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new Bon Iver video, one day closer to Fall Creek Boys Choir

Bon Iver at Prospect Park last week (more by Amanda Hatfield
Bon Iver

Bon Iver has a video for the second single off his incredible self titled album, “Holocene.” The video was directed by Nabil Elderkin (Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Common) and premiered today on National Geographic. Nabil spoke of the Icelandic countryside in which the video was shot:

That place is the most magical place in the world, it looked like Mars to me, so I always wanted to shoot there. When Bon Iver gave me the reigns on this video, I knew it had to be filmed there.

Bon Iver is also releasing the track as a 12″ single b/w a cover of Peter Gabriel‘s “Come Talk To Me.” The 12″ will be released September 6 via Jagjaguwar. Check out the single’s artwork and the video below.

In related news, rumors continue to spread about the possible collaboration with James Blake following a very vague tweet from James that mentioned the “Fall Creek Boys Choir.” Still no updates on what the collaboration is going to be, but the Fall Creek Boys Choir appears to be some a cappella recordings done by Justin Vernon a few years ago.

Video, artwork, and all dates below…


Bon Iver – “Holocene”

BON IVER “Holocene” from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.

Holocene

Bon Iver — 2011 Tour Dates
09/06/11 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre w/ Kathleen Edwards
09/07/11 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre w/ Kathleen Edwards
09/08/11 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove w/ Kathleen Edwards
09/09/11 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater w/ Kathleen Edwards
09/11/11 St. Louis, MO The Pageant w/ Kathleen Edwards
09/12/11 Dallas, TX Winspear Opera House w/ Kathleen Edwards
09/13/11 Austin, TX The Long Center for the Performing Arts w/ Kathleen Edwards
09/15/11 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre w/ The Walkmen, Fleet Foxes
09/16/11 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre w/ Other Lives
09/17/11 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre w/ Other Lives
09/19/11 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Auditorium w/ Other Lives
09/20/11 Universal City, CA Gibson Ampitheatre w/ Other Lives
09/22/11 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre Berkeley w/ Other Lives
09/24/11 Troutdale, OR Edgefield Ampitheater w/ Other Lives
09/25/11 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre w/ Other Lives
09/26/11 Seattle, WA The Paramount Theatre w/ Other Lives
10/19/11 Manchester, UK Apollo w/ Kathleen Edwards
10/20/11 Dublin, IE The Canal Theatre w/ Kathleen Edwards
10/22/11 Edinburgh, UK Usher Hall w/ Kathleen Edwards
10/23/11 London, UK HMV Hammersmith Apollo w/ Kathleen Edwards
10/24/11 London, UK HMV Hammersmith Apollo w/ Kathleen Edwards
10/26/11 Utrecht , NL MCV w/ Kathleen Edwards
10/27/11 Brussels, BE AB w/ Kathleen Edwards
10/29/11 Paris, FR La Grande Hall de La VIillette w/ Jens Lekman, Kathleen Edwards, The Rosebuds
10/30/11 Koln, DE E-Werk w/ Kathleen Edwards
11/01/11 Berlin, DE Columbiahalle w/ Kathleen Edwards
11/03/11 Oslo, NO Sentrum Scene w/ Kathleen Edwards
11/04/11 Stockholm, SE Annexet w/ Kathleen Edwards
11/05/11 Copenhagen, DK Falkoner w/ Kathleen Edwards
11/06/11 Hamburg, DE Docks w/ Kathleen Edwards
11/09/11 Birmingham, UK o2 Academy w/ Kathleen Edwards
11/10/11 Leeds, UK o2 Academy w/ Kathleen Edwards
11/11/11 Bristol, UK Colston Hall w/ Kathleen Edwards