Albumism’s 50 Best Albums of 2019 | #50: Bon Iver’s ‘i,i’

November 24, 2019 Albumism Staff

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#50 | Bon Iver | i,i
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According to Jeremy Levine: “While i,i does share a soundscape similar to 22, A Million, there are traces of the rest of the discography here. “Faith” would be completely at home on the Blood Bank (2009) EP. “Hey Ma” could have slipped right between “Holocene” and “Towers” on Bon Iver (2011) and nobody would have batted an eye. With Bon Iver, the more things change, the more things stay the same. They’re still intimate and enigmatic at the same time. I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

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