New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Bon Iver's Blood Bank is "arguably the most consequential EP of the 2000s" (Stereogum), and now, the group announces its 10th Anniversary reissue. Released 11 years ago yesterday (we know), and coming March 27th on Jagjaguwar, the package pairs each of the original four songs with brand new live renditions recorded during shows in Stockholm, Dallas, London, and Paris.
Today, the band shares "
Blood Bank" from Stockholm's Ericsson
Globe on Halloween, 2018 - (artwork by Eric Timothy Carlson, animation by
Aaron Anderson).
Similar to how the first Blood Bank followed For Emma, Forever Ago, the reissue forecasts the evolution of
Bon Iver as the project expands to new breadths of sound and community. In its new liner notes, Wisconsinite Ryan Matteson reflects on the mantras of Blood Bank and the growth of Bon Iver, writing how songs like "Woods" heralded "not just a new direction but a new beginning entirely. A place where boundaries don't exist. It was a signal change of things to come, laying the groundwork for new collaborations."
Bon Iver performed music from Blood Bank throughout their 2019 arena tour supporting new album i,i. That tour will extend through November 2020 with a series of just-added European dates - find them all here and below.
At the GRAMMY Awards this weekend, i,i is up for Album of the Year, Record of the Year ("Hey, Ma"), Best Alternative
Music Album, and Best Recording Package (Bon Iver Art Directors Eric Timothy Carlson &
Aaron Anderson).
The Blood Bank reissue will be available on LP, CD, and digitally - pre-order it here.
Blood Bank (10th Anniversary Edition) Track List
Blood Bank
Beach Baby
Blood Bank
(Live from Ericsson Globe, Stockholm SE, Oct 31 2018)
Beach Baby
(Live from The Bomb Factory, Dallas TX, Jan 23 2018)
Babys
(Live from Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, London UK, Mar 4 2018)
Woods
(Live from Pitchfork Paris Presented by La Blogothèque, Nov 3 2018)
Bon Iver Tour Dates
1/22 - Zepp Tokyo - Tokyo, JP
3/6 - M3F Fest - Phoenix, AZ
4/15 - Altice
Arena - Lisbon, PT*
4/16 - WiZink Center - Madrid, ES*
4/17 - Palau Sant Jordi - Barcelona, ES*
4/20 - Mercedes-Benz
Arena - Berlin, DE*
4/23 - Sportpaleis - Antwerp, BE*
4/24 - Ziggo Dome - Amsterdam, NL*
4/26 - SSE
Arena Wembley - London, UK*
4/27 -
Arena Birmingham - Birmingham, UK*
4/29 - First Direct
Arena - Leeds, UK*
4/30 - Manchester
Arena - Manchester, UK*
5/1 - The SSE Hydro - Glasgow, UK*
5/3 - 3Arena - Dublin, IE*
6/5 - Trusts
Arena - Auckland, NZ
6/7 - TSB
Arena - Wellington, NZ
6/12 - Dark Mofo Festival - Hobart, AU
6/13 - Dark Mofo Festival - Hobart, AU
6/16 - Rod Laver
Arena - Melbourne, AU
6/18 - AEC Theatre - Adelaide, AU
6/20 - Riverstage - Brisbane, AU
6/23 - First
State Super Theatre - Sydney, AU
6/24 - First
State Super Theatre - Sydney, AU
6/27 - RAC
Arena - Perth, AU
8/12 - Øya Festival - Oslo, NO
8/13 -
Way Out West - Gothenburg, SE
8/14-8/16 - Flow Festival - Helsinki, FI
10/30 - Adrenaline Stadium - Moscow, RU
11/2 -
Arena Riga - Riga, LV
11/3 - Compensa Concert Hall - Vilnius, LT
11/5 - Torwar - Warsaw, PL
11/7 - Lanxess
Arena - Cologne, DE
11/9 - Mediolanum Forum - Milan, IT
11/10 - Zenith - Munich, DE
11/11 - Stadthalle - Vienna, AT
11/14 - Halle 622 - Zurich, CH
11/15 - Zenith Paris - La Villette - Paris, FR
*with
Aaron Dessner's Big 37d03d Machine
(newly announced dates in BOLD)
