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"Sunblind" by Fleet Foxes from the album 'Shore', available now
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Produced by Robin Pecknold
Engineered & Mixed by Beatriz Artola
Additional Engineering & Assistance: Michael Harris, Christopher Cerullo, Jens Jungkurth, Paul Spring, Lauren Marquez, Bastien Lozier, and Jon Low
Mastered by Joe LaPorta
Vocals and instrumentation: Robin Pecknold
Drums and percussion: Homer Steinweiss, Joshua Jaeger, Christopher Bear
Lyrics
For Richard Swift
For John and Bill
For every gift lifted far before its will
Judee and Smith
For Berman too
I’ve met the myth hanging heavy over you
I loved you long
You rose to go
Beneath you, songs, perfect angels in the snow
So time to stage
Forget reserve
The type of great coronation you deserve
I’m going out for a weekend
I’m gonna borrow a Martin or Gibson
With Either/Or and The Hex for my Bookends
Carrying every text that you’ve given
I’m gonna swim for a week in
Warm American Water with dear friends
Swimming high on a lea in an eden
Running all of the leads you’ve been leaving
I’m overmatched (For Arthur Russell)
I’m half as wise (Duncan and Curtis)
If this is flat, brother I apologize (Jimi and David / For Nick and Otis)
No one alone (For Bell and Buckley)
Can leave the cave (Marvin and Adam)
And all you’ve loaned won’t be kept inside a grave (For Arthur Russell / For Arthur Russell)
I’m gonna swim for a week in
Warm American Water with dear friends
Just intending that I would delight them
Swimming high on a lea in an eden
So I dream
So I dream
I’m gonna swim for a week in
Warm American Water with dear friends
Swimming high on a lea in an eden
Running all of the leads you’ve been leaving
And in your rarified air I feel sunblind
I’m looking up at you there high in my mind
Only way that I made it for a long time
But I’m loud and alive, singing you all night
Warm American Water
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every instrument enters like an old friend with these guys
Abeutiful comment a beautiful song
Fleet Foxes songs feel like the cool breeze when you stick your head out the car window
They feel like when you meet a friend you haven't seen in years and it seems not a day has passed
@@animalmother5689 yeah that too
"mykonos" feels like when you see the northern lights in bright beautiful intense colour in person.
Exactly
That is probably one of the best analogies I ever heard! So true!! Thanks for making that comment! So good!
"And all you've loaned won't be kept inside a grave." That's the main verse of this song. He wants to keep their souls alive through his music. It's beautiful.
_"For Berman too"_ Damn that line hits too hard RIP David Berman
Warm AMERICAN WATER with dear friends
I don't know what it is but every time I hear the line "I'm going out for a weekend" at 0:44 I get chills.
For me it's because that moment calls back to early Fleet Foxes when their sound had more of a pop/folk style. This whole album is like a welcome return to every sound they've explored since their first EP.
i clicked on this video just to check if someone was going to make this comment. Best part of the song, glad others agree
It's also a great, honest lyric about the joy of listening to music (specifically Richard Swift's albums) and playing along to it on acoustic guitars.
@@mysticfellow9843 totally! Maybe a tint of nostalgia for me as I remember driving to Scotland for a weekend with my dad's Martin guitar to write songs. After 6 months stuck at home that sounds really, really nice right now. (Not to mention the melody is stunning!)
@@JonathanOgdenMusic yes it is nostalgic. Man I feel ya. That does sound really nice right now. Thankfully with all the good music that's been released lately I can retreat into my headphones and get lost in it. I can't wait to start traveling once this is all over
"For richard swift, for John and Bill, for every gift lifted far before its will" bless this song
Brings a tear to the eye
Heavy
john and bill who? John lennon?
@@calicosky9863 john prine and bill withers who both recently passed
@@calicosky9863 lennon is referenced later I think
This song is absolutely wonderful. Wistful and paying homage to the dead but full of life and joy. It feels cathartic
Gabe, I couldn't agree more!
Spot on analysis. Robin is so refreshing with his obvious admiration of departed titans. Its beautiful.
Thank you for such an erudite and beautiful comment.
Plus 3:55 "Great Gig in the Sky" tease
Song of the year. Any year……
"I've met the myth hanging heavy over you" That one hit me hard, fucking hell
excuse me, can you tell me what this particular sentence actually means? I'm trying to translate it to my native language but it's being difficult. Also with the "I feel sunblind" (am I supposed to translate it literally?! Coz Sunblind is that type of curtain that blocks the sun)
@@danash2510 Myths are false or exaggerated ideas about someone or something. If someone created a myth about you, perhaps they had created ideas in their mind about your history, beliefs, abilities, or circumstances that were not entirely based on factual evidence, and shared that information with others until those ideas became widely believed, for better or for worse. Hanging heavy would be like carrying a heavy load, but in an emotional context, something is weighing down on you heavily. To fully understand the context of the sentence in this song, you need to read about the life of the artist he was referring to, David Berman. Think of sunblind as looking at the sun and having trouble seeing because of the brightness of the sun, perhaps you had to squint your eyes because of it. In this context of this song though, think of light as the legacy of his friends and role models he looked up to shining brightly.
This song just saved my life
If the lyrics meant nothing or you couldn't hear them, this would still be such an exquisite, uplifting song: incredible voice, beautiful tune, amazing arrangement. When, however, you listen and discover...beyond moving. What a tribute.
Idk, if you ask me still (if not more of) an uplifting song. The idea that all these artists taken too young live on through their art and in turn this tribute is pretty uplifting to me.
Yes, it is even more moving when you listen to the lyrics - what an amazing tribute this is.
It's ALL about the notes, for me.
It's brilliant because it's a song paying homage to these artists... but it's also a song about remembering someone so important to you that is gone now.
Wow, it's really cool how Robin made this an ode to all these artists, with their names in the backing vocals, very well done!
...A great coronation they deserve.
yes, the layers in all the songs are so superb
"With Either / Or or The Hex for my Bookends." "Warm American Water with dear friends" RIP SMITH RIP SWIFT RIP BERMAN
Fleet Foxes’ self titled 2008 album reminds me of a lovely spring time in Vermont and Maine I spent with a very special man. Shore is an album of healing after not being able to listen to them for a while because of bittersweet memories.
Totally understand and agree. Fleet foxes albums been there through so many changes of life.....
The ending is very powerful. The way Robin describes how he feels about these artists is how I feel about Fleet Foxes 😌 So I am forever grateful I’m alive at the same time as them ❤️
I feel the same way. I love Robin and appreciate him for that song even more. Such a good heart!
oh man when he sings "If this is flat, brother, I apologize" made me cry like a baby
Brought me to tears for some reason ! anyone else ? or is it just me ?!
Pussy
Nope. I'm tearful too. Every time.
this album is just soo pureefect
ditto
This song makes me think of a friend that died last year...
Such a beautiful song, such a gorgeous poem, really. The “warm American water” metaphor is beautifully used, not only as an elegiac nod to American musicians, but the listener finds themselves caught up in the warm, gentle currents of that river as well. And that ending (“I am loud and alive, singing you all night”) is majestic, respectful of the dead, carrying on the music.
American Water is an album by Silver Jews/David Berman, who he mentions as well.
The outro teases "Great Gig in the Sky" in a song about deceased musicians.
Can't help buy think that American Water is a reference to David Berman, who we lost recently along with most the singer songwriters referenced in the song.
Robin singing "Arthur Russell" is 2020's greatest gift
Arthur Russell is a famous musician right?
@@cameronpeterson6734 More famous now than when he was alive, yep :-/ A musical genius
Damn this song hits me on a whole different level. Each listen is a new experience.
It’s always been so unexplainable I don’t even understand why it’s so good, it’s like Robin Pecknold was just meant to create this beautiful music
Sometimes, I want to cry when listen to Fleet Foxes, I don't know why but I do.
i actually did cry once when i thought about the meaning behind the video for "white winter hymnal". i almost never cry because of songs/movies/books/etc.
This song introduced me to the wonderful work of Arthur Russell
Never heard the Fleet Foxes groove this hard!!
Look up Mykonos that’s there starter kit to see their genius.
It's all Robin bro.
"No One Alone, Can Leave The Cave." Is a great line that reminds me of *Plato's Cave Allegory.* An echo chamber of sorts.
Suddenly autumn feels like summer again!
First listen i was wondering why this came out in September and not May/June
this album feels very spring-like to me fellas
Just beautiful. When the chorus hits it's like the sun coming up.
Anyone who gave thumbs- down on this song, should be ashamed of themselves!
"Only way that I made it..." Robin wouldn't be here, artistically and maybe literally, without these great artists. And he's an amazing artist in his own right providing soulful support for us too.
“if this flat, brother, i apologize no one alone, can leave the cave and all you’ve loaned won’t be kept inside a grave” haven’t wept like this to music in a long long time
When Berman died I listened to, and swam in, American Water all day for a week
I freaking love the bassline o_o
Sunblind is an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10....outstanding af !!
I'm officially a Fleet Foxes fan.
Since 2012.. From 🇰🇪
Eu também
Ever felt like you’ve just arrived home, and you realize you can never be home again? Not because it has changed, but because you have? Day-drinking with friends by the river on a warm day even if all that is just sitting in a cold apartment listening to your favorite tunes… what a life this is!
This song is beautiful. It pays tribute the ones that passed and feels like a celebration of life at the same time.
Such a beautiful, warm tribute to many of our greatest artists - including David Berman, which is indescribably heartwarming. much love!
AND IN YOUR RARIFIED AIR I FEEL SUNBLINDDD
'I loved you long, you rose to go, beneath you songs, perfect angels in the snow' What a line that is. Stunning.
I was at a gas station at 2 in the morning and this song came over the speakers. That moment was pure bliss.
”And in your rarified air I feel sunblind I'm looking up at you there high in my mind” 💕
Perfect use of emotion and harmony. Fleet foxes is the type of band to dig right into your soul, and then dig deeper. They somehow catalyze the different seasons into their emotions too, it always feel so....pure...so beautiful... brings me to tears!
For every gift left far before its will 🎉❤😢😊
Oh, Fleet Foxes. You never disappoint!
I some how missed out on feet foxes when they first appeared and catching up the past couple of years I'm blown away by them. They're sound and vocals are exhilarating.
these are the foxes i've fallen in love for since their debut! my fav track of the album
Fleet Foxes at their best. Wow.
I remember listening to this album during the pandemic almost nonstop. It is one of the albums that saved my sanity during the lockdown.
Same
Yes the sublime beauty of Sunblind but also the lyrical references to other earlier songs - Montezuma etc - and the tree signfying the song writers, and their canon, that Robin is celebrating and memorialising, which is their (our history) growing like a mighty tree, albeit's profound influence and nurture it has given Robin...its sheltering branches. I love everything about Fleet Foxes, the collaboration of wonderful musicians, their journeying, Robin's intellect and his intuition, his learnings and this beautiful album that I can't stop playing over and over...
For Richard Swift 리차드 스위프트를 위해 For John and Bill 존 프라인, 빌 위더스를 위해 For every gift lifted far before its will 의지보다 훨씬 앞선 모든 선물들을 위해 Judee and Smith 쥬디 실과 엘리엇 스미스 For Berman too 데이빗 버만 또한 I’ve met the myth hanging heavy over you 널 무겁게 짓누르는 신화를 만났어 I loved you long 널 오랫동안 사랑했고 You rose to go 넌 일어서서 갔지 Beneath you, songs, perfect angels in the snow 네 아래에, 노래들, 눈 속의 완벽한 천사들 So time to stage 무대로 올라갈 시간이야 Forget reserve 예약은 잊어 The type of great coronation you deserve 훌륭한 왕위 계승식 말이야 I’m going out for a weekend 주말에는 외출을 할거야 I’m gonna borrow a Martin or Gibson 마틴이나 깁슨 기타를 빌려서 With Either/Or and The Hex for my Bookends [엘리엇의] '두 개 중' 과 [리차드의] '헥스'를 북엔드에 꽃고 Carrying every text that you’ve given 네가 남긴 모든 텍스트를 옮겨 I’m gonna swim for a week in 일주일간 수영할 거야 Warm American Water with dear friends 소중한 친구들과 (데이빗 버만의 실버 쥬스의) 따듯한 미국 물에서 Swimming high on a lea in an eden 에덴의 초원에서 수영하고 Running all of the leads you’ve been leaving 네가 떠나온 모두의 선두로 달려 I’m overmatched (for Arthur Russell) 난 강적이야 (아서 러셀을 위해) I’m half as wise (Duncan and Curtis) 반 정도는 현명해 (던컨 브라운과 커티스 메이필드) If this is flat, brother I apologize (Jimi and David, for Nick and Otis) 만약 이게 평평하다면, 사과하지 브라더 (지미 헨드릭스와 데이빗 버만, 닉 드레이크와 오티스 레딩을 위해) No one alone (For Bell and Buckley) 아무도 혼자가 아냐 (크리스 벨과 제프 [or 팀] 버클리를 위해) Can leave the cave (Marvin and Adam) 동굴을 떠날 수 있어 (마빈 게이와 아담 야치) And all you’ve loaned won’t be kept inside a grave (for Arthur Russell, for Arthur Russell) 그리고 네가 빌려준 모든 것들이 무덤으로 가진 않을거야 (아서 러셀을 위해, 아서 러셀을 위해) I’m gonna swim for a week in 일주일간 수영할 거야 Warm American Water with dear friends 소중한 친구들과 따듯한 미국 물에서 Just intending that I would delight them 그저 그들을 기쁘게 해주겠다고 마음 먹고 Swimming high on a lea in an eden 에덴의 초원에서 수영하지 So I dream 그래서 꿈을 꿔 So I dream 그래서 꿈을 꿔 I’m gonna swim for a week in 일주일간 수영할 거야 Warm American Water with dear friends 소중한 친구들과 따듯한 미국 물에서 Swimming high on a lea in an eden 에덴의 초원에서 수영하지 Running all of the leads you’ve been leaving 네가 떠나온 모두의 선두로 달려 And in your rarified air I feel sunblind 그리고 네 얇은 블라인드를 느껴 I’m looking up at you there high in my mind 내 마음 속에서 널 올려다 보고 있어 Only way that I made it for a long time 내가 오랜 시간동안 그걸 만들 수 있었던 유일한 방법이지 But I’m loud and alive, singing you all night 하지만 난 시끄럽고 살아있기에, 밤새 널 노래하지 Warm American Water 따듯한 미국 물에서 gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=postrockgallery&no=357957
Thank you to the Fleet Foxes for releasing this on my birthday.
Wow.. it feels like Robin is telling a story about how he’s been handling this pandemic: enjoying the things and people he loves.
this record is an absolute masterpiece
Very beautiful ,very powerful.
As a concept reminds me of Nina cried power by hozier heheheheh so happy to find similarities between my favourite artists
THE ABSOLUTE GOATS. I love them both.
same!
This has a very Beach Boys vibe to it, like modern-day BB.
Try animal collective for modern BB
Definitely some pet sounds vibes
The harmonizing from this group is some of the best, I always thought it was very CSN influenced
@@hippiecheezburger5457 I feel like any band harmonizing well over acoustic guitars is likely to sound like CSN
Or The Band.
Wow, didn't know Swift passed two years ago. Always loved the sounds he made with Damien Jurado. These musicians give us keys to the future - great song and record!
Yeah I was shocked about that too. He was an underrated gem. Check out the song "The Bully" if you haven't yet.
Every time I have a hard time , I listen broken finger blues. Speaks volumes!
@@eatmaashh390 Yesss. That song is a masterpiece.
So love this song, so evocative..like an Endless Summer...a place we all would love to live in forever.
I cant begin to tell you how you have lifted my spirit..your songs have drifted into my reality..you have colored my vision with a superb feeling..thank you once again
and the photo captures a time in the country here in down under that is timeless, with that afternoon haze..a place you could dwell in for eternity, I know I said this already. Sort of Buffalo Springfield country...hazey mountains in the distance, cicadas drumming in the evening, no tomorrow, just today
This song perfectly captures spring and summer.
I adore Fleet Foxes !!! Lovely to honor those that left us .
Anyone else notice the ending is the perfect lead into Pink Floyd's The Great Gig In The Sky? ;-)
Martin McGarrigle Yes! Exactly what came to my mind the first time I heard it
Or to Bedouin Dress' chorus
That's something many ppl seem to assume. Robin posted this possibilty in his IG story
thank youu! I needed to find this!!
Wow... just thought of why. He names musicians who died. Who are “in the sky” then teases “Great Gig in the Sky” in the outro. Wow... hits even harder.
Their music is timeless! They make feel like I did when I was 17...60 year olds don't say that often about new music.
This is terrific. The song gives you a certain special feeling...
What a poppy chorus. Bravo Robin.
Robin Pecknold is a true voice of the past 20 years I’d say
For sure. If I could have one singing voice it would be his!
the GREATEST band on the planet
Robin pecknold is a fucking genius
As timeless as the night sky.
Hi I recommend taking a listen to a song called 'Where I Come From' By Robert Nix
Great Gig in the Sky vibes at the end
What a lovely song - so beautifully captures those open-hearted moments of young love and admiration for the great artists that keep us alive
Love!!!!!!
Beautiful.
Love!
Love this song so much
if every track on the new lp is as good as this it will be a iconic album
What a gorgeous song. That chorus!
Tears of Joy.. ❤️❤️
Lovely
Beautiful! Love it.
(I think) these are the artists paid tribute in this gorgeous song: Richard Swift, John Prine, Judee Sill, Elliott Smith, David Berman, Arthur Russell, Duncan Browne, Ian Curtis, Jimi Hendrix, Nick Drake, Otis Redding, Chris Bell, Jeff and/or Tim Buckley, Marvin Gaye, and Adam Schlesinger. But who is "Bill"?
Bill Withers?
@@drooney4878 That was my guess, too, but he wasn't particularly young when he passed, as were most of these other musicians.
@@rwgrover I think John Prine and Bill Withers are mentioned in the same line because they both died this year.
@@josephcharette4352 That makes sense. I think you're right. Thanks!
Robert, please check out a song by a Dublin band called A House called More Endless Art. A great tribute to the talent no longer with us.
Beautiful
That melody is unreal. Chills all over.
What a beautiful song!
So beautiful!!!
What a sensational track - I hoped this album would be great, but I'm astonished at how good this is... absolutely wonderful!
I discovered Richard Swift over the weekend, and it was a revelation.
Magnificent.
this really keeps me going
Awesome!
this is just beautiful
Extraordinary.
Listen to this while driving the Matanuska Valley (in Alaska) at night.
Sounds like the dream.
Truly, a gorgeous tribute.
Here for it.
Stunning....
My favorite song from the album
As much of a heartstring tug as the whole song is, I somehow managed to keep it together until you got to Adam. What a wonderful tribute, the most generous song on an album full of them. Thank you for these words.
It does not get more exuberant than this🌞
BEAUTIFUL!!!! LOVE YOU GUYS!
when i listen to this song i imagine a newly in love girl dancing in a meadow in the sunlight... such a happy feeling. thank you fleet foxes... beautiful stuff.
The best. They prove it most of the time.