In 2008, Aaron Dessner (The National) sent Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) an
instrumental sketch of a song called “Big Red Machine” for Dark Was The
Night. This was before they had met in person. Justin wrote a song to it,
interpreting the Big
Red Machine title as a heart.
10 years of friendship later, there are 10 more songs.
Big Red Machine.
Each song includes a large number of collaborators via the PEOPLE platform
and the record was produced by Justin and Aaron with longtime collaborator Brad
Cook and engineered by Jonathan Low primarily at Aaron’s studio Long Pond in
Upper
Hudson Valley, NY