#365songs (134 / 365)

A girl I met on OKCupid, with whom I went on a single chemistry-free date and then for a while maintained a tenuous balance between a casual friendship and a sizable one-way crush, introduced me to Fleet Foxes before their first full-length album was even released. I don't usually like "get in on the ground floor" with bands, since a lot of what I listen to comes from websites and so by definition has already gotten some press by the time I hear about it, and so Fleet Foxes were a rare exception. We went to see them at the 7th Street Entry of the famous Minneapolis venue First Avenue, a tiny venue of the kind that they wouldn't be playing for much longer. I think we both realized that they were something special but I at least didn't think the kind of gentle, pastoral folk they made would blow up like it did.

Anyway, that all is what I think of when I think of "Mykonos," the best song on the Sun Giant EP that was the only release Fleet Foxes had under their belt when I went to that concert with that girl. But I don't really think of it when I'm listening to the song, because it doesn't need a backstory to hold my attention.