A couple months ago there was a pretty substantial leak of unfinished/alternate versions/ideas from JVs vault. I'm not sure if this cut of 89 was in that group and the individual knew he had something special and put it up for group buy, or what.. But this is almost certainly a finished product, just not intended for release, and one of several existing versions.
I hadn't heard about that big leak but I just spent too much time looking for it. couldn't find it but someone did upload some of the demos on youtube here - https://www.youtube.com/@BonIverOuttakes so nice to finally hear a clear version of Son (Walks Still)/New Message from Come Through
PM please and thank you! I know it's not intended for our ears, but I can only listen to my Eaux Claires I/IV recordings of it so many times, and would very much like to get south of the lake. @zmtr the site is telling me I don't have permissions to PM you - anyone know how to troubleshoot that?
lmao.. I've been getting bombarded. Can you tell how important this is to some folks? Comparable to Radioheads "True Love Waits"
Speaking as someone who has "New Song #2/89" tattooed on my forearm; This cut is extremely good but... I'm not sure if it's because it was leaked under unfortunate circumstances or because no studio version could ever live up to the legend of that 2016 performance. But it just doesn't quite hit like I thought it would. I feel like it needs the drums from the OG live version. Still hasn't stopped me from listening to it 50+ times tho
Any leak of something so coveted is inherently unfortunate. You can tell by the file name alone it was certainly not meant to get out.