The three-track collection arrives next month Bon Iver has announced a new EP called ‘SABLE’ – listen to the single ‘S P E Y S I D E’ below. READ MORE: Bon Iver – ‘i, i’ review The Justin Vernon -led project seemingly began teasing new material earlier this month with a black-and-white video clip. Now, a delicate and acoustic track has arrived that sees the musician return to his folk roots.
‘S P E Y S I D E’ was co-produced by Vernon and Jim-E Stack, and features vocals and guitar by the former, along with viola by Rob Moose. “ I know now that I can’t make good/ How I wish I could/ Go back and put/ Me where you stood/ Nothing’s really something now the whole thing’s soot ,” Vernon sings in the first verse. The song serves as the second chapter of Bon Iver’s upcoming three-track EP ‘SABLE’, which is due for release on October 18 via Jagjaguwar.
It’ll also contain the cuts ‘Things Behind Things Behind Things’ and ‘Awards Season’. The collection was written so that Vernon could “unpack the darkness, pressure and anxiety that amounted to one of the most trying periods of his life”, the singer-songwriter explained in a statement. He explores feelings of “guilt, anguish and turmoil” across the EP, whose title refers to colours so dark they are almost black.
‘S P E Y S I D E’ is accompanied by a black-and-white official music video, directed by Erinn Springer. The moody visuals find Vernon taking shelter alone in a barn as a.