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Podcast: Down On High: Examining the Records That Made Us
Episode: Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago/Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Description: This week's episode features special guest Angela, as we discuss Bon Iver. The music of Justin Vernon's project has been wrapped up in mythology, conjuring imagery of a man in the wilderness, removed from society and human connection, making an album wrought with deep suffering. In reality, 2007's For Emma, Forever Ago was made in a hunting cabin in Wisconsin -- a culmination of unfortunate struggles with band and romantic break ups, physical ailment, and gambling addiction. However it came to be, this album skyrocketed Vernon's career as an indie folk darling with mainstay Skinny Love. From there, an...