soft mewling

Ugh, this carries me back to elementary-school carpool in late 70s/early 80s St. Louis. The soft rock station on the stereo: America, CSN, Seals & Croft, Moody Blues, Kansas. Am I saying this music is incompetently crafted? Not really. What I am saying is that every American generation seems more hapless and pathetic and confused than the one that preceded it. This is cutting edge? Somewhere there is a granddad who grew up on the Kinks or the Stones, and, hearing this soft mewling on his grandkid's stereo thinks, man, what a marshmellowy wuss.

Can't Recommend this enough

The debut Fleet Foxes album blew me away, and this EP is every bit as good or better. This is an all-time great EP, and I'm not someone who likes this genre typically. These guys are special and you should download this as soon as possible. Lucky you, you don't have to pay $5 for it like I did.

Fleet Foxes cover a lot of territory — both musical and geographical — on Sun Giant, their debut EP for Sub Pop. The band’s close, pristine harmonies and spare arrangements are at once timeless and a breath of fresh air, sharing roots with ’60s folk-rock, 2000s indie pop, and ageless traditional songs. Fleet Foxes feel like they’re singing to, and for, themselves on the EP, particularly on the title track, which lingers on their harmonies before drifting off on an acoustic guitar melody. Even on “Drops in the River,” which builds from similarly simple beginnings to big drums and plugged-in guitars, the gentle beauty of the Foxes’ melodies remains the same. From “English House”‘s sparkling autoharps to the dreamy, soft rock-tinged “Mykonos,” Sun Giant plays like it was culled from a backpacker’s travel journal. With this intimate, organic, and tantalizing first glimpse at their music, Fleet Foxes sound like they’ve been making music a lot longer than their ages would suggest. Call it old soul music. – Heather Phares