''Blood Bank'' is a 2009
EP by
Bon Iver
Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon.
Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, ''For Emma, Forever Ago,'' independently in July 2007. The majority of the album was recorded while Vernon ...
. It was released on January 20, 2009, and features four tracks, three of them recorded for the release. The EP is a follow-up to the band's award-winning debut album ''
For Emma, Forever Ago'', self-released in 2007 by Bon Iver frontman and founder
Justin Vernon, and re-released in 2008.
Information
The title track was written with the previous album but didn't "feel right" and was not released.
"Woods" was
sampled in
Kanye West
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Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...
's single "
Lost in the World" from his 2010 album ''
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
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'', and re-recorded as "Still" by Justin Vernon's side-project,
Volcano Choir, for their debut album ''
Unmap''. It was featured in a Series 3 episode of ''
Skins''.
Jagjaguwar
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has said the following about the content of the EP:
As much as ''Emma
Emma may refer to:
* Emma (given name)
Film
* Emma (1932 film), ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown
* Emma (1996 theatrical film), ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow
* Emma (1996 TV film), '' ...
'' is about the cold, the ''Blood Bank'' collection is about the warmth that gets you through it. You can feel the air move. Like a fire you've been stoking for hours and finally got to sustain itself, the heat blisters your face while your back is frozen solid.
The EP entered the
''Billboard'' 200 at No. 16 with 23,000 copies sold. 79 percent of the sales were digital. As of October 2009 it has sold 89,000 copies in United States according to
Nielsen SoundScan
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.
A reissue of the EP with both the original songs and their live versions was released on March 27, 2020.
Track listing
Personnel
Bon Iver
*
Justin Vernon
Additional personnel
*Mark Paulson — nylon guitar , recording
*Lauren Hudgins — front cover photo
*Ashley Farland — back and inside photos
Charts
Cover versions
The Tallest Man on Earth
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recorded a version of "Blood Bank" for his 2022 album of covers, ''Too Late for Edelweiss''.
Architects (UK band) recorded a version of “Blood Bank” for their 2013 deluxe edition release of their album ''Daybreaker''.
References
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Bon Iver albums
2009 debut EPs
Jagjaguwar albums
Albums produced by Justin Vernon