Video Premiere: Fleet Foxes: "White Winter Hymnal"
Here’s an appropriately alluring clip for "White Winter Hymnal", a clear standout from Fleet Foxes' recent self-titled debut LP. Forkcasting the tune way back in January, Pitchfork contributor Stephen M. Deusner mentioned his awe that the "surprisingly short" song still could "manage to pack an entire winter and part of summer in these two and a half minutes." The video draws on that same passage of time, as the moments from the white winter through the summer’s strawberries sail by on the spin of a wheel. It's always fun to see what a character exerting some agency on a natural process actually does with the power, and it looks like this guy's got some ideas. Besides, if ever there was a band who could stand to be just a bit more animated, it might just be this band. This lovingly crafted affair was put together by director Sean Pecknold, brother of lead Fox Robin.
[from Fleet Foxes; out now on Sub Pop]