Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

Get your folk fix today. Fleet Foxes are Seattle based psych-folk outfit who are known for their mood setting jams filled with harmonies that rival the Beach Boys or America. They've got a new album coming up called Helplessness Blues so I figure I might as well get prepared for it.

"Mykonos" is from the Sun Giant EP and doesn't disappoint in the harmony department. With all six members taking up the vocals at several parts it gives you this great mysterious curiosity. During one of the breakdowns, the guitars, drums, bass and keys stop and the Foxes go all a cappella all over the place. I imagine myself wondering through some enchanted forest and hearing some baroque choir off in the distance.

The door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on us 
Footsteps follow, down through the hollow sound, torn up. 

And you will go to Mykonos 
With a vision of a gentle coast 
And a sun to maybe dissipate 
Shadows of the mess you made 

How did animals in the snow tipped pines, I find 
Hatching from the seed of your thin mind, all night? 

And you will go to Mykonos 
With a vision of a gentle coast 
And a sun to maybe dissipate 
Shadows of the mess you made 

Brother you don't need to turn me away 
I was waiting down at the ancient gate 

You go 
Wherever you go today 
You go today 

I remember how they took you down 
As the winter turned the meadow brown 

You go 
Wherever you go today 
You go today 

When a-walking brother don't you forget 
It ain't often that you'll ever find a friend 

You go 
Wherever you go today 
You go today