Rhapsody Song of the Day

Song: Skinny Love
Album: For Emma, Forever Ago
Artist: Bon Iver
Selected by: Nate Cavalieri
Date: December 31, 2008

Much like the record from which it comes, this tune has the kind of hushed, snowed-in intimacy that you might expect from a guy who broke up with his girlfriend, split up his band and headed to a hunting cabin in the Wisconsin woods to ride out the heartbreak. Justin Vernon's one-man band, Bon Iver, won apt comparisons to Elliot Smith and turned out the slow-grow record of 2008. By the time its done, those of you who aren't curled up in the fetal position sobbing will want to take your head out of the oven.

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