Audio: Mystery Jets, “Flakes”

story THE FADER

Mystery Jets’ “Flakes” is probably about snowflakes, at least sort of. It’s kinda sappy but it works because, dudes, like it or not, it’s the holidays so we may as well all get into it and listen to this song on headphones while we twirl around in Central Park like our lives are a romantic comedy. Maybe we’ll ice skate on a frozen lake and have a really fun snowball fight and sing this song as a Christmas carol, or alternately be all Grinchy about the holidays and then have it warm our hearts. The possibilities are totally endless, but for those of you who are not inclined to enjoy at least some of winter, you should still listen because Erol Alkan produced it.