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- Summary: The four-track EP was recorded at different places between December 2006 and June 2008.
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 15
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Mixed: 4 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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The record sounds, appropriately so, as if it were made by a band experimenting, rather than by one man alone, heartbroken, in his so-often-talked-about Wisconsin cabin.
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Blood Bank leaves something to be desired--namely the fragility and unplanned expansiveness that defined Emma. Fortunately, this set's remaining songs benefit from feeling slightly incomplete.
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The Blood Bank EP is a fine appendix to the Bon Iver story, so far, and in its subdued elegance, the title track has all the emotional generosity of giving blood, tinged with the awareness of mortality.
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The Vocoder on the a cappella track 'Woods' puts forth a robotic wooziness that's more about technical expression than personal sentiment. With full-band backing, Vernon also seems more social on the title track and 'Babys.' What remains from "For Emma" is a dizzying and ethereal beauty.
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Vernon is great at seizing on something simple and spinning it out to reveal its innner beauty and this EP shows that there's more than just heartbreak to the 27-year-old. The title track, however, does sound like something by Coldplay.
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It sees Vernon moving things on a touch, artistically, while still retaining much of what made his debut such a delight to so many.
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It might be helpful to think of Blood Bank not as an EP but as a single with a solid new A-side and three largely irrelevant B-sides.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Sep 9, 2012One of the greatest and moving EP's released during the last decade.
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Jun 2, 2011
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aArONMJan 22, 2009
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MarlonZJan 22, 2009Beautifully constructed and astoundingly performed. Every bit as good as "For Emma, Forever Ago".
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May 30, 2015
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Jun 13, 2020
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Dec 7, 2021
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