And so if farting is just pooping a cloud and music is what happens when speakers poop tiny earthquakes then Sun Giant doesn’t poop. And by this I don’t mean that it is constipated and deep within its bowels there grows a backed-up train of poo ready to be vomited toiletward but that it simply doesn’t poop, has never pooped and doesn’t understand the process fundamentally.
fantastic little EP from one of my favorite groups of all-time. wanna hear how seriously awesome FF is? they packaged in this EP with their debut album on vinyl. yea, so you got FF s/t on vinyl and the Sun Giant EP on vinyl.
Strong 8/10
My god that Coke Machine Glow review is one of the worst pieces of music criticism I've ever read. "Sun Giant" is pretty close to a perfect EP. It's a fantastic introduction to Fleet Foxes, blending a broad array of influences from the past into something beautifully timeless and distinctive. They employ a bit more reverb than in their future works, making it a bit more distant and subdued than the self-titled debut. "Mykonos" remains one of the quintessential Fleet Foxes ... read more
'Mykonos' is one of my favorite song of all time, but the rest of the album is definitely a bit lacking in composition and memorability compared to later works of the band. Still, on its own, it is a quite nice album with beautiful instrumentation.
1 | Sun Giant 2:14 | 89 |
2 | Drops In the River 4:13 | 99 |
3 | English House 4:41 | 95 |
4 | Mykonos 4:35 | 98 |
5 | Innocent Son 3:07 | 85 |