I have yet to hear a better album this year than For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver. It's just incredible. Bon Iver is basically a pseudonym for a songwriter called Justin Vernon - after the break up of the band he was in and the painful breakdown of a long term relationship, Vernon retreated to a remote log cabin and recorded the whole record there by himself (in between killing and eating deer!).
The album is just perfect for sitting and listening to by yourself in the small hours of the morning. I've lost count of the number of times this year I've been sat at 3AM just taking in the amazing songs on the record. I can't speak highly enough of it and hope that if by some weird mistake someone reads this that it'll intrigue them enough to want to hear it.
So yeah, go find it and thank me later =)
This is a fantastic live performance on good ol' Later...With Jools Holland of the song Skinny Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyo33XLP24
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