I always thought Unmap, the debut album from Volcano Choir - an experimental group featuring Wisconsin friends Justin Vernon (Bon Iver, The Shouting Matches) and post-rock outfit Collections of Colonies of Bees - didn't get enough attention. Maybe it wasn't quite the For Emma... follow up people were hoping for from Vernon, or maybe just the overall lack of Bon Iver in the by line, but people slept on it and, in my opinion missed out. I guess experimental rock, and this really wasn't all that experimental, just turns some people off.
Anyways, late last month, a stunning album trailer (a recent trend I am really enjoying) was released for Repave, VC's sophomore effort. This video was soundtracked by an, at the time, unknown song, which, as it turns out, is the album's first single. "Byegone" feels like Volcano Choir going for something bigger this time (just look at that wave in the video), but not before the song bubbles and hisses its way to the triumphant 2:38 mark. "Byegone" recalls the cathartic release of Bon Iver's "Perth," a song that a couple of the non-Veron Volcano Choir members were involved in, and is a hopeful sign of things to come from the forthcoming album. Repave will be released on September 3rd.
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