WHITE HINTERLAND @ echo

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Bon Iver

Vernon’s multi-tracked falsetto is the element that jumps out right away since it’s all over For Emma’s nine songs, but don’t make the mistake of throwing him in the freak-folk clubhouse with Devendra Banhart and the like. At their core, songs like “The Wolves (Act I and II)” and “Re: Stacks” are as straightforward and pretty as Sam Beam’s Iron and Wine creations, if they were sung by TV on the Radio’s soulful Tunde Adubimpe. Instrumentally, Vernon’s guitar is his main partner in chime, with horns and clattery percussion making guest spots. Listening to these songs, it’s easy to picture Vernon crouching on the cabin’s roaring hearth, strumming and trying to ward off the chills from an environment where below zero is a way of life. – Spin.com

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