Artist: Bon Iver
Title: SABLE, fABLE
Format: 2× Black & Salmon Vinyl LP
Edition: Limited Edition, Indie Exclusive
Number of Tracks: 9
Release Date: 11 Apr - 2025
Record Label: Jagjaguwar
Genre: Rock - Indie Rock
Catalogue: JAG450LPC1
EAN: 0656605245034 /
Tracklistings: Disc: 1 - | 1 - Things Behind Things Behind Things | 2 - S P E Y S I D E | 3 - Awards Season | Disc: 2 - | 1 - Short Story | 2 - Everything Is Peaceful Love | 3 - Walk Home | 4 - Day One (Feat. Dijon And Flock Of Dimes) | 5 - From | 6 - I'Ll Be There | 7 - If Only I Could Wait (Feat. Danielle Haim) | 8 - There'S A Rhythm | 9 - Au Revoir
Release Notes: 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 its 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.