“White Winter Hymnal” is the first single from Fleet Foxes’s debut 2008 self-titled album. The B-side is the non-album track “Isles”.
Time critic Josh Tyrangiel named this the #5 song of 2008. Pitchfork Media ranked it the #2 song of 2008 and #66 on their decade end list.
[Intro]
I was following the, I was following the
I was following the, I was following the
I was following the, I was following the
I was following the, I was following the
[Chorus]
I was following the pack, all swaddled in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from fallin' in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow
Red as strawberries in the summertime
[Chorus]
I was following the pack, all swaddled in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from fallin' in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow
Red as strawberries in the summertime
[Chorus]
I was following the pack, all swaddled in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads from fallin' in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow
Red as strawberries in the summertime
White Winter Hymnal was written by Robin Pecknold.
White Winter Hymnal was produced by Phil Ek.
Fleet Foxes released White Winter Hymnal on Mon Jun 02 2008.
Just over two minutes long, the song contains every element that would make their Sun Giant EP and self-titled full-length debut so entrancing: the intricate vocal arrangements highlighting their evocative harmonies, the way Sklyer Skjelset’s clean guitar lines shadow Robin Pecknold’s wordless vocal...
This is the first song on the LP, it’s lyrically fairly meaningless I guess but it’s not really meant to mean something. As an introduction to the record, we thought it would be nice to start it with a simple jam that’s focussed on singing – on the record it starts with a tongue-in-cheek harmony thi...