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incredibly powerful and manly man completely giving into the fact that he is weak and small." Vernon notes that
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gave the album a positive review, stating, "All songs on Repave begin quietly and almost none stay that way for long, so when those crescendos hit, you’re supposed to envision waves crashing on cold, barren outcroppings, white mist spraying as seabirds take majestic flight."
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sounds like another Bon Iver album, but I'm not gonna go out there and say, "No, but you don't understand!" because that's people's opinions. It's just so clear to me that
Volcano Choir is such a band, such a new thing that came from absolutely new songs. It's such a
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and putting chords together. We're cutting up a sample for the verse and then processing some weird sound for the chorus - and then getting it to sound like a song." Rosenau describes the album's tracks as
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elaborated, "There were times while making this album when we lost the motherfucking plot big time - I think people actually said those words out loud. It was just getting so convoluted."
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time for dating. Not to get too personal, but it's weirdly harder to meet new people now. But for the first time in my life since I was a little kid, I'm not so concerned about it."
820:! It's slightly annoying, but if I spent any time worrying about it, I'd spend too much time worrying about it. A lot of that stems from the amount of import that
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