22, A Million

4/10. A mix of weird electronic sounds and sleepy piano music that just really isn't doing it for me today. Good to know that someone is out there forcing Spotify to support unicode, though.

Once in a while I hear a Bon Iver song and thing, "Oh, that's pretty nice." But mostly I just find him pretentious. Naming songs the way Elon Musk names his children, and please, enough with the auto-tuner. 2 stars.

Meh. Hipsters doing... something. 2/5

Folk boy goes experimental with mixed results. Seldom has auto tune been more unnecessarily applied.

Amazing addition to the list. Still my fav record by them.

Yeah this is where Bon Iver really mashed a Radiohead and Gotye sound together with his own blend.

I almost submitted this album. This album showcases Justin Vernon’s struggle with growing fame both lyrically and musically. Here we hear his voice, Bon Iver’s focal point, distorted throughout almost as if he’s hiding himself in the electronics (invented in house by Chris Messina by the way). The tumult can be heard throughout, comes to a head, and dissolves into the final song where we finally hear the man himself without the artifice. That’s not to say the electronics only serve the purpose of obfuscation. They also turn sound into a kaleidoscope as heard on the penultimate track where one saxophone is transformed into many. I had the pleasure of hearing this album played through from start to finish at Oakland’s Fox Theater and I can attest to its power and masterful use of tension and release.

Very very good! Nicely done

A lovely, weird, creative, sad bunch of harmonies and ambient music fed through an electronic filter. This is great and came at just the right time to feel sad to. Rating: 5 Playlist track: 666 ʇ Date listened: 09/10/24

Oh, I like this a lot. Thank you!

That went down fairly easy.

Does not match the highs of Emily, but is still pretty great. Cool to see that his sound continued to evolve even after I stopped listening regularly.

The sampling and the integrity of Bon Iver kind of don't match for me... I don't think it's their best album. But it's enjoyable

First of the user albums that I've heard before

Whooooooh tightightightight

Not shocked to see a Bon Iver album on the user submitted list. He’s definitely one of the more iconic modern artists with his unique style. This album I wouldn’t say is his best but it’s definitely one I like and also very experimental. Overall this is a catchy and brilliantly artistic album that deserves many re-listens. 8.2/10

Brilliant!

It's cool when a band or artist takes a weird step forward with a new album. It can be risky but in this case it pays off.

I’ve only ever listened to for Emma so it was cool to hear non wistful sad stuff and listen to cool electronica type stuff instead. Fun to listen to while high too.

Very interesting and at times I really liked it, although it was low key and I did tire of the auto tune at times. But still lovely and personal.

All the electronic sounds would have kept me from thinking this was really "indie folk," but then again it's part of such an interesting blend of genres. While I sometimes wondered if I liked it, I was always captivated by it and thought it had quite beautiful moments.

Ó svo notalegt.

What a cool guy

The Song is dead. Justin Vernon is still alive, apparent and there as sculptor. Which is to say that 22, A Million never bends its sound to architecture, a strict and intentional limit less a shame for pain's sake than beauty's. Can't live within modernity, the squeeze of the literally digital.

I have a great fondness for the first three releases, I kind of had stopped following at this one. Some of this seems verging at (I think intentional) self-parody, certainly it seems a rebellion of sorts. I don't hate it and like some of it pretty well but overall it doesn't quite seem fully baked. In all though I'd rather see someone forging into new territory, even if not fully successful, than circling over the same oground.

It is definitely a very unique, instant recognizable sound. I should listen to this more often to actually get into it more. For now, I'm starting with 3/5 stars.

My first full-length Bon Iver listen, and I fully get the hype. This is a wondrous, expansive LP that strives to push boundaries and break things, misusing production techniques to create some truly clever tracks. This does, however, lead to a certain sense of emotional sterility – the LP reads more as a museum art piece than an album I'd put on to fully listen to for the emotional response. I know Iver's other works have soul in spades, so it's a shame this collection of tracks doesn't quite read that intimately. That said, however, this is still an amazingly cool work of art and one I could see myself returning to when the vibes are just right.

I once worked with a Bon Over fan who called my criticism that their music doesn't go anywhere "clichéd". It's right though, innit. Still, it was a different vibe and I appreciate your selection.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: __45__

He is definitely an artist missing from the list, though I definitely in the For Emma, Forever Ago camp... one of my absolute favorite albums. This is definitely way more experimental, though his approach still shows a lot passion. The slightly more traditional tracks like 8 Circle really work for me, but there's not enough like that which makes most of the album more of a curiosity.

It's a very inventive album that seems to overturn a lot of the paradigms of what a song needs to be. Ultimately, however, it doesn't really work for me. A bit mechanical, a bit herky jerky.

I don't know what Bon Iver was trying to accomplish with this album, but I did not get it. I still don't get it now

Bon Iver is definitely an acquired taste, and apparently it is something I haven't acquired.

I know people raved about this then and I think some called it album of the year, but I never understood it. I really loved his debut with his beautiful voice. On this album is full of vocoder and autotune. Such a waste.

Nice variety of sounds. Very interesting. Although it's not much of my taste, I'll give it a 2, but more of this kind of experimental sounds could have been on the list. This kind of "indie" music is kinda over-exploted nowadays also, I think.

Too experimental with vocoder voicings and weird electronica. Not enjoying this one

Didn't get on with it, an attempt to mix rock and electro, but, particularly the slower songs just don't work for me. 1.7

Okay, I'm "an old," but I'm not getting much out of this at all.

Uggh. Bon Iver is so bland. It's just boring pseudo "indie" hipster soundscapes. Snoozefest.

Folktronica, art pop, electronic. Rollo. Un 2.

Another one not for me

Let's take shitty indie music and add auto tune. It was still awful. Songs were skipped.