Bon Iver introduced his Maverik Center audience to a new album and bigger, experimental sound — then helped out a Utah charity

A casual follower of Bon Iver’s musical career probably best knows him as a guy with a willowy voice and a guitar playing sleepy, ambient folk music — think the hit “Skinny Love.”

And if that’s the frame of reference, it’s reasonable to wonder: How in the world is he going to hold an audience in a hockey arena? I was somewhat in the same boat heading into Bon Iver’s Maverik Center show Wednesday night.