I usually hate acoustic, singer songwriter stuff..it reeks of 'pat-yourself-on-the-back' bullshit, but I have fallen head over heels in love with Bon Iver.
I don't mind admitting that if someone puts 'Skinny Love' on i'll be a crying, shaking mess by the end of the song, as i'm writing this i'm listening to his new Blood Bank EP, and it's making me quite emotional. But there's a hopefulness about it all, a sort of 'cry now but it's gonna be alright, don't worry'.
The first time I heard him on Jools Holland last year, I was fixated, mesmerised by this cut-up soul - who looked very much the mountain man - playing the most tender song. That was Skinny Love, and it makes me weep like a small child.
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