White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes
I love a song where you can tell exactly what it sounds like just from the title. This effort from Seattle’s Fleet Foxes is just such a song. It’s a gorgeous, warm, and bluesy tune that calls to mind My Morning Jacket at their most joyful. It’s an ode to a white blanket of snow, as a pane against which all the merry colors of winter can vibrantly stand. It has that wonderful sense of a round – a wide open sound that still manages to stay enclosed in a gentle arc.
This song is off their upcoming debut album, set for release on June 2 from Sub Pop, but they’ve got an EP out right now to tide you over.