Bon Iver releases stripped-back new single ‘S P E Y S I D E’

The song is the Wisconsin singer-songwriter’s first of three from the EP Sable, out October 18th on Jagjaguwar.

‘S P E Y S I D E’ is a return to his acoustic sound that made For Emma, Forever Ago such a smash hit breakthrough way back in 2007.

Sable, the EP the song is drawn from features three tracks in total – ‘THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS’, ‘S P E Y S I D E’ and ‘AWARDS SEASON’ and is Justin Vernon’s first Bon Iver music in five years. “Before being Bon Iver meant playing a part,” he says.

The songs came after a “slow-burning breakdown”, with the process of healing in mind – unpacking the “darkness, pressure and anxiety that amounted to one of the most trying periods of his life”.

‘S P E Y S I D E’ begins with an apology to someone he hurt, written during a moment of clarity in 2021 – – “I know now that I can’t make good, how I wish I could’, ‘I got the best of me…. really damn been on such a violent spree.”

The songs on SABLE were written between 2020-2023, recorded at April Base and produced by Justin Vernon and Jim-E Stack – with viola from Rob Moose on ‘S P E Y S I D E’.

Watch the video starring Justin Vernon, directed by Erinn Springer:

SABLE EP Tracklist:

1. THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS
2. S P E Y S I D E
3. AWARDS SEASON

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