Fleet Foxes - Someone You'd Admire

A "Helplessly Hoping" for our generation, "Someone You'd Admire" is my favorite track on (off, off the album or on the album? Album goes IN the slot, music comes OUT the speakers, bah.) the new Fleet Foxes album. It reminds me of early winter, think November 24th, waking up in the morning, still dark out, you're struggling out of bed, struggling with the coffee maker, but you're humming, in spite of the dreariness, you are humming, like a blue bird lost in the darkness of a deep well, singing.

So rare to hear a very simple acoustic ditty that transcends derivative and actually just hits it. Robin starts off on his own, spare guitar, spare vocals, but my, a lovely melody. The band couldn't resist the gang land harmonies, that's ok, but I almost wish they weren't there. This is Robin's show.