Track features on Sable, the first new music from Justin Vernon’s long-running folk group in about five years
You can see and hear Justin Vernon‘s pain in the video for Bon Iver‘s new single, “Speyside.” He lies on a bed, wincing, singing, “Nothing’s really happened like I thought it would,” in one scene of the black-and-white clip, directed by Erinn Springer. In another moment, he’s wading into an ocean wearing a peacoat and fedora. “I can’t rest on no dynasty, man, what is wrong with me?” he sings, as his guitar twinkles and viola saws behind him. In nearly every song and every note, Vernon’s loneliness is overwhelming.
The track, an apology he wrote in 2021 to loved ones he hurt, is one of three new songs that will make up Sable, an EP due on Oct. 18. It will be Bon Iver’s first release in about five years.
