Bon Iver's Justin Vernon on New Hip Hop Album

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Rapper Austronautalis teamed up with Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and Sean Carey last weekend to record a hip-hop album, produced by Ryan Olson. The group met at the April Base studio in Wisconsin and recorded for a straight 8 hours, with Austronautalis, a.k.a. Andy Bothwell freestyling over Vernon’s music.

Although the record reportedly does have a title, it has yet to be revealed to the public. What Bothwell does tell us however is that it will be unlike anything either artist has created before. “A lot of my fans are like, ˜Oh this is going to be amazing: Astronautalis rapping and Justin singing choruses.’ It’s not going to be that, I’m sure that all of Justin’s fans are going to be like ˜Oh, it’s a new Bon Iver record and there’s these other guys.’ Everyone’s fans respectively are going to expect certain things.”