When I heard that Volcano Choir had announced that September would see the release of the band’s second studio album, I thought I was in some beautiful Justin Vernon-based dream (which certainly aren’t a rarity for me) and it was just too good to be true. But alas, their second studio album entitled ‘Repave’ will be dropping under music label JagJaguwar in only a couple of months. They will also be doing their very first national tour around America. I know right. Holyflippingpancakes.

In late 2012, Justin Vernon announced that his indie folk band Bon Iver was taking a break from music, stating it was time to “turn it off and walk away” while he still cared about it, after the Emmy-winning group finished a successful world tour for their highly acclaimed second studio album.

It is now evident that Vernon has been putting his superhuman musical ability towards his side project band Volcano Choir, a collaboration with progressive-rock group Collections of Colonies of Bees. Volcano Choir released their first album entitled ‘Unmap’ in September 2011. Their hauntingly harmonic sound blends the symphonic strings, piano, voices in harmony and acoustic guitar that Bon Iver flaunted so famously with a more experimental production style. The result is beautiful compositions of sheer undeniable musical talent that completely relax and entice the listener. ‘Unmap’ flawlessly blends progressive rock, chill-wave, acoustic, ambient music together and seasons it with cleverly manipulated vocals that harmonise one another in an eerie and enchanting way. Needless to say, the announcement of a second album has been met with much excitement.

The album will be entitled ‘Repave’ and is set to be released on the 2nd of September 2013. The tracklisting has already been released and is as follows:

01 Tiderays
02 Acetate
03 Comrade
04 Byegone
05 Alaskans
06 Dancepack
07 Keel
08 Almanac

They’ve released a ‘teaser’ video for the album; a beautifully shot and edited piece of music-cinema masterpiece that gives a feel and to the album as well as featuring a brand new song entitled ‘Byegone.’

I personally won’t be sleeping til September. This is going to be amazing.

Sounds like: Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes