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[[Bon Iver]] is an indie folk semi-group comprising of Justin Vernon and whoever he has on hand at the time. After undergoing a nasty breakup, Vernon retreated to his father's cabin in Wisconsin and began recording demos for an album, planning to re-record them later. When he sent the demos to friends and record labels, however, they told him almost unanimously that the songs should be left as they were, so he signed with Jagjaguwar Records and released the demos as the album "For Emma Forever Ago." It received widespread acclaim and Vernon & co have been exploring the various ways to [[Tear Jerker|make listeners cry]] ever since. Some of Bon Iver's more well-known songs include "Skinny Love," "Re: Stacks," "Blood Bank," "Holocene," "Perth," "Calgary," and "Beth/Rest."▼
[[File:Bon Iver@Stockholm.jpg|thumb|400px|Bon Iver in 2011]]
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* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]: The name is a slightly Anglicized version of "bon hiver", French for "good winter." Vernon got the phrase from a ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' rerun.▼
* [[Album Title Drop]]: In "For Emma:"
{{quote|So many foreign roads for Emma, forever ago.}}
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* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: "Re: Stacks."
* [[Epic Instrumental Opener]]: "Perth" features one.
▲* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]: The name is a slightly Anglicized version of "bon hiver", French for "good winter." Vernon got the phrase from a ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' rerun.
* [[Grief Song]]: All of ''For Emma, Forever Ago'' probably qualifies, but special mention goes to "Re: Stacks," which of all the songs on the album is the most up-front about it.
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: "Bone Ee-vair", not "Bonn I-ver".
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* [[Non-Appearing Title]]: Many examples, among them "Perth," "Minnesota, WI," "Holocene," "Michicant," "Wash.," "Calgary," "Lisbon, OH," and "Beth/Rest." Partial examples include "The Wolves (Act I and II)," which features "the wolves" but not "(Acts I and II)," "Re: Stacks" which features the word "stacks" but not "Re:," and "Hinnom, TX," which features "Hinnom" but not "TX."
* [[Obvious Beta]]: Inverted; the recordings found on "For Emma, Forever Ago" were ''supposed'' to be demo versions that would be rerecorded later, but those who listened to them liked them so much that they convinced Vernon to release them exactly as they were- as a result, every track on the album (with the exception of "For Emma," which had horns and drums added, and "The Wolves (Act I and II)," which had its backing vocals processed and distorted) is the original demo. It worked, and the lonely, isolated atmosphere made the album all the more heartrending.
* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: "Flume."{{verify}} Also, 'fide' and 'fane'{{verify}} from "Perth."
** Please verify. Is this a case of [[Small Reference Pools]], or is Bon Iver using [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flume Flume] and [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fane Fane] in ways other than their dictionary meanings and "fide" in a way other than its Latin meaning?
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: "Holocene" and "Towers" both have one. The latter is quite easy to miss.
** There's one in "Creature Fear" too, but it's used at such an uplifting point in the album ([[Indecipherable Lyrics|and rather hard to make out]]) that a lot of people don't hear it: "so many foreign worlds/so relatively fucked/so ready for us/a creature fear."
* [[Refrain From Assuming]]: A lot, due to [[Non-Appearing Title
** Somewhere, somebody thinks that "Holocene" is called "I Was Not Magnificent," or something along those lines.
** It's called "Skinny Love," not "My My My."
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* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]
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[[The Stinger|I ain't living in the dark no more, it's not a promise,
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