Bon Iver’s latest is less a traditional music video than soundtracked footage of a little boy’s brilliant day. Either way, it’s simple and gorgeous.
In the Nabil-directed clip for “Holocene” a cave boy, alone in the middle of nowhere, skips rocks, drinks river water, and rolls down a grass hill. Ah, fun times, right? But throughout the clip, when he’s not goofing off, he lumbers around with a look of defeat on his face.
“…And at once I knew I was not magnificent,” Justin Vernon sings gloomily. The kid finally does do something extra special towards the end, climbing a mountain and transforming a rock into, well, I won’t ruin the finale:
What do you think of the video? Let us know.
Read more:
EW’s Bon Iver review
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon talks about his new album, Kanye, and why home is where the heart is: An EW Q&A
I’ve tried to get into this band, but they just sound too much like Simon & Garfunkel to me. Nice video though.
This album is the soundtrack to summer 2011. Pure, unadulterated genius.
Very cool video. So beautifully shot. That little boy is absolutely adorable!
this sounds nothing like simon and garfunkle. That said, cool video, song is Ok, nice and mellow, but not amazing.
this sucked, the video and the song both sucked, and I’m not trolling, i watched the whole damn thing. garbage
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