Bon Iver has announced a new archival series, titled Volumes, inspired by Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series and the Neil Young Archives.
The archival series will span live shows, demos, unreleased recordings, and other previously unheard material. It is slated to arrive on April 3rd, digitally and physically via Jagjaguwar.
Volumes: One “Selections from Music Concerts 2019-2023 Bon Iver 6 Piece Band”, which is available for pre-order now, marks the debut instalment and promises to bring together ten performances that “capture Bon Iver at its wildest, warmest and most muscular.”
Justin Vernon shared of the new release, “This particular set of 10 songs is like, ‘Here, if you’ve never heard Bon Iver, or you have and you didn’t like it, this might be for you.’ This is what we became. This is really us at our best. This is it.”
The release features Vernon alongside bandmates Andrew Fitzpatrick, Jenn Wasner, Matthew McCaughan, Michael Lewis, and Sean Carey, propped up by the live engineering of Xandy Whitesel.
Fans can listen to ‘Heavenly Father’ now, a beloved fan favourite live from Milan in 2022. The release acts both as a time capsule and a project that celebrates the importance of Vernon’s bandmates.
Previously, on the final night of the i,i show in 2023, Vernon paid tribute to his fellow musicians, reading aloud, “The fact that I’ve been with friends, not just work buddies.”
He went on, “And the fact that we’ve travelled all over the world together, while we all did our jobs at the highest levels possible. We crushed this shit as hard as anybody has ever crushed anything. I’m so deeply proud to be a part of Us.”
See the full tracklist for the release below.
‘Volumes: One’ tracklist:
‘Sh’DIAH’ (boardmix) – Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, CA. Oct 06 2019
‘Intro’ – The Forum, Los Angeles, CA. Sep 15 2019
‘Man Like U’ – The Forum, Los Angeles, CA. Sep 15 2019
‘We’ (feat. Bizhiki) – Xcel Energy Center, St Paul, MN. Oct 03 2019
‘Jelmore’ – Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta, ID. Jan 19 2020
‘666’ – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving, TX. Apr 03 2022
‘Heavenly Father’ – Mediolanum, Milan, IT. Nov 05 2022
‘P.D.L.I.F.’ – Red Hill Auditorium, Perth, AU. Feb 26 2023
‘Hey, Ma’ – Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL. July 23 2023
‘A Satisfied Mind’ – State Theatre, Portland, ME. Dec 08 2017
’33 “God”‘ – WOMADelaide Festival, Adelaide, AU. Mar 10 2023
