When I heard that Volcano Choir had announced that September would see the release of the band’s second studio album, I thought I was in some beautiful Justin Vernon-based dream (which certainly aren’t a rarity for me) and it was just too good to be true. But alas, their second studio album entitled ‘Repave’ will be dropping under music label JagJaguwar in only a couple of months.

It is now evident that after Vernon announced Bon Iver would be “taking a break,” he has been putting his superhuman musical ability towards his side project band Volcano Choir, a collaboration with progressive-rock group Collections of Colonies of Bees. Volcano Choir released their first album entitled ‘Unmap’ in September 2011. Their hauntingly harmonic sound blends the symphonic strings, piano, voices in harmony and acoustic guitar that Bon Iver flaunted so famously with a more experimental production style. The result is beautiful compositions of sheer undeniable musical talent that completely relax and entice the listener.

‘Unmap’ flawlessly blends progressive rock, chill-wave, acoustic, ambient music together and seasons it with cleverly manipulated vocals that harmonise one another in an eerie and enchanting way. Needless to say, the announcement of a second album has been met with much excitement.

They’ve released a ‘teaser’ video for the album; a beautifully shot and edited piece of music-cinema masterpiece that gives a feel and to the album as well as featuring a brand new song entitled ‘Byegone.’

This video is such an incredible media piece that has a poetic experimental feel about it mixed with a effortless elegance. Each frame is carefully considered with soft focuses and harmonious compositions then smoothly edited together. It really shows how visuals are such a crucial part of the music industry, as a video like this really captures the uplifting and beautifully inspirational mood of the upcoming album. It has the creative and technical sophistication that is so rarely seen in music film clips these days. It really shows a considered and careful approach to the piece as an artwork; the result being an incredibly shot, beautifully constructed and perfectly edited piece that you can’t look away from if you tried.

I personally won’t be sleeping til September. This is going to be amazing.