Dirty Projectors & David Byrne
The Books & José González
Feist & Benjamin Gibbard
Bon Iver
Grizzly Bear
The National
Yeasayer
My Brightest Diamond
Kronos Quartet
Antony with Bryce Dessner
Justin Vernon & Aaron Dessner
The Decemberists
Iron & Wine
Grizzly Bear & Feist
Sufjan Stevens
Spoon
Arcade Fire
Beirut
My Morning Jacket
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
David Andrew Sitek
Buck 65 & Serengeti & Sufjan Stevens
The New Pornographers
Yo La Tengo
Stuart Murdoch
Jónsi & Alex
Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues
Andrew Bird
Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
Blonde Redhead & Devastations
Kevin Drew
Beach House
Brackett, Wisconsin is just the name of an unincorporated town 10 miles from Eau Claire, where Justin Vernon lives and grew up in. He went to elementary school in Brackett, though the building has since been demolished. The song is about coming to terms with the past and the passage of time.
[Verse 1]
An easy swing
Had it's time shouldered
Slow bending axe
Now it's a photo framed
The swing hasn't had it
And here we are rebuilding roads
Right by roosting towns
It's just like the love
The one that's never been enough
[Chorus]
So I'm counting on your fingers
'Cause you've reattached the twitch
And if you (go) want opinion
I will die along the ditches
[Verse 2]
And every summer is a hot token
To the cold, cold take of lust
And every autumn singes
With the business of sadness
Fred had it wrong, Macy
Honey hadn't burned
Another curve in the counting
Is never served
[Chorus]
So I'm counting on your fingers
'Cause you've reattached the twitch
And if you (go) want opinion
I will die along the ditches
Brackett, WI was written by Justin Vernon.
Brackett, WI was produced by Justin Vernon & Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner.
Bon Iver released Brackett, WI on Mon Feb 16 2009.