A note...

Having enjoyed the track White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes very much when I heard it on BBC 6Music I decided to throw caution to the wind and invest nearly £7 in the self-titled album.

What a fantastic record. If you enjoy Band Of Horses, Simon and Garfunkel, Pet Sounds era Beach Boys or The Shins then this album will slide seamlessly into your favourites pile. To play entirely safe I'd start off with track 2 on the album (the aforementioned White Winter Hymnal) and then run through and play the first track last. By then any possible doubts as to the quality of this record will have evaporated.

Go and buy it, you'll be well rewarded. The only album that even comes close in terms of value for money was the mighty £6.75 I paid for Vampire Weekend's debut - if you don't have that then you really need to get it!