Having just announced their second album, Fleet Foxes have reminded us of the brilliance of their first release, as well as the superb music video for White Winter Hymnal, the second track from it.

Foals’ second album Total Life Forever features several wonderful tracks, but lead single Spanish Sahara is the song that best encapsulates the band’s evolved sound; its video, in stark contrast to its title, offers a beautiful depiction of the sparse arctic wilderness.

At its best, Come Around Sundown sounds like the A-Ha Shake Heartbreak incarnation of the band, and whilst it never reaches the superb heights of that album, it certainly makes Kings of Leon sound better, more fun and altogether more recognisable than the electronic mush that dominated some of Only By The Night.

Despite the complexity and unusualness of the band’s style, there has rarely – likely never – been a band whose audial and visual visions gel as well as Sigur Rós.

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