Adjectives Collected From Six Reviews Of The New Bon Iver Album

by Joe Veix

A..V. Club (A-)
• plaid-clad
• mountain-man
• wintry
• oft-told
• cabin-bound
• warm
• billowy
• bigger
• slicker
• stranger
• indulgent
• pretty
• prettier
• grander
• layered
• adventurous
• irreverent
• resplendent
• irony-straddling
• smooth
• expansive
• spacey
• elusive
• formless
• lonely

Pitchfork (9.5)
• irresistible
• heartbroken
• hushed
• introspective
• alluring
• rustic
• experimental
• broader
• sophisticated
• warm
• mythological
• logical
• surprising
• ambitious
• unusual
• subtle
• holistic
• uncanny
• breathtaking
• elemental
• unexpected
• flawless
• unabashed
• unironic
• almost naive
• long-maligned
• knotty
• careful
• rare
• inevitable
• not something you would describe as angelic

Rolling Stone (3.5/5)
• beardy
• electrified
• wooly
• potent
• unlikely
• gnarly
• logical
• baroque
• woodsy
• raw-honey
• refracted
• shimmery
• elegant
• engaging
• schmaltz
• bearded
• rural

The Guardian (5/5)
• ethereal
• serene
• magnificent
• intricately
• dazzled
• surging
• supple
• joyful
• swollen
• emotional
• mesmerizing

Spin (8/10)
• bearded
• rootsy
• penetrating
• potent
• stunning
• enchanted
• gorgeous
• unique
• beautiful
• thundering
• bass-in-your-face
• singular
• lyrical
• idiosyncratic
• loosey-goosey
• inveterate
• taste-flouting
• layered

Entertainment Weekly (A-)
• critically adored
• folky
• isolated
• bendy
• scruffy
• unassuming
• emboldened
• beautiful
• widened
• proggy
• yacht-rock
• swirling
• haunting
• beardo
• forlorn
• enveloping
• uplifting

Joe Veix is a writer and humorist based in Brooklyn. He compiled this list while isolated in a cabin deep in the woods.