I have a weird thing about prematurely sharing my favorite song on an album. I don’t like to give away my preferred tune, lest I unknowingly persuade the other person’s listening ear. In fact, it goes both ways. If you have a favorite song and I have only listened to the album 2.5 times, then I don’t want to hear your choice. Not until I have listened to it many a time and formed my own thoughts about the songs. Call me cashews (nuts).
But, in this instance, I have no qualms about sharing my favorite song from Bon Iver’s latest self-titled album. It’s been out for a while so you (the three of you that read this blog and also listen to Bon Iver–you know who you are) have probably had a chance to determine your best loved tune(s). Holocene was an early favorite of mine and through countless listens I can assuredly* say that it remains so.
The official music video (above) is so wonderful. It encourages me to do two things:
- Find a way, any way, to get myself to Iceland and skip around that marvelous, not-to-be-believed landscape
- Snatch the little boy who features in the short film because he is adorable
*Disclaimer: Actually, I cannot promise that it will always and forever remain my favorite. A unique feature of Bon Iver’s music is its ability to constantly be reevaluated for magnificence, thus leading to unpredictable changes in favoritism.
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