Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountatins

Once you get past the ethereal opening there's none of the harmony singing that the Fleet Foxes are famous for on this track. What there is, is a beautiful song about the relationship between two brothers. The lyrics initially seem to be just an affirmation of fraternal love but on repeated listens a little darkness creeps in. What it reminds me of is "Famous Blue Raincoat" by Leonard Cohen. Both songs have a tension in them, that suggests a fraying of relationships that perhaps can't mended. Perhaps what I love most about this song though is the way Robin Pecknold sings the title of the song in the first verse. Magical in a way music is that's impossible to explain.