If Bon Iver drank a few juiceboxes, you’d have something approaching the sound of Fleet Foxes. Right now they have their Sun Giant EP stirring things up, but what the world is really waiting on is their self-titled album due out on June 3rd of this year. The same earthy emotion of Bon Iver pervades the Fleet Foxes, but with more people to back up the sound an added fullness, energy, and even sacredness is created.
Sometimes it is just one moment in a song that takes it from really good to great. In “Mykonos” that moment happens at about 2:50 when they hit this note in “You go” that just pushes it over the edge for me. I love the dynamics of this song. Fleet Foxes definitely appreciates the beauty of less-can-be-more and couples that with more-is-also-more creating a gentle rollercoaster of awesomeness.
And here is another amazing one off of their new album Fleet Foxes. If this is a accurate sign of things to come, I can’t wait until June 3rd!
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