Listening to Bon Iver is not just a mental experience but a physical one. It literally hurts to listen to Bon Iver. I can't explain why that is. I was listening to The Wolves (Act I and II) and, I felt... pain. Everything hurt. It wasn't a sort of pain as if I'd been struck or stabbed. It was more of a pain that dragged my body down. A weighted hurt. I still can't fully explain it. Yet, at the same time, it's such a beautiful pain.

It hurts so good.