Description
- Sable, Fable
- Artist: Bon Iver
- Format: LP
- Release Date: 4/11/2025
- LABEL: Jagjaguwar
- VENDOR: Bwscd, INC.
- DISTRIBUTOR: AMPED
- NUMBER OF DISCS: 2
- UPC: 656605245010
- GENRE: Rock
DESCRIPTION
Bon Iver's three-song collection SABLE, was a prologue mired
in darkness, a controlled burn clearing the way for new possibilities. fABLE is the book that follows. Where SABLE, was a work of solitude, fABLE is an outstretched hand. Radiant, ornate pop music gleams around Vernon's voice as he focuses on a new and beautiful era. On every song, his eyes are locked with one specific person. It's love, which means there's an intense clarity, focus, and honesty within fABLE. It's a portrait of a man flooded and overwhelmed by that first meeting ("Everything Is Peaceful Love"). There's a tableau defined by sex and irrepressible desire ("Walk Home"). This is someone filled with light and purpose seeing an entire future right in front of him: a partner, new memories, maybe a family. There's something undeniably healing about infatuation. Cleaving to someone else can feel like light pouring in from a door that's suddenly swung wide. But there's a reason SABLE, is of a piece with fABLE; the shadow still rears it's head in lighter times. Even when you've reached a new chapter, you'll still find yourself back in your own foundational muck. A fable isn't a fairy tale. There's good stuff: unbridled joy and trips to Spain. But fables aren't hinged on happy endings; they're here to instill a lesson. As the album winds to a close, he acknowledges the need for patience and a commitment to put in the work. There's a selfless rhythm required when you're enmeshing yourself with another person. The song-and by extension the entire album -is a pledge. He's ready to find that pace.
Tracklist:
- 1
- Disc One: Side A: Things Behind Things Behind Things
- 2
- S P E y S I D E
- 3
- Side B: Awards Season
- 4
- Disc Two: Side A: Short Story
- 5
- Everything Is Peaceful Love
- 6
- Walk Home
- 7
- Day One
- 8
- from
- 9
- Side B: I'll Be There
- 10
- If Only I Could Wait
- 11
- There's a Rhythmn
- 12
- Au Revoir