Imagine the smell of burnt marshmallows, a beautiful night sky, a forest, friends with you and a campfire to gather around while this plays in the background. That's an experience to dream of yet there you are, it's unbelievable.

pov: you're 7 years late to this masterpiece of an ep

I remember when I first listened to this song..back in 2016 around november. I had major depression and I constantly cried. Everyone would always judge me and find the smallest things to criticize me on. Luckly I found this beautifuly made album that always put me in a better mood and took my mind off of everything bad in my life. I’d come home from school after being picked on and listen to this as I did my work, I’d listen to this in the car when my parents would always fight, I’d listen to this when my family would judge me, i’d listen to this while crying...this has helped me so much. Thank you for reading 📖

currently having an existential crisis with this playing in the background. I couldn't have asked for a better theme.

Rainy days, burning candles, warm blanket and this album is just enough.

i remember just over a year ago, crying to featherstone, stuck in my childhood home, experiencing abuse and reoccurring trauma, and promising myself that i would listen to it again when i got out, when i got to the coastline and now im here

The first song has a very special place in my heart, I was on a trip with my school to France, it was night-time and I was listening to woodland, what a great felling. On that trip I made new friends whom I'm very grateful to have made, experienced new things and had a lot of fun. This song is special.

POV: You wander through a beautiful forest, full of birds chirping, and sunshine. Small squirrels scuttle on trees, almost like they're playing tag. You see your dog, wagging their tail while padding next to you. Feeling joyed, you sprint through the forest path, scaring away baby sparrows. The trees looked so green, the undergrowth so lush-like. Seeing an apple tree up ahead next to the dusty trail, you run up to it, picking the most reddest, juiciest looking fruit. You take a bite, feeling the richness of the forest in your mouth, slowly crunching. You snap a piece, and give it to Cinders, the dog. Cinders happily munches on the treat, licking her jaws. You pick a few more apples, filling a small basket. Energized, you beckon for the dog to follow, and walk onto the path once more. Bursting out of the woods, you find you and Cinders in a flowery meadow. The tall green grass mixed with colorful blossoms welcome you, and you gaze at the field in awe. You find yourself walking forward, Cinders trailing after you, until you reach a small hill littered with daisies. On top of the hill, there is a majestic willow tree, its branches and leaves almost reaching the ground. You settle down under the willow tree. It is actually kind of bright under, unlike what you expected. You hug your dog closer, taking out a small picnic carpet. Sitting on it, you begin to take out a few apples, slowly petting Cinders' head. An orange-yellow filter of light quietly creeps into the gaps of the willow leaves. The sun is setting, you think, rising up to your feet with your dog. You duck out, your eyes immediately dazzled by the various colors hitting them at once. You blink a few times, then your eyes start to get used to it. Your eyes open properly, and you are met with a breathtaking view. You can see shades of red, orange, yellow, pink, blue, and a dash of violet-purple peaking out of the sky. You see a hint of clouds floating around the sun, which was shining brightly, as if it was waving towards the world as it takes its leave for today. Soon, it is dark, the orange light a fading glow on the horizon. You lay down on the roses and tulips, orchids and sunflowers, taking a bite out of a ripe apple. You favor the taste, feeling your thirst quench.

These songs weigh so heavy on my heart. They make me so nostalgic about times that never happened. I miss the world. The song "Bloom" has always signified the ending of my childhood. I miss it all.

I can't believe Bloom was a Bonus. It itself could be a Hit. For it to just be a bonus onto and album just shows the quality, integrity and absolute beauty that your music has.

Listening to this at 4am watching the sunrise. The most peaceful I've felt in quite some time.

This album kept me alive from 2014-2016! I'm in a better place now, but I still have vivid, bittersweet memories of crying to it :)

This sounds like what I wish my teenage years were like. What I hoped these years would be like.

Reading these comments, seems like this album is a healer. It found me during one of the worst periods of my life. It made a rough time sweet, and now I can visit my old self by listening here. Maybe part of what was so healing about this album is that older me always sends love to younger me when I hear it.

Woodland is such a basic, simple title but is so fitting for Paper Kites and is somehow comforting.

This album is pure bliss. Just joy in nature, unconditional love, it really is like a warm blanket

There's something so incredible about screaming out completely honest in the KZfaq comments of a good song. Theres no hiding it's just getting what's on your chest off of it and not expecting a response. Love you all, hope it works out.

This album really helped me dealing with loss of interest due to major depressive disorder and psychosis. When I felt nothing because of the medication I'd come back to this. It evokes something...forest and mulch, sunrises over foggy hills, camping, rainy days and love

I stumbled upon this because i was having trouble sleeping and I was looking for a low key vibe album. In short I’m obsessed now. This is absolutely perfect to fall asleep to. Not because it’s boring but because it’s comforting and puts my mind at peace. I can see me one day in the nursery singing some of these songs to my kids.

I don't know how I get here. I was playing some music and the randomness of KZfaq autoplay brought me here. When I notice that i haven't heard this before and the last songs have been nice I was half the video. I'm very grateful today.

I just stumbled on these guys about 2 months ago.......beautiful. I actually went to school in woodland, ca.....sooooooooo I had to check it out. So happy I did!!! Great sound and great song writing, vocals and arrangements. When you get older you miss these things but its nice to discover them no matter how late you are to the game. That is why we record music, people will discover it a 100 years from now.

Featherstone especially reminds me of the innocence of childhood. My kids are 9 & 10 and I can listen to this and always picture them running to their Mother or feeding squirrels. It reminds me of Frost on Grass at Sunrise.

reading these comments... my god. i graduated high school when this album came out and i still remember "we're all just searching for something bigger than we're all able to find" was in my description for everything. this album absolutely fuels a lot of my memories as a teenager. my fiance and i have been together since high school... and i still remember the first time we did acid together junior year. i had a giant speaker i would bring around with me everywhere i went... and we went to this abandoned golf course at 4 in the morning to see the sunrise... and listened to this ep, along with the album dive by tycho, and (of course) hurry up, were dreaming by m83. we laughed and cried and obviously we had, and continue to have the most insane connection after that night. i would walk home from the bus stop and listen to this on my ipod touch dude... like it's so insane to think it's been 10 years. mortal boy king will always be my favorite... listening to that when i was 17 with that youthful exuberance, whole life ahead of me feeling was also a highlight of my younger years. paper kites have shaped me to who i am today... they are true artists, still releasing the same quality music to this day. i'm sure you know how many people you impacted. thank you.

2021 EVERYBODY! This album is an amazing start to it.

I'm so happy to have find such a pleasent surprise with this band .... it feels like a hug, peace and nostalgic :')

How incredibly bitter-sweet their sound is. It makes me want to smile sadly into the sunset... or something like that idk it's just beautiful

I was so close to ending my life today. But this autoplayed, and I remembered how much the first song made me happy when I was younger. Thank you Maybe not today then.

I can't help it but to just be in awe with the beauty that reflects a song like "Bloom". For me,it defines "saving the best for last". Such poetry,such harmony. 😍😍❤️❤️

These guys are brand new to me, and I feel so lucky. Somehow, in only a few listens, they just crawled under my skin. Just a wonderful sound that just makes you feel warm, and accepted.

[Verse 1] Run, run, don't trail behind keep moving The beasts won't stop till we're dead All the scrapes on our knees Will tell you where we've been, where we have bled [Pre-Chorus] Oh we play In autumn days [Chorus] Won't lay down our heads till the day is won Won't stop running till we reach the sun Chasing all the things that are keeping us young We won't stop running till we reach the sun [Verse 2] Oh we're building a home With the mud and the stones and the branches we find We're all just searching for something Bigger than we're all able to find [Pre-Chorus] Oh we play In autumn days [Chorus] Won't lay down our heads till the day is won Won't stop running till we reach the sun Chasing all the things that are keeping us young We won't stop running till we reach the sun [Bridge] We are all creatures of the sunlight We are all children of the day We are just chasing what we can't ever get, ever have [Chorus] Won't lay down our heads till the day is won Won't stop running till we reach the sun Chasing all the things that are keeping us young We won't stop running till we reach the sun [Outro] All the scrapes on our knees Will tell you where we’ve been, where we have bled

5 years ago this album used to be my escape🍃. 5 years later, it still is my escape🍂.

It's never to late to pick up on a tune that has years behind it. If you found it and it works for your heart, better now than never.✌️

it's 2021 and you're dreaming of going back to summer 2014

Everything's going the wrong way in my life these days. I'm affraid to dive in this hell again. I tried to reach for help last year, nothing's changed. I tried to manage it by myself but I'm only human. I'm crying everyday like I used to some months ago, like I used to last year. I want my problems to disapear, I want them to make me strong and complete my storyline, like a main character. And these songs make me feel like the main character, so they give me hope...The hope that one day, I'll find the strength to beat my inner demons and become a better version of myself, not the sad and useless one. Edit : I'm really thankful for each one of you guys, I know that we don't really know each other, but that's what brings magic in those interactions, I make the promise to get better, to fight to finally see a psychologist, to talk about my problems. And I know from the bottom of my heart that you'll do the same. I kindly love all of you, kind strangers, you are loved, appreciated, you, beautiful souls. Many hugs and thoughts from a stranger, lost somewhere in France.

Imagine dancing barefoot in the mud around a fire in a little green muddy leaf like dress, foraging for food, and talking to the fairies by the river!

Who's still jamming in 2020?

This is just like the feeling of the beginning of fall- just chilly enough for a hoodie, face warned by the sun through a window with your eyes closed❤️🌞😌

literal life tip: listen to this while I Miss My Cafe is open. You will feel like you're in a small cafe while peaceful indie music plays in the background. Life changing.

Finallyyy saw this again! Good lord! Rainy days of pandemic 2021, writing on my little diary. I miss this playlist so much. The memories are coming back, love it.

I stumbled across this on accident and couldn't be happier

The perfect soundtrack for your life when you finally made it out to a nicer inner place.

You can never go wrong with The Paper Kites. They are my go-to band!

My favourite album of all times- it always gives me a boast of serotonin when I need it the most- it's an escape

“And we hate what we’ve lost but love what we’ve found”

don't understand how the entire album could be this mesmerizing

Im brand new to this old album and yet these songs make me nostalgic over something that never happened. 👌💖

This playlist had made me so happy for no reason. The feeling of being so free running in a garden is engraved in my mind because of you. This playlist has given me the enegry to wake up tommorow and say everything is gonna to be okay and you have nothing to worry about anymore . Its vibes has taught me that i just need to slow down and stop moving so fast and also to stop overthinking about things that wont matter in a few years and even if i fail i can always try agian next time. I want to thank you for making me so happy for the first time in a long time.

Its been a while since I've listened to this band. I used to listen to the Willow Tree March in particular when I was in middle school, hit repeat over and over again till I came across other artists and just lost myself into the music. There's a lot thats changed from my life ever since then, and this whole album just took me through all the memories in between. This pandemic sucks and there were so many people that I lost along the way. Make sure you let your loved ones know how much you appreciate them and how glad you are for them to be in your life. I love you ❤ and I hope life works out well for all of us x

I have been hunting for your song "Featherstone" for 4 years. I just remembered the tune but no lyrics so couldn't search. Stumbled across it today! Made my week! Thanks for the beautiful song!

I wish I would've found this album sooner. I was listening to and Indie playlist I made and I randomly scrolled across this video and I clicked on it cause the thumbnail looked really cool. I found instant bliss as soon as the songs started to play and I am so grateful for the times that this music made me feel happy when I thought feeling happiness wasn't possible. Thank you Paper Kites!

Even after 4 years this is the best thing I’ve ever heard

Literally the best music to listen to while riding a bike on a sunny afternoon. Be safe tho!

I don't think Featherstone is meant this way, but I see it from the POV as a parent. I get to pour my love into someone who is entitled to their own life, their own future, and will not return my love back in kind (and can't ... it's different). So I will love her and drive her away one day (school? new home?), and instead of being just sad, it's a beautiful thing. It means she GETS to move forward on her dreams and future. I love it so much. My daughter is only 5 now, but I think this is the way it is supposed to go. My future was choosing to have her and loving her with my whole soul. And her future and love is hers to create and give as she wishes. And I want that for her, whatever it is. I truly do. And my love will continue on until the end of time.

Who else listen to this and thinks of romance movies where their running around/driving and having so much fun..... then you realize you watch movies way to much and become sad.

Glad to find this gem.

This is an equivalent of going camping with your friends or trekking out the woods.

I was so happy when I found this 4 years ago.. I was deeply in love with a guy that didn't want me. And i used to believe that I'll never find someone to love again. 4 years later met my ex who broke my heart again. But The Paper Kites are always here for me. Thank you.

this is such a masterpiece and a beautiful work of art, its so sad this doesn’t have as many views as it should. definitely one of my favorite songs💗

I'm glad I finally found this maasterpice. The songs made me fell really confortable and calm in a hell of week. Thank you!

2022 at 5:46 am Sunday: I just found this band and what a relaxed style of music 🎶. Very soft, tender and cool that make us think about so many things past, and present of our life. To believe in love after a big storm in our life that change our life for ever. To believe in God who always was there for us. To believe that the human race still is good and a master piece of the Creator. Thanks you The paper kites!!!!

I'm in love with this country, forest, peaceful vibe T^T

This music puts me in a good mood no matter how bad the day I'm having.

Discovering you and listening to your songs while healing from a heartache. Your songs are helping me to cope. Thank you very much! Please continue your music. :)

i regret not having discovered this earlier. it's a masterpiece. you don't hear music that impacts your emotions often, but this. wow.

Coming back and finding this masterpiece in one of my old playlist truly brings joy into my heart

What a beautiful album! Creative songwriting, intriguing lyrics and haunting melodies with the touching harmonies and powerful voices. So lyrical and enchanting and exciting. Incredible musicianship. Thank you for being the vessels to bring this music into being.🙏❤️🤟 #thepaperkites

This brings me back to summer of 2015

I love this so much This is my first time getting obsessed with an album and just listening to it on repeat over and over.

Its about time! Ive been a fan of theirs for 5 years and they are finally getting the recognition they deserve. Its hard not to feel special!

Will always be one of my favorite albums of ALL TIME

always putting this EP at work, great mood for the customers !!

this is what i listen to whenever i shutoff my phone and relax its so happy so many diffrent emotions and feelings that get spread all over my body

So beautiful, have been listening to this 40 times on my MP4

I hope to love in Hedmarl, Norway one day. This kind of music is my motivation to get the hell out of this place and go on my personal adventure. Through the trees, into the mountains, over the stream. For what I dream!

Song 1: You’re seven year old again, running in the green grass with your friend on a sunny day Nothing around you except for the flowers and the sky up above !

this album is fire classic hope all their albums has the same dreamy and lyrical melodic friendly like this

Willow Tree March has always been my favorite ❤️

Glad I found these guys !! My Paper Kites :)

First time listening and I’m already in love

I can smell some forest after summer rain when listening Bloom

Mortal Boy King will now forever remind me of a certain pig faced blood god. Rest in peace Techno.

Though I do prefer Paper Kites' newer stuffs, but this EP is phenomenal and defined indie folk as a genre.

who's still Jammin on 2021? :O

One of my guilty pleasures but I also love it because this album lulled my son to sleep

I really love this album. 💜🍃

Im so glad I found this ❤️ who else is a huge fan of The paper kites

Man! these song are incredible!!! it makes me go out and drive through the highway and reach the beach right on the dawn

Thank you for making me smile

I know all these songs by heart. Can't believe it's been ten years. I love the way they layer sounds in their music.

my heart is filled with joy !

This is a masterpiece.

Why this video doesn’t have more views than that. What a shame...

I can only be amazed by this music, it hits my mood most of my days, so this will play most of the time in the background :)

I really love this kind of music❤️. It’s smooth and so relaxing❤️

bloom is my absolute favourite song and i discovered you through it!

16 year old me listening to this masterpiece back in like 2011 on the moon with joy...

this album is my mood

I've lived in the city all my life but I've always wanted to live in the countryside, it's this deep pull that I've always felt towards open fields and clear skies. I remember I once stayed in a house just beside a lake and I went out everyday with my friends. It felt like true freedom, we'd swim and play in lake, run (though there wasn't much room) around the grass. In the afternoons we'd work on a big puzzle together while some others cooked dinner and then we'd roast marshmellows by a fire until way after the sun set, sharing stories, singing songs and reading excerpts from books. This album captures that feeling perfectly. I miss it :(

this is actually very calming~

POV: You came back after 7 years, and it stills makes you smile the Willow three march song