BON IVER: 22, A Million (Jagjaguwar)

JUSTIN Vernon (aka Bon Iver) dispenses with any conventional song titles or structures on an album that reverses his recent move towards the mainstream. The Wisconsin singer is a friend of Kanye West — they played together at Glastonbury — and the rapper’s influence is evident in his electronically enhanced falsetto vocals. Adele hailed Vernon’s last album as ‘the soundtrack to my heart’. She may not feel the same about this one, but it is still beguiling.