SABLE, fABLE

Bon Iver is back, breaking their longest album gap yet with SABLE, fABLE—a perfect fusion of past and future. Nearly six years after i,i, this fifth album nods to their indie folk roots while embracing the art-pop glow of its predecessor and the glitchy soul-searching of 22, A Million. If last year’s SABLE was Justin Vernon’s moody cabin-in-the-woods moment (again), fABLE is the triumphant return—less brooding, more celebratory, a little starry-eyed. With guests like Dijon, Flock of Dimes, and Danielle Haim, it’s Bon Iver distilled, polished, and reborn. Think of it as a tasting menu—equal parts antlers and synths. - Flying Out

Bon Iver’s three-song collection SABLE, was an act of vulnerability and unburdening. Written and recorded at a breaking point, they were songs of reflection, fear, depression, solitude, and atonement. The word “sable” implies darkness, and in that triptych, Justin Vernon sought to unpack some long-compounded pain. Then, at the tail end of its final track “AWARDS SEASON,” there’s the barest thread of a lighter melody—a drone, a glimmer, an ember, hope for something more. SABLE, was the prologue, a controlled burn clearing the way for new possibilities. fABLE is the book. Stories of introduction and celebration. The fresh growth that blankets the charred ground. Where SABLE, was a work of solitude, fABLE is an outstretched hand.

Tracklist

1. ...
2. THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS
3. S P E Y S I D E
4. AWARDS SEASON
5. Short Story
6. Everything Is Peaceful Love
7. Walk Home
8. Day One
9. From
10. I'll Be There
11. If Only I Could Wait
12. There's A Rhythmn
13. Au Revoir