Listened to it six times. I've forced myself to put on something else so I don't wear it out.

It's definitely the first album this year to hit me squarely in the soul.

I listened to it for about a month non stop. I have hidden my copy and deleted it from my laptop and will return to it in the next couple of months.

lots but I still like other records more this year so far. its undoubtly freakin beautiful. the instrumentation is perfect for to me... but some times I'm not in the mood for his multi tracking on his voice sometimes I just wish he sang more stuff in just one track instead of layers of it all over the place... other times though in diffrent moods I love that about it.

I'm going to take a punt on this.

Between For Emma,Forever ago and Paavoharju's Laulu Laakson Kukista for my favourite album of the year so far.

now I have seen him twice and got the album and im sure hes my no.1 listend to artist on last this week. FANTASTIC Wolves Pt1 and 2 is one of the best songs I have ever heard.

re: pronunciation. I saw Skinny Love Jools performance on youtube but the intro/outro was cut out.
Bon 'eye'ver
Bon 'ivv ver (as in quiver)
something really odd?
I don't know anyone else who has heard of him; I do need new friends, I'm aware.

i bet he'll love that

which was nice.

I can't wait to get myself a copy of his album, it sounds quite magical.

It's good but I can't see why it's suddenly considered so highly.
Samamidon and the Sleeping years have released superior album for me this year.

for third time today. About the 20th since I bought it on Thursday.

of Great Escape for me too, album made #43 this week.

its beautiful

I'm seeing him tonight in London, SO excited!

i heard this for the first time on saturday at atp and was nearly teary.
absolutely incredible

for Iron and Wine last week, the fact that a guy headlining 200 capacity venues could so effortlessly command a place ten times bigger suggests that he's got the potential to really make it big.

Anyone...?

I saw him on friday at great escape, it was incredible. Really would love to see him again.

for jools here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/shows/series32/episode07/boniver/

Isn't one mediocre song, all of them are brilliant. At the moment, this is my 5th best album of 2008, behind Fuck Buttons, Russian Circles,Youthmovies,Portishead and No Age.

after that jools holland performance but not much chance of it getting it played tonight because there's a new Bonnie Prince Billy out today and it's not leaving my stereo tonight I don't think...

It's so freakin beautiful it makes my insides hurt.

I think I like Flume and Creature Fear the best.

Downloaded the album after reading P4k's review of the self-release last year.

Everytime i listen to it i like it more.

Second only to Alopecia for album of the year.

but it's a bit schmalzy adult contemporary for me sometimes.

Definitely could see it going the way of iron and wine, whom I sort of feel the same about

tender whispering falsetto's etc

Although I do agree with the description of "it's a bit schmalzy adult contemporary" at times. But also sometimes really, really beautiful

Still don't quite get it quite as much as the people who get it the most though.

i only just noticed bon iver lately. i am already thinking this will be one of my longlasting favourit albums.

at the time there was barely any for me. Now it's almost this whole album.

But that's partly down to personal reasons and very much big coincidences with this record and my life atm.

This is special. Only on track two mind.

and then i realised that I had none! :(

I was at the Rough Trade instore on Sun and it was an incredible performance. They did 3 songs on the stage, then came and sat in the middle of the crowd to do another 3 songs - just Justin and his unplugged acoustic, and the other two singing the incredible harmonies.
Spoke to him afterwards, lovely bloke! He said he's playing Shep Bush Empire on Sep 11th, gotta keep an eye out for tickets for that one!