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Bon Iver's SABLE and the EP as Formal Recovery

Justin Vernon's Bon Iver returned in October 2024 with a three-track EP after a five-year studio silence. The short form is the point, and the record argues for it specifically.

Jules Okonkwo·22 Jan·7 min

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Deeper Well: Kacey Musgraves' Retreat

Kacey Musgraves' fifth album is the record of an artist deliberately stepping back from the cultural centre she had briefly occupied. An argument for the retreat as a specific creative choice.

Jules Okonkwo·8 Apr·5 min