“Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros” album may just be the best kept secret of the folk genre.

Their most well known track, “Home” embodies all of the albums most qualities. It begins with an acapella whistle, followed by the clip clop of a western guitar. Before long the opening line bursts in with a voice that creates an old image of a Gene Autry like hero on his horse Champion, kicking up desert dust.

The opening line brings on an immediate sense of folksy comfort that stays with you throughout the song. Jade Castrinos references her home states and how much she loves her “Maw and Paw,” linking the listener to the American mythology of the open frontier.

They take the wholesome emotions that come with a first love and boil them down to “Hot and heavy me oh my/ Chocolate candy Jesus Christ/ Aint nothin’ please me more than you.”

While all of these elements are compelling, the most moving is their dialogue in the middle of the song. Alex Ebert recalls to and Jade Castrinos the night she fell out of his window and nearly “broke her ass.” Then, in the middle of the song, he confesses to her that while she was in the back seat smoking what she though would be her last cigarette, he fell in love with her.

Not all songs are as unrestrained as“Home,” but each achieves something beautiful and unique in the warm folk of the entire album.