News
Sep 24, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
Justin Vernon’s side-project (among many) Volcano Choir just released a new video for “Tiderays” from their 2013 album Repave. More
Last Weekend Post-Austin City Limits
Oct 10, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Last weekend, The National performed at Austin City Limits. After the fest, they performed at an afterparty, where they invited Justin Vernon (he of Bon Iver, currently making the rounds with Volcano Choir) on stage. More
Sep 11, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Last night Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and post rock ensemble Collections of Colonies of Bees, a.k.a. Volcano Choir, were welcomed as the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. More
Aug 19, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
On Sept. 3, Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and post-rock collective Collections of Colonies of Bees will release their sophomore album Repave as Volcano Choir. More
Aug 15, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Next month Volcano Choir, the side project of Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and Wisconsin group Collections of Colonies of Bees, will release their sophomore album Repave. More
Aug 01, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Close to a month before the release of the band’s upcoming sophomore album Repave, Volcano Choir, side project of Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and Wisconsin group Collections of Colonies of Bees, have released making-of documentary of the record full of interviews and archival in-studio footage. More
Also View Album Details and Tour Dates
Jul 25, 2013
By Scott Dransfield
Volcano Choir, the side project of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon in conjunction with Wisconsin group Collections of Colonies of Bees, have released the new music video for their song “Byegone.” More
First Single Off Upcoming Repave
Jun 18, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
This September will see the release of Repave, the sophomore album of Volcano Choir. More
May 28, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Back in 2009 Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon debuted a new musical project called Volcano Choir, a collaboration with Wisconsin post-rockers Collections of Colonies of Bees. More
Debut Album Unmap out September 22nd
Jun 24, 2009
By Laura Studarus
A collaboration between Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and members of Collections of Colonies of Bees, Volcano Choir announced today via a press release that their debut album Unmap, is to be released September 22th on Jagjaguwar. More
Interviews
Oct 22, 2009
By Kyle Lemmon
Milwaukee post-rock outfit Collections of Colonies of Bees were introduced to Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) in 2005, when he toured with his old group, the Eau Claire-based Americana band DeYarmond Edison. According to Vernon’s “guitarist mentor,” Chris Rosenau and drummer/percussionist John Mueller, Bees and Vernon quickly bonded over their mutual appreciation of “classical songwriting with a straight-up structure” and “informal folk music that’s not as traditional.” When the experimental quintet started posting random snippets of field recordings on a common FTP and through email, the group saw it as a welcome escape from the gigantic soundscapes they were constructing live at the time. More
Reviews
Sep 05, 2013
By Sam Cleeve
Prior to this record, the recorded output of Volcano Choir—the collaboration between Collections of Colonies of Bees and fellow Wisconsinite and Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon—has consisted of just one record: 2009’s Unmap. But it doesn’t take long for Repave to render that record something of a blueprint. More
