As discordant as Bon Iver’s album, 22 a Million, is, in it I’ve found a kind of solace, a solace I’ve only ever experienced in the Psalms.
All in Music
exile - Innovation and Accessibility
Salted caramel shouldn’t be as good as it is, and yet the combination of such different flavors as salt and sweet is incredible. We can say the same of ‘exile,’ the collab between Taylor Swift and Bon Iver on Swift’s newest album Folklore, which should in no way be a masterpiece, and yet it truly is.
Ten Favorite Things of the Decade
The end of the decade gives me a stopping point, an opportunity to appreciate the beauty that I passed by in putting one day in front of the other. So here’s a list of some of my favorite media that was released in the last decade, in order of interacting with them.
Jesus is King: Church in the Wild
The message of salvation is free and available to all people, even celebrities. But are all confessions of faith truly equal in their expression of Christianity? Kanye West’s newest album was sure to stir up conversation, but perhaps not for the reasons one might think.
The Meanings of Bon Iver
Bon Iver’s rich tapestry of sound reflects on the shortcomings of humankind in our ability to address the needs of a hurting world, but it isn’t just focused on our shortcomings of the present. Instead, it reveals the shortcomings of the human condition while calling us, and believing in us, to better reflect God in the world around us.
A Missed Chance
Chance the Rapper admires the view from the top in his newest album, the Big Day, but fails to recognize the depth that being a sanctified man truly means.