Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE (Ltd Salmon Vinyl 2LP)

Bon Iver’s New 2025 Studio Album SABLE, fABLE on Colored 2LP. Features Guests Dijon, Flock of Dimes and Danielle Haim.

After coming back, last year, with the SABLE EP, Justin Vernon has announced his first Bon Iver album since 2019. SABLE, fABLE is out April 11 via Jagjaguwar. The 12-track project opens with the three songs from the EP – “Things Behind Things Behind Things,” “S P E Y S I D E,” and “Awards Season” – and features guests spots from Dijon, Flock of Dimes, and Danielle Haim.

Bon Iver’s three-song collection SABLE, was a prologue mired in darkness, a controlled burn clearing the way for new possibilities. fABLE is the book that follows. Where SABLE, was a work of solitude, fABLE is an outstretched hand. Radiant, ornate pop music gleams around Vernon’s voice as he focuses on a new and beautiful era.

On every song, his eyes are locked with one specific person. It’s love, which means there’s an intense clarity, focus, and honesty within fABLE. It’s a portrait of a man flooded and overwhelmed by that first meeting (“Everything Is Peaceful Love”). There’s a tableau defined by sex and irrepressible desire (“Walk Home”). This is someone filled with light and purpose seeing an entire future right in front of him: a partner, new memories, maybe a family.

There’s something undeniably healing about infatuation. Cleaving to someone else can feel like light pouring in from a door that’s suddenly swung wide. But there’s a reason SABLE, is of a piece with fABLE; the shadow still rears its head in lighter times. Even when you’ve reached a new chapter, you’ll still find yourself back in your own foundational muck. A fable isn’t a fairy tale. There’s good stuff: unbridled joy and trips to Spain. But fables aren’t hinged on happy endings; they’re here to instill a lesson.

As the album winds to a close, he acknowledges the need for patience and a commitment to put in the work. There’s a selfless rhythm required when you’re enmeshing yourself with another person. The song—and by extension the entire album – is a pledge. He’s ready to find that pace.

33 1/3 RPM double 12″ LP inside a tip-on gatefold jacket with matte varnish and spot gloss, with custom cardstock inner sleeves. Packaging is printed in sable black and salmon, with custom interior floods on gatefold.

1. Things Behind Things Behind Things
2. S P E Y S I D E
3. Awards Season
4. Short Story
5. Everything Is Peaceful Love
6. Walk Home
7. Day One [ft. Dijon and Flock of Dimes]
8. From
9. I’ll Be There
10. If Only I Could Wait [ft. Danielle Haim]
11. There’s a Rhythmn
12. Au Revoir