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The early formation of the band dates back to the mid 2000’s, before Bon Iver had blown up to become the band we know now, when Vernon decided he wanted to begin work on a side project, away from his main band. He began collaborating with members of different bands, including Jon Mueller of Death Blues and Thomas Wincek of All Tiny Creatures. The band named themselves after their favourite brand of vaporizer, called “The Volcano”.
In 2008 the band recorded their debut album “Unmap”. There was generally a high level of anticipation from indie fans, as the timing of the release was to follow hot on the heels of Bon Iver’s hit album “For Emma, Forever Ago”. The album was well received by critics, noting Vernon’s ability to change his vocal style for Volcano Choir, separating it from his previous work that year, but still keeping his signature style, sounding like you were sat in a cabin in some snowy woods in a far away land.
After a number of years, which involved touring for both of Vernon’s bands, Volcano Choir returned with their highly awaited sophomore album, “Repave”. The album was released in 2013, after a lengthy three-year recording process. For this project Vernon elected to purely use his voice as an instrument, and left the rest of the recording to the band, citing the poet Charles Bukowski as an influence. The album reviewed well, drawing comparisons to the midwestern sounding second album Vernon had made with Bon Iver.
Avis
Volcano Choir are experimental to their very fiery core. Their music mirrors their namesake... even amongst all of the building anticipation and suspense that the slower elements of their music creates, their songs are always charged with fever and energy that is quietly waiting to erupt.
In their live performance, this is never clearer. Fronted by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, along with other band mates, Chris Rosenau, Matthew Skemp, Daniel Spack, Jon Mueller and Thomas Wincek, Volcano Choir make for quite a troupe on stage and each member plays their instrumental (double meaning there) role in the layering and build up of the explosively euphoric yet still subtle sound of each track. Whether it’s the nature of the rise and fall in tempo of the tracks, the combination of all the different instruments and vocal contributions in the layers - or all of the above - this act’s most exciting moments are always when the full band participates in the music simultaneously. I managed to catch them on their recent UK tour at the O2 Academy Bristol, their backdrop was a beautiful dark net material in the shape of a wave or a mountain, with lights shining behind it, mimicking the album art for the cover of their latest release, ‘Repave.’ Justin Vernon and his sign-language-esque hand movements conducted the audience and had us all spellbound from the start. Despite this obvious showmanship, the band all remained incredibly relatable as they announced it was Rosenau’s birthday that day, bought a cake on stage for him and the whole venue sang “Happy Birthday;” proving that even the most accomplished and experimental of bands can be down to earth and humble.
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