Bon Iver - Sable, Fable (New CD)

Bon Iver”s three-song collection SABLE, was a prologue mired

in darkness, a controlled burn clearing the way for new possibilities. fABLE is the book that follows. Where SABLE, was a work of solitude, fABLE is an outstretched hand. Radiant, ornate pop music gleams around Vernon”s voice as he focuses on a new and beautiful era. On every song, his eyes are locked with one specific person. It”s love, which means there”s an intense clarity, focus, and honesty within fABLE. It”s a portrait of a man flooded and overwhelmed by that first meeting (“”Everything Is Peaceful Love””). There”s a tableau defined by sex and irrepressible desire (“”Walk Home””). This is someone filled with light and purpose seeing an entire future right in front of him: a partner, new memories, maybe a family. There”s something undeniably healing about infatuation. Cleaving to someone else can feel like light pouring in from a door that”s suddenly swung wide. But there”s a reason SABLE, is of a piece with fABLE; the shadow still rears it”s head in lighter times. Even when you”ve reached a new chapter, you”ll still find yourself back in your own foundational muck. A fable isn”t a fairy tale. There”s good stuff: unbridled joy and trips to Spain. But fables aren”t hinged on happy endings; they”re here to instill a lesson. As the album winds to a close, he acknowledges the need for patience and a commitment to put in the work. There”s a selfless rhythm required when you”re enmeshing yourself with another person. The song-and by extension the entire album -is a pledge. He”s ready to find that pace.

• 1 Things Behind Things Behind Things
• 2 S P E y S I D E
• 3 Awards Season
• 4 Short Story
• 5 Everything Is Peaceful Love
• 6 Walk Home
• 7 Day One
• 8 from
• 9 I”ll Be There
• 10 If Only I Could Wait
• 11 There”s a Rhythmn
• 12 Au Revoir