Bon Iver EP

Anybody else think that if we threw a helmet and a #18 Bears jersey on Justin Vernon he could easily pass for Kyle Orton? The resemblance is uncanny!

Fresh off his #1 album of the year commendation from The Gettin' Place, Vernon and the Bon Iver troop now return with a four song EP entitled Blood Bank, due out on January 20th. Here's a brief rundown:

"Blood Bank" and "Beach Baby" are awesome, traditional Bon Iver tunes. The former employs a specific, storytelling lyrical style that was generally absent on For Emma while the latter features some distorted, warbling pedal steel.

"Babys" opens with a redundant piano line which gradually opens up as Vernon's falsetto jumps into the mix along with an acoustic.

"Woods" is the real oddball of the bunch for it's essentially an a cappella song featuring Vernon's voice multi-tracked all over the place. With auto-tune. No joke.

You can stream the whole thing at his MySpace. 

Enjoy.