Blog: Songs in the Key of Touche

If Bon Iver's remarkable 2008 debut, For Emma, Forever Ago, had a defining fault, it was likely its brevity. His new EP, Blood Bank , is guilty of the same charge, coming in at only four songs. Unfortunately, its faults--though few--are not limited to playback time. For the record, Blood Bank is a great listen, and better on the whole than a lot of the EPs pumped out every year by indie acts looking to fill time. Yet the strength of its first half juxtaposed against the mediocre second half leaves a listener [...]