Bon Iver announces first new album in 6 years, ‘SABLE, fABLE’

Justin Vernon returned with a new EP as Bon Iver, SABLE, last year, and he’s now announced the project’s first full-length album in 6 years. SABLE, fABLE is due out on April 11 via Jagjaguwar (pre-order on black & salmon vinyl). Vernon produced it with Jim-E Stack, and it was mostly recorded at his April Base studio in Wisconsin. It features contributions from Danielle Haim, Dijon, and Flock of Dimes, and you can see the cover art and tracklist below.

Here’s more about SABLE, fABLE from the press release:

If SABLE, was the prologue, then fABLE is the book – but together, SABLE, fABLE is the album, and for that reason it is no fairy tale. There may be something undeniably healing about infatuation, and the intense clarity, focus, honesty and celebration it brings to these songs. “Everything Is Peaceful Love” is the portrait of a man overwhelmed with happiness upon meeting the one he will fall in love with. But the shadow of SABLE, still looms, and old feelings can return, even after one has put in the work to reset and start fresh.

Like fables, each track instills a lesson, and fABLE is about the selfless rhythm required when one is enmeshed with another person or lover – a patient commitment to finding the pace for betterness, and togetherness. Gone are the evasive and dense layers of sound that guarded Justin Vernon’s voice on i,i and 22, A Million. The previous four albums were a cycle of seasons that is now complete; SABLE, fABLE is a canvas for truth laid bare.

The album includes SABLE‘s three tracks, and a new single, “Everything is Peaceful Love,” will be out on Friday with a video shot by John Wilson. Vernon will also discuss the album in conversation with journalist and author Krista Tippett on February 21 at Wythe Hotel as part of On Air Fest 2025. Tickets for that are on sale now, and audio will stream live via KCRW.

BON IVER – SABLE, FABLE TRACKLIST
THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS
S P E Y S I D E
AWARDS SEASON
Short Story
Everything Is Peaceful Love
Walk Home
Day One (feat. Dijon and Flock of Dimes)
From
I’ll Be There
If Only I Could Wait
(feat. Danielle Haim)
There’s A Rhythmn
Au Revoir