Bon Iver to release a new album in June? Could happen. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon discussed writing a new Bon Iver record. “Somewhere along the line, I forgot how to write songs,” he told Rolling Stone. “I couldn’t do it anymore with a guitar. It wasn’t happening. I brought in a lot of people to change my voice–not my singing voice, but my role as the author of this band, this project.” Vernon, of course, wrote and recorded Bon Iver’s epic 2007 debut album holed up in a cabin in a Wisconsin forest. In the article, he described several of the still-untitled album’s 10 songs, saying one of which had “a marching drum beat, a childrens’ choir and wailing guitars,” and that it was “a Civil War-sounding heavy metal song.” The song deals with his childhood and features finger-picked guitars, double bass drums and distorted bass saxophone. The song Vernon is most proud of is the album’s finale, the horn-heavy “Beth/Rest,” saying, “It’s definitely the part where you pick up your joint and re-light it.” No concrete release information has surfaced, other than a 50-second instrumental video clip posted on April 14, 2011 that most suspect is an album teaser. Justin Vernon walks a thin line in his attempt to follow up For Emma, Forever Ago and the Blood Bank EP, but fans like myself can’t wait.
-Brad F.

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