On Friday 30th september , Bon Iver will release their gorgeous new album, 22, A Million tipped to be one of the best albums of the year—and to keep listeners appeased, Justin Vernon has shared a fourth promo single from the LP. It just so happens to be one of the most pre and uplifting songs the band has ever recorded. Along with the release of the new album, a lyric video for “715 – CREEKS” was released as well. The bare-boned track featuring little other than Vernon’s heavily nuanced yet autotuned voice plays while a word document of lyrics is typed out.
Like its similarly tuneful brother, “33 ‘GOD‘”, and “8 (circle)” sees some of the most merciful treatment from the abstruse naming convention Vernon employed on 22, A Million. (The general rule seems to be: The more accessible songs get relatively easily-identified song titles, i.e. “8 (circle)” vs. “10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄”.)
Justin Vernon was still insisting he hadn’t been working on new Bon Iver material as recently as July 2015; just over a year later he performed the entirety of new album ’22, A Million’ at his Eaux Claires Festival in Wisconsin. All of that gig is on YouTube now, but the real thing will sound even better.
The Fat Angel Sings 