re:stacks off bon iver’s For Emma- such a heavy album, but this song marks a final change in theme before the record wraps up: leaves listeners with a twinge of hope after so much grief. i’ve carried that hope with me for years now. if you listen closely, you can hear justin vernon set down his guitar and walk out of the studio as the album ends. a perfect tender moment also f mono 😔☝️
my favorite ending for an album that i feel, is in large part, about the various modalities of longing and lament. it feels weary and wise, almost recollective like one might be at the end of a life. reminds me of a stanley kunitz poem 💙
a bit too on the nose? it may be the second song on the album but it’s perfect for ending things on a hopeful/optimistic note before i run into the woods at the end of the movie.
