A-side "White Winter Hymnal" Released July 21, 2008 Recorded 2007 | B-side "Isles" Format 7", digital | |
Genre Indie folk, baroque pop | ||
"White Winter Hymnal" is the first single from Fleet Foxes's debut 2008 self-titled album. Released by European label Bella Union on July 21, 2008, the single was issued on 7" vinyl as well as digital MP3 format. The B-side is the non-album track "Isles".
Contents
Track listing
All songs written by Robin Pecknold.
- "White Winter Hymnal" – 2:27
- "Isles" – 3:06
Critical reception
Time critic Josh Tyrangiel named this the #5 song of 2008. Pitchfork Media ranked it the #2 song of 2008 and #66 on their decade end list.
Covers and use in media
This song was covered by Sonos on the album Sonosings (2009) and by Birdy on her debut album Birdy (2011).
In 2010, the song was parodied by The Fringemunks to recap Fringe episode 2.20, "Northwest Passage".
It was also covered by Kina Grannis on her album Stairwells (2011).
British female vocalist Kim Wilde released a version on her 2013 Christmas album Wilde Winter Songbook, performed with her father Marty Wilde and brother Ricky Wilde.
In 2014 it was also covered by A Cappella group Pentatonix on their album That's Christmas to Me.
It is used as the opening song to the Hulu series The Path.