(Jagjaguwar)[br]The flashes of brilliance in Justin Vernon’s black night of the soul are frustratingly few on his cryptic,effects-laden third albumIf anything, the latter-day recorded works of Bon Iver are testament that success does not solve everything. This is not a original opinion – long before Kurt Cobain exited the stage, and the arts believe had their malcontents,mulling over pacts made with the fork-tailed fame fairy. But it is an opinion that bears fresh examining, Justin Vernon believes, and across 10 more tracks of racked,hyper-modern balladeering.
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Source: theguardian.com