On the again of his SABLE, EP, Bon Iver has created an internet site, Counterpart, seemingly designed to host covers of his songs. The launch comes with a collection of Bon Iver songs new and outdated—together with a Sam Amidon cowl of “Issues Behind Issues Behind Issues”—together with a submissions hyperlink for video, audio, or pictures, which might be randomly uploaded, based on a press launch. For essentially the most half, the artists recording the movies should not recognized.
The press launch notes a collection of prompts that inform the mysterious venture: “Who else may embody the position of Bon Iver? Might the essence of a track lie exterior the voice that first sang it? If a track is a vessel, who else may fill it? Do you could have a pal that resembles Justin Vernon?” It additionally notes a quote from Justin Vernon’s latest New Yorker profile: “Why can we like a track?” he requested. “Is it due to who’s singing it to us? Or is it the track. I simply assume it’s the track. For me, it’s. For me, it’s concerning the track and what the music does.”
Since SABLE, Vernon has launched movies for “Issues Behind Issues Behind Issues” and “Awards Season.”
