"Way Down We Go" Kaleo

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Ok, time for my annual post, so I'm going to make this one really worth it in case I ghost for awhile again.   
"Way Down We Go" by Kaleo is definitely my latest obsession.  It doesn't hurt that the band is from Iceland (a.k.a. my primary obsession, but we'll get to that in a bit.)  
Kaleo first made an impression at Iceland Airwaves in 2012 (think Iceland version of woodstock), with a cover of an Icelandic song, "Vor í Vaglaskógi"  The Reykjavik Grapevine reports that the song was originally written by beloved Iceland radio host, Jónas Jónasson, who used lyrics from a poem by Kristján frá Djúpalæk, about a spring night shared by two lovers in Vaglaskógur forest in Northern Iceland.  The vocals are performed by another Iceland darling, Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson. 

"Blood Bank" - Bon Iver

I thought Bon Iver was an 80's Rock band

A few of my friends know that I have a blog now - so I am always getting suggestions on songs to blog about. Most of the time I'm like "yeah.. cool.. will do",  with no intention of writing about it. Partly because I'm a jerk - partly because I only care to blog about songs that mean something to me personally. The other day I was bragging about my blog to one of my girlfriends and she suggested I download songs by a band called Bon Iver. I had never heard of the band - but it sounded like an 80's rock band so I thought I'd give it a listen.