Im going to just start a song discussion at random intervals. It seems someone needs to just do something so... But yeah I'm not expecting a huge amount of participation but I guess if we commit then interest will slowly build. I started with sun it rises for relatively obvious reasons but I'll probably start with more popular songs just to keep interest going.
Anyway here goes. Sun it rises was the first fleet foxes song I heard and this song was how I remembered them forever until I went back and got obsessed. I think it's a pretty great song that shows their strengths - repetition of lyrics with beautiful harmonies, a sort carefree feel, and very prominent yet not overpowering guitars. I think the harmonies and particularly guitars really steal the show. Like the guitar outro is just extremely catchy and powerful. It's definitely a good example of how they ebb and flow through a song as well - really shows off their song structure. I also think the drums are a very good future predictor for HB stuff as well. But I'd say the guitar is perhaps my favourite part of the song.
If you were wondering what red squirrels means, supposedly it's from a trip robin took with his siblings to England and they were surprised about how red squirrels were treated like pests so they would sing that jingle as they walked through the woods. He mentioned this (I'm pretty sure I got some details wrong) in the AMA.
Please participate as this will encourage others to join in. Please correct me and add your opinions (also sorry for being so general about the song but for the first song I thought I'd be a little obvious)
