This one's for the love honk purists.

When Bon Iver (Justin Vernon) released his self-titled album in 2011, it was a critical success, but some listeners were puzzled by what to make of the final track. After an album filled with lush and experimental songs, a prolonged cadence lands on the soothing soft-rock electric piano chords of "Beth/Honk", which are of course soon joined by a loud car horn that continues until after the final chord.

Many listeners saw this as a genre bait-and-switch. "I feel like I'm being pranked," wrote one reviewer. "It's like someone suddenly grabbed my radio dial and turned it to Honk 106.7." An Internet commenter less familiar with the love honk genre wrote: "wtf? does this album seriously end with a car horn that goes on for five minutes???"

Justin Vernon has never allowed himself to be constrained by one genre, but fans who were, perhaps, expecting another "Skinny Love" instead found themselves listening to the more honking sort of love. Beth/Honk provides a decidedly nostalgic sound, the very definition of classic love honk.

The track is better received in retrospect. Looking back, it's a natural end to the progression of the album. While Bon Iver would branch out into more avant-garde electronic music in his next album, this track solidified his love honk credentials and probably played a large part in him being the headliner at Toyotathon 2013. And it is easy to see how this laid the foundation for his later mainstream success with "Honklore", his collaboration with Taylor Swift and a Subaru Outback.

music: "Beth/Rest (Instrumental)" / horn track: "❤️ Truck" from owldude2