Bon Iver Is Not Over Despite Justin Vernon's Current Hiatus From The Project

In an interview yesterday with an Australian radio station about Volcano Choir's upcoming album, "Repave," Justin Vernon was asked about his other project, Bon Iver.

He told the station, "I don't really write songs anymore. The last Bon Iver record was a very 'sitting down with a guitar and writing' kind of record... I really have to be in a specific headspace to even begin to illuminate an idea that would create another Bon Iver record, and I'm just not there. I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only so much time you can spend digging through yourself before you become insular. I'm not in a hurry to go back to that temperature. All of the music I've been making shifting away from Bon Iver feels really good ... so if I ever do go back to Bon Iver it will be all the better for it."

Consequence of Sound reported today that many online publications misunderstood his statement to mean that Bon Iver was, for the most part, dead. They contacted Bon Iver's label to ask if this assumption was true.

His label, Jagjaguwar, responded to them saying, "Bon Iver is not over by any means. Justin isn't currently writing Bon Iver songs, but that doesn't mean he won't write them in the future. Bon Iver is off-cycle, and that is not new news. Right now Justin's concentration is on preparing for the Volcano Choir tour, the first date being in Chicago on Friday."

So it would appear that Bon Iver is simply on hiatus and will return when the time is right. Luckily you can still catch Vernon with Volcano Choir on their 10-date tour in support of "Repave."

Volcano Choir 2013 Tour Dates:

9/6- Chicago, IL at Metro
9/7- Indianapolis, IN at Vogue
9/8- Toronto, ON at Phoenix
9/9- Burlington, VT at Higher Ground
9/11- Boston, MA at Paradise
9/12- Washington, DC at 9:30 Club
9/14- New York, NY at Webster Hall
9/27- Madison, WI at Orpheum Theater
9/28- Milwaukee, WI at Pabst Theater
10/18- Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue

Do you agree with Vernon's decision to wait on Bon Iver?

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Bon Iver, Justin Vernon