About a month ago, Cory sent me a text claiming Grizzly Bear’s Two Weeks gives to 2009 what Fleet Foxes’ Mykonos gave to 2008. At first I agreed. Both songs are structured well, feature stunning harmonies, and despite the fact that the year is barely half over, it’s safe to say that Two Weeks, like Mykonos, should be considered one of the best songs on one of the best albums of the year in which it was released.
After Veckatimest was leaked online, Fleet Foxes' front man, Robin Pecknold, used his now defunct twitter account to say that it was the album of the decade. I don’t know whether or not anyone would be willing to stand behind that statement, as I'm sure that it was a boast made in a moment of excitement after listening to a very good record for the first time.
I asked myself what I thought these songs meant to me in the context of, both the last two years in music, and my personal experiences and biases. What criteria can be used to determine how much better one song is than another?
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