Bon Iver Goes to the Blood Bank

Bon Iver had a pretty magical 2008. Justin Vernon's man-alone-in-his-cabin debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, won near universal critical acclaim, including a spot on my Top 20 Albums of the year list. Now, with 2009 freshly dawned, Vernon is already back with new audio.

Jagjaguwar Records has just put up an MP3 of "Blood Bank," the lead track from his January-20-due EP of the same name. Thus far, the four-song set has been kept a closely-guarded secret, but now the title-track's out of the bag, and we're all free to listen. I recently interviewed Vernon about Bon Iver, although, truth be told, we spent more time talking about basketball than Blood Bank...

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