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Bon Iver: Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)

Bud Scoppa, Rock's Backpages, December 2011

ADOPTING THE nom de plume Bon Iver, Justin Vernon made the leap from unknown to major artist in the few seconds between the strummed acoustic opening and the first chorus of 'Flume', the first track of his unforgettable debut album For Emma, Forever Ago.

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