Four Winds (EP)

Four Winds
EP by Bright Eyes
Released	March 6, 2007
Recorded	2006
Genre	Indie rock indie folk alternative country
Length	27:38
Label	Saddle Creek
Producer	Mike Mogis
Bright Eyes chronology
Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005) (2006) Four Winds (2007) Cassadaga (2007)

Four Winds is an EP by the indie rock band Bright Eyes, that was released on March 6, 2007. The title track is the first single from their album Cassadaga. The other 5 tracks are exclusive b-sides from the 2006 recording sessions. It is marketed as being "quietly enchanting" and including "a wandering country charm and all of the story-telling seductiveness of earlier work. The song "Four Winds" was ranked #5 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.^[1]

The title song makes several references to "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats, particularly in the refrain, which references "slouching towards Bethlehem."^{[citation needed]}