Blog: PopMatters

The words are garbled. The pace moves glacially. Nothing really happens. That's kind of the point. This song is not for everyone. I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendos, (Wallace Stevens) The English dubstep star James Blake and the American indie singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, better known as Bon Iver, bumped into each other at a recent South by Southwest and decide to collaborate on a record. The two work in completely different genres. Blake and dubstep has its roots in urban electronic dance music. Bon Iver's recordings show...