Volcano Choir
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Volcano Choir are an indie band and collaboration by Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver
Bon Iver
Bon Iver is a Grammy nominated folk band founded in 2007 by American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. It includes Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, and Matthew McCaughan. Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago independently in July 2007. The majority of that album was...

) and Collections of Colonies of Bees. Their music combines Vernon's soft vocals with Collections of Colonies of Bees' post rock sound. Their debut album is Unmap
Unmap
Unmap is the debut album by indie/post-rock band Volcano Choir. The album was recorded in the fall of 2008 in Fall Creek, Wisconsin and released on September 22, 2009 on Jagjaguwar. The album reached #92 on the Billboard 200.-Track listing:...

 and was released on September 22, 2009. It reached number 92 on the Billboard top 200 chart.

The project originally came together with songs being written in 2005. It was not recorded until the fall of 2008 in Fall Creek
Fall Creek, Wisconsin
Fall Creek is a village in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,236 at the 2000 census. The village is located within and entirely surrounded by the Town of Lincoln.-Geography:Fall Creek is located at ....

, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

.

Personnel

  • Jon Mueller, drums, formerly of Pele
  • Chris Rosenau, formerly of Pele
  • Jim Schoenecker
  • Daniel Spack
  • Justin Vernon of Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
    Bon Iver is a Grammy nominated folk band founded in 2007 by American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. It includes Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, and Matthew McCaughan. Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago independently in July 2007. The majority of that album was...

  • Thomas Wincek, composition, keyboards, recording, mixing

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