On Bon Iver´s `i,i,` Justin Vernon ponders Trump, climate change and wider world
(WorldNews Music)

`I can hear crying,` Justin Vernon sings on his new album as Bon Iver, and your first thought is: Well, of course. Part of a loose confederacy of sad but soulful alt-pop artisans that also includes James Blake and Thom Yorke, Vernon has found big success (and two Grammy Awards) by exploring heartbreak and anxiety in carefully rendered recordings that show just where he puts all his obsessive energy. Since emerging in 2008 with `For Emma, Forever Ago` - the platinum debut he says he made while hunkered down by himself in his father´s hunting cabin in the woods of northwestern Wisconsin - he´s become such a reliable source of moody sensitivity that rappers...