“On his fifth album, Justin Vernon moves out of the shadows and into an unabashedly joyful mindset and soundscape. His music remains as compelling as ever.”
“One of Justin Vernon's most beautiful projects ever.”
“Justin Vernon’s most easy-going record yet”
“Many fans of Bon Iver's era-defining 2008 album For Emma, Forever Ago eagerly awaited what sounded like a return to form with the release of "S P E Y S I D E" last year. The single's minimalist instrumentation and folkier tone harkened back to that lean classic LP, standing in stark contrast to more recent experimental Bon Iver projects, some of which had symbols for song titles and music that was”
“When Justin Vernon first released the first three songs of ‘SABLE, fABLE’ late last year, initially as a standalone EP, it was striking how much it resembled the Wisconsin singer-songwriter’s earliest music as Bon Iver. Doing away with much of the stuttering, experimental art-folk and mysterious numerological codes that defined later albums, the devastatingly sad trio of songs stripped things all ”
“Justin Vernon’s first album in six years, SABLE, fABLE, finds the melancholic indie stalwart at his most hopeful and open”
