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Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and the frontman for Bon Iver.
Vernon attended Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, graduating in 1999. He then attended college at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. Vernon majored in Religious Studies and minored in Women's Studies. In an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report, he said that he was not ready to study music.
While in high school and college, Vernon founded the bands Mount Vernon and DeYarmond Edison – both indie-rock bands which originated from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he still resides. DeYarmond Edison's core consisted of Vernon, Brad and Phil Cook, and Joe Westerlund. The band saw varying line-up changes during its five years of existence.
After a long period of success in the Eau Claire music scene, the four band mates decided to leave their longtime home and move to Raleigh, North Carolina to try their musical hand in a new place. The band released two records themselves, the first self-titled and the second titled Silent Signs and an EP of unreleased material is available on their Myspace page. After nearly a year in Raleigh, Vernon left for Wisconsin after a breakup with the band and a girlfriend. The remaining members of DeYarmond Edison went on to form a new band called Megafaun and remain good friends with Vernon.
Aaron and Bryce Dessner are twin brothers and members of the rock band The National. Aaron Dessner writes the majority of the music for The National. The brothers are co-founders, alongside Alec Hanley Bemis, of Brassland, a label that is home to artists including The National, the Clogs, catalog and releases by Doveman and Nico Muhly.
The two Dessners also write, produce, and perform contemporary music internationally in collaboration with many artists. In August, 2008, Aaron and Bryce performed a collaborative concert with David Cossin, and Luca Tarantino as a part of Soundres, an international residency program for contemporary music and art in Salento, Italy and at the "Guitare Au Palais" Festival at the Palace of the Kings of Majorca in Perpignan, France. They also performed at Matthew Ritchie's Ghost Operator opening at the White Cube Gallery in London.
Aaron and Bryce Dessner curated the Red Hot Compilation Dark Was the Night 20th Anniversary compilation which features 32 tracks and was released in February 2009. The compilation includes songs from The National, a version of Bob Dylan's "I Was Young When I Left Home" performed by Antony of Antony and the Johnsons with Bryce Dessner on guitar, and a new song "Big Red Machine" written by Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. Both performed on Sufjan Stevens cover of the Castanets song "You Are the Blood." In 2009,The brothers also co-produced the Dark Was the Night concert at Radio City Music Hall with the Red Hot Organization.
Bryce Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is a Brooklyn based composer, guitarist, and curator primarily known as a member of The National. In addition to his work with The National, he is a founding member of Clogs, and the founder of the MusicNOW Festival. Bryce has a master's degree in classical guitar from Yale University. He is the twin brother of Aaron Dessner.
Aaron and Bryce write and play guitar for The National. The brothers both graduated from Cincinnati Country Day School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1994. The brothers are co-founders, alongside Alec Hanley Bemis, of Brassland Records, a label that has released early albums from The National, the Clogs catalog and releases by Doveman and Nico Muhly.
The two Dessners also write, produce, and perform contemporary music internationally in collaboration with many artists. In August, 2008, Aaron and Bryce performed a collaborative concert with David Cossin, and Luca Tarantino as a part of Soundres, an international residency program for contemporary music and art in Salento, Italy and at the Guitare Au Palais Festival Perpignan France. They also performed at Matthew Ritchie's Ghost Operator opening at the White Cube Gallery in London.
Justin Vernon - Self Record (Full Album)
Justin Vernon - A Song For a Lover Of Long Ago
Justin Vernon - Hazeltons (Full Album) (2006)
Justin Vernon, Aaron and Bryce Dessner & yMusic: "Love More" [Sharon Van Etten cover]
Justin Vernon - Home Is
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Interview on Jimmy Fallon
James Blake / Justin Vernon - The Sound of Silence
Justin Vernon- Hazelton
Bon Iver at AIR Studios (4AD/Jagjaguwar Session)
Justin Vernon Interview
Justin Vernon - Your Love
Justin Vernon - Love More (feat Aaron & Bryce Dessner) [audio + still photos only]
You talk about affinity
You talk about you telling me
Your habitat
The harbor lights they follow me
They're tearing at our company
Can't you see?
I'm cold like a carving
Cold like a wind
Bold, gentle, stubborn
Your rolling waves
I'm baffled by your symmetry
Underneath the budded tree
Waiting on your game
To send you to some other joy
I'll pick you up and write you notes
Fancy meeting you here
Cause you're old like the street names
Feels old like our card games
Tired as home and morning pains
I tie you up with me
You will somehow make me learn
That what is it inside me that
burns
A carnival inside this mind
Just a divert roadside sign
Directing you along the way
Feels old like your pages
I'm feeling born like your babies
I've been boarded up like cages
But I'm busting out
But I'm busting out
And don't you give up on me
Don't be like me cause you love me
Don't give up on me