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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
Basically, you can glimpse the phantom of the timeless classic that Vernon might have recorded, under other circumstances, although this EP gives some clues, too.
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The Times
It is the a cappella Woods that is the highlight - like Prince singing Fleet Foxes.
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7.9
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Pitchfork
Blood Bank certainly dispels concerns that Vernon's accomplishment was somehow environmental-- that For Emma's poetic circumstances, and not its contents, were responsible for its success. Blood Bank is still a wintry record-- but Bon Iver is hardly a seasonal taste.
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7.0
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musicOMH
As an evocation of cabin-fever this is strange, sombre and touching and the vocal - sometimes a wail, sometimes a croon, sometimes sounding very human yet at other times impersonal and electronic - builds to create a thing of cumulative beauty.
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No Ripcord
While Blood Bank retains some of the atmospheric qualities of its predecessor, it demonstrates Vernon’s willingness to try new things in terms of technique and ideas.
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6.0
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The Quietus
While this release doesn't add a significantly new string to the Bon Iver bow it does provide an experimentally varied stepping-stone to that all-important sophomore release... does absolutely nothing to stain the legacy of its predecessor.
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5.0
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PopMatters
For some folks in Bon Iver’s burgeoning fanbase, the EP might be an adequate aside until the next album. But whereas For Emma felt like a ray of sunlight seamlessly inching across the forest floor, Blood Bank feels like fluorescent-bulbed filler.
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