Before Bon Iver and Megafaun, there was DeYarmond Edison, aka Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Justin Vernon and Joe Westerlund... The Epoch box set, set for release on Jagjaguwar later this month, is a comprehensive history lesson on where these very special songwriting talents came from. Across five remastered LPs that feature plenty of never-before-heard material, four live CDs that showcase the group at the height of their powers in 2006, and a 120 page book detailing the complete tale of this very unique outfit. - Flying Out

Epoch is the story of DeYarmond Edison: Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Justin Vernon and Joe Westerlund, told as never before. It’s a tale of community, vision, family, and a quartet that wanted to be too good to last. Rendered in maximalist detail, Epoch explores their saga while also telling a more universal tale: it explores and celebrates what everyone else is doing, making and building outside those cities that live under a microscope. It treats “small town shit” with the canonical care it deserves.Scenes, especially the so-called small ones, are stitched together by the friendships and relationships that lock arms to build it. In this way, Epoch is also a friendship fable; “There’s a coming of age when it comes together,” describes Executive Producer Grayson Haver Currin, “and a coming of age when it breaks apart.” The epilogue is nice-to-have – where are they now, and so on – but it’s not the story. The story is the moment, which is the people, which is the friendships, which is the scene, which is the moment.

Epoch features:- The full story and sonic history of DeYarmond Edison, the band that launched Megafaun and Bon Iver comprising Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Joe Westerlund and Justin Vernon.- Five LPs- Four CDs of exclusive live recordings capturing the band’s creative peak in 2006- Remastered albums and never-before-released songs- Exclusive digital content not available on streaming services- Rare and never-before-seen photos- A 120-page book featuring the complete history of DeYarmond Edison and the origins for Megafaun and Bon Iver, written by Epoch’s executive producer, Grayson Haver Currin.- Hand-numbering and digital download card.

Tracklisting:

LP1 - All of Us Free
1. Mount Vernon - We Can Look Up
2. Mount Vernon - Morning
3. Phil Cook & Justin Vernon - Feel the Light
4. Justin Vernon - Breathe
5. DeYarmond Edison - The Lake
6. DeYarmond Edison - Dusty Road, So Kind
7. DeYarmond Edison - As Long as I Can Go
8. Justin Vernon - Right Down There in Your Tributary
9. DeYarmond Edison - The Orient

[LP2 - Silent Signs]
1. DeYarmond Edison - Lift
2. DeYarmond Edison - Silent Signs
3. DeYarmond Edison - Heroin(e)
4. DeYarmond Edison - Love Long Gone
5. DeYarmond Edison - First Impression
6. DeYarmond Edison - Bones
7. DeYarmond Edison - Heart for Hire
8. DeYarmond Edison - Dead Anchor
9. DeYarmond Edison - Ragstock
10. DeYarmond Edison - We
11. DeYarmond Edison - Dash
12. DeYarmond Edison - Time to Know

[LP3 - Epoch, etc.]
1. DeYarmond Edison - Song for a Lover (of Long Ago)
2. DeYarmond Edison - Epoch
3. DeYarmond Edison - Baby Done Got Your Number
4. DeYarmond Edison - Brief Scene
5. DeYarmond Edison - Where We Belong
6. DeYarmond Edison - Red Shoes
7. DeYarmond Edison - Heroin(e)

[LP4 - hazeltons]
1. Justin Vernon - hazelton
2. Justin Vernon - frail sail
3. Justin Vernon - game night
4. Justin Vernon - easy
5. Justin Vernon - liner
6. Justin Vernon - song for a lover (of long ago)
7. Justin Vernon - hannah, my ophelia

[LP5 - Where We Belong]
1. Justin Vernon - Look Down That Long, Lonesome Road
2. Justin Vernon - Handwriting on the Wall
3. Ticonderoga (feat. Justin Vernon) - Hands Up
4. Justin Vernon - Funeral Lights
5. Megafaun - Lazy Suicide (Edit)
6. Megafaun (feat. Justin Vernon) - Carolina Days
7. Megafaun (feat. Justin Vernon, Frazey Ford + Fight the Big Bull) - Trials, Troubles, Tribulations (Live from the Sydney Opera House, June 1, 2013)
8. Megafaun + Bon Iver - Worried Mind
9. DeYarmond Edison - Set Me Free[CD1 - That Was Then - North Carolina - The Bickett Gallery Residency]
1. DeYarmond Edison - What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?
2. DeYarmond Edison - Step It Up and Go
3. DeYarmond Edison - Phil's Instrumental
4. DeYarmond Edison - Louis Collins
5. DeYarmond Edison - Old Dollar Mamie
6. DeYarmond Edison - Two Scenes
7. DeYarmond Edison - Sea Legs
8. DeYarmond Edison - Abel + Cain
9. DeYarmond Edison - Half Life
10. DeYarmond Edison - Afro Blue

[CD2 - That Was Then - North Carolina - The Bickett Gallery Residency]
1. DeYarmond Edison - Four Keyboard Phase in A
2. DeYarmond Edison - Cybernetic Meadow
3. DeYarmond Edison - Paul's Park
4. DeYarmond Edison - Justin's Phase Piece
5. DeYarmond Edison - Exercise in Abandonment
6. DeYarmond Edison - Bones
7. DeYarmond Edison - I Live The Life I Love (I Love The Life I Live)
8. DeYarmond Edison - My Beautiful Reward
9. DeYarmond Edison - A Satisfied Mind
10. DeYarmond Edison - Come and Go With Me (to That Land)

[CD3 - That Was Then - Wisconsin - The Mabel Tainter Concert]
1. DeYarmond Edison - Intro
2. DeYarmond Edison - I Been Drinking
3. DeYarmond Edison - Down on the Banks of the Ohio
4. DeYarmond Edison - Silent Signs
5. DeYarmond Edison - Please Find Me Here
6. DeYarmond Edison - Abel + Cain
7. DeYarmond Edison - We
8. DeYarmond Edison - Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
9. DeYarmond Edison - Afro Blue

[CD4 - That Was Then - Wisconsin - The Mabel Tainter Concert]
1. DeYarmond Edison - Intro
2. DeYarmond Edison - The Longest Train
3. DeYarmond Edison - No Depression in Heaven
4. DeYarmond Edison - Red Shoes
5. DeYarmond Edison - Song for a Lover (of Long Ago)
6. DeYarmond Edison - Ain't No More Cane
7. DeYarmond Edison - easy
8. DeYarmond Edison - All Tomorrow's Parties
9. DeYarmond Edison - A Satisfied Mind
10. DeYarmond Edison - Come and Go With Me (to That Land)

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