound" from her previous releases and will underscore the fact she is "not a heritage act" Other new singles include Don't Forget You Love Me, the debut solo single from 5 Seconds of Summer star Calum Hood, and Smash It Like Belushi, a new single from Green Day's upcoming deluxe edition of their Saviors album Saviors - the band's 14th studio set – debuted at Number 1 in January 2024 Meanwhile, multi-Mercury Prize and BRIT Award nominee Loyle Carner returns with two new tracks They're the South London artist's first new solo offerings since his 2022 album Hugo which peaked at Number 3 on the Official Albums Chart Now, onto this week's albums. Bon Iver – the indie-folk project led by Justin Vernon – are back with fifth studio album Sable is their highest-charting to date with an Official Charts peak of Number 2 The Driver Era – aka brothers Rocky and Ross Lynch – are back with their fourth studio album Obsession, while influential Norwegian duo Röyksopp are dropping their 10th They'll be hoping for a return visit to the Top Ten this time next week Ariana Grande's Number 1 album eternal sunshine rebounded to Number 3 on last week's Official Albums Chart thanks to a deluxe edition featuring six additional tracks Today brings a new variant – eternal sunshine deluxe: brighter days ahead (a cappella version) – that could help the album to extend its chart run ARC DE TRIOMPHEAMINE TWO LANDSAZAMIAH RICHBEA & HER BUSINESS STAY COUNTRY OR DIE TRYIN'BLAKE SHELTON THERE'S A RHYTHMBON IVER DON'T FORGET YOU LOVE MECALUM HOOD D.P.DDBA I HATE THAT IT'S TRUEDEAN LEWIS NO GOODDJ KATCH SCREAMFI MCCLUSKY WHAT IT TAKESFLORENTENES THERE'S NO FUTURE IN OPTIMISMGARBAGE SMASH IT LIKE BELUSHIGREEN DAY OTHELLOHARD LIFE THINK I MIGHTHONEY BXBXY DREAMS DON'T DIEJELLY ROLL ALL I EVER WANTEDJESSICA WINTER BLUE STRIPSJESSIE MURPH SWEETIEKOKOROKO HENRY, COME ONLANA DEL REY BORDERLINELOUISE ALL I NEEDLOYLE CARNER JOKINGLUSAINT CUNTISSIMOMARINA RUNAWAYPAIGE CAVELL SPIKE ISLANDPULP LEGENDSQUAVO/LIL BABY CARITA LINDARAUW ALEJANDRO BLINK TWICESHABOOZEY/MYLES SMITH FREAKY (JUST MY TYPE)SHERELLE SYD SWEENEYSMUT WEEDSSUGABABES RAINSUNDAY 1994 HYSTERICALTASH NEVER ENOUGHTURNSTILE HONKYTONK HOLLYWOODJON PARDI VAMPMAGNOLIA PARK TRUE ELECTRICROYKSOPP OBSESSIONTHE DRIVER ERA GROWING PAINSTROUSDALE DUNE PROPHECY SEASON ONE QUEER SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 Log in Register ORDINARYALEX WARREN PINK PONY CLUBCHAPPELL ROAN SHOW ME LOVEWIZTHEMC/BEES & HONEY AZIZAMED SHEERAN LOVE ME NOTRAVYN LENAE Subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with all things When The Horn Blows related We use cookies and similar technologies to run this website and help us understand how you use it Bon Iver announce the warmly-welcomed release of upcoming EP ‘SABLE,’ – featuring a triptych of intimate songs exploring themes of healing and reflection Front man Justin Vernon independently released the band’s debut album ‘For Emma Primarily recorded over a period of three months while isolated in a Wisconsin cabin with the accompaniment of following projects such as ‘Bon Iver the band has become a staple within the indie-folk music landscape With the announcement of their new EP ‘SABLE,’ it’s clear that fans are aching for some perfect autumnal melodies ‘SABLE,’ introduces the effortlessly stripped down laid-back nature similar to that of Bon Iver’s first projects Although appearing to be returning to the sound of the band’s beginnings Justin Vernon explains that this EP is a reintroduction to Bon Iver Entering into this new era is ‘THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS’ Starting with an eerie high-pitched tone followed with a soft galloping beat it confidently marks the new approach Vernon is taking with this project Unapologetically he states the uncertainty of this alternative proposal with the lyrics ‘I am afraid of changing’ Bon Iver’s ability to keep things true to heart and not sugar-coat stories is one of the many reasons that they have been able to connect with people on a global scale packaged up into beautiful lyrics and melodies ‘I see things / Behind things / Behind things / And there are rings / Within rings / Within rings’ gives us an insight into the many layers Justin Vernon has had to peel back to create this intimate EP increasingly touching on subjects of healing It carries the band’s signature ethereal sound A slight pick up in tempo of the light strumming of the guitar aids a feeling of hope gently humming in the background alongside the violins Although still diving into difficult themes Bon Iver masters the ability to make heavy emotions more digestible non-judgemental space for Vernon to unpack the burdensome and challenging pressure and anxiety that amounted to one of the toughest periods of his life The final and arguably most emotional song appearing on the new EP is ‘AWARDS SEASON’ The majority of the song features only the pure rawness of Justin Vernon’s vocals backed by a comforting whine of a metal singing bowl This track feels like you’re peering into the innermost thoughts and feelings of Vernon grounding feel and a sense of consistency throughout vocals take a back seat to allow for an intimate instrumental solo – and although painfully sad The clever use of unrefined vocals make it appear as if Vernon is back in the Wisconsin cabin where Bon Iver first began bottled up inside the four walls and singing to himself ‘AWARDS SEASON’ leaves the EP with a sting – painful and teary-eyed Bon Iver have once again mastered the perfect balance between intensity and tenderness into an unforgettable EP constantly revealing deeper layers of emotion and transformation with a fresh perspective This week's Band of the Week is Brighton quartet Slung - who have just released their debut album 'In Ways' via Fat Dracula An epic reprise from the indie rock collectives’ first in five years with the scholars - an ambitious nine-track rock opera magnum opus Sextile blend synth and punk together on their latest record in a way that has never looked – or sounded more fun creating music that’s impossible not to dance to Blondshell’s second record If You Asked For A Picture is a triumph Toronto's very own soul star delight Tanika Charles shares the video for new track 'Talk To Me Nice' - the third single to taken from her upcoming album 'Reasons To Stay' Cardiff rock band HIMALAYAS have just released the new album 'Bad Stars' - an impressive explosion of sound The post-punk psychedelic powerhouse group that is Squid spun the heads off of the crowd lucky enough to see them perform at Camden’s Roundhouse Dreampop outfit Portland make their return with soaring alternative pop release ‘Lay Me Down’ which hits just about as hard as our first introduction to the band; single ‘Lucky Clover’ A love letter to the city they now call home ‘Glasgow Love Story’ is the stunning new album from Scotland’s Tide Lines.  Incubus took it back to the 00s on Saturday night in London with a stellar show full of nostalgic rock turntable scratching and several unexpected covers American rockers Halestorm release new cinematic rock anthem ‘Darkness Always Wins’ This week's Band of the Week is American punk-rock band Heart Attack Man - who have just released their new album 'Joy Ride The Pale Horse'.