You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece

tell the story of how they remained.

My name is Tal Win.

Justin Vernon founded the band Bonivere in 2006.

Bonivere's released four albums and won two Grammys, including Best New Artist.

Of most recent album, I Come I, came out in August 2019.

And in this episode, Justin breaks down a song from it called Holy Fields.

He's joined by producers Chris Messina and Brad Cook.

We spoke to him in July from his studio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where the song started.

They finished it at Sonic Ranch Studio in Torneo, Texas, on the border of US and Mexico.

The dawn is resin, the day they resin, no.

This is Justin Vernon.

My name is Brad Cook and I was a producer for this record.

Brad and I go so insanely far back that it's kind of impossible to explain, but our musical

language is pretty deep.

I think at this stage in the game we've been making songs together for 20 years.

When we and Brad were growing up, we were finding life meaning out of listening to all

about Marley Records and learning about humanity through his lyrics and through his music

and attitude.

And so that was a really huge impact on me.

That was really the high point of seeing what music can do in the world and why it's more

powerful than maybe we even give it credit for at times.

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