Tracklist:

SABLE,

1. THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS
2. S P E Y S I D E
3. AWARDS SEASON

fABLE

1. Short Story
2. Everything Is Peaceful Love
3. Walk Home
4. Day One (feat. Dijon and Flock of Dimes)
5. From
6. I’ll Be There
7. If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim)
8. There’s A Rhythmn
9. Au Revoir

Bon Ivers three-song collection SABLE, was a prologue mired in darkness, a controlled burn clearing the way for new possibilities. fABLE is the book that follows. Where SABLE, was a work of solitude, fABLE is an outstretched hand. Radiant, ornate pop music gleams around Vernons voice as he focuses on a new and beautiful era. On every song, his eyes are locked with one specific person. Its love, which means theres an intense clarity, focus, and honesty within fABLE. Its a portrait of a man flooded and overwhelmed by that first meeting (Everything Is Peaceful Love). Theres a tableau defined by sex and irrepressible desire (Walk Home). This is someone filled with light and purpose seeing an entire future right in front of him: a partner, new memories, maybe a family. Theres something undeniably healing about infatuation. Cleaving to someone else can feel like light pouring in from a door thats suddenly swung wide. But theres a reason SABLE, is of a piece with fABLE; the shadow still rears its head in lighter times. Even when youve reached a new chapter, youll still find yourself back in your own foundational muck. A fable isnt a fairy tale. Theres good stuff: unbridled joy and trips to Spain. But fables arent hinged on happy endings; theyre here to instill a lesson. As the album winds to a close, he acknowledges the need for patience and a commitment to put in the work. Theres a selfless rhythm required when youre enmeshing yourself with another person. The songand by extension the entire album is a pledge. Hes ready to find that pace.