Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes
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Published
31 May 2008
ISBN
0098787077728

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes are five. There are five of them, and they are from\nSeattle. They are, for lack of an imminently more marketable\ndescriptor, a group trafficking in baroque harmonic pop. And the\njoy they derive in doing so is palpable. We feel it too. They are,\nself-described, not much of a rock band. With the help of credit\ncards, minimum wages, tip money, friends and family, Fleet Foxes\ncrafted their first demo, and subsequently the Sun Giant EP and\nthis debut full-length album, with family friend Phil Ek manning\nthe rudder. Drawing influence from the traditions of folk music,\npop, choral music and gospel, sacred harp singing, West Coast\nmusic, traditional music from Ireland to Japan, film scores, and\ntheir NW peers, Fleet Foxes ranges in subject matter from the\nnatural world and familial bonds to bygone loves and stone cold\ngraves. Robin Pecknold is in Fleet Foxes: “All we strove for with\nthis record was to make something that was an honest reflection of\nwho we are, citizens of the western United States who love all\nkinds of music and above all else love singing…” And we believe\nthem.

\n\n\n1. Sun It Rises\n2. White Winter Hymnal\n3. Ragged Wood\n4. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song\n5. Quiet Houses\n6. He Doesn’t Know Why\n7. Heard Them Stirring\n8. Your Protector\n9. Meadowlarks\n10. Blue Ridge Mountains\n11. Oliver James\n\n\n

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