Bon Iver Launches Volumes Archival Series with Live Album

Bon Iver, the project led by Justin Vernon, announced on Wednesday the launch of Volumes, a new archival series featuring live performances, demos, unreleased recordings, and other previously unheard material. The first installment, titled Volumes One: Selections From Music Concerts 2019-2023 Bon Iver 6 Piece Band, is a 11-track live collection set for release on April 3 through Jagjaguwar.

Vernon began curating the series in 2020, sifting through hours of live recordings to select performances that highlight the band's evolution during a prolific touring period. The collection draws from concerts spanning 2019 to 2023, the years when Bon Iver supported its albums 22, A Million from 2016 and i,i from 2019. It captures the group at its most dynamic, with Vernon joined by bandmates Andrew Fitzpatrick, Jenn Wasner, Matthew McCaughan, Michael Lewis, and Sean Carey. Live engineering was handled by Xany Whitesel.

"This particular set of 10 songs is like, Here, if you've never heard Bon Iver, or you have and you didn't like it, this might be for you," Vernon said in a statement. "This is what we became. This is really us at our best. This is it."

The tracklist includes an intro and "Man...