As a band favoured in Seattle’s folk music history, the painfully beautiful Fleet Foxes debut studio album marks the first triumph in a body of work like no other. Even 15 years after its initial release, the 2008 self-titled album is considered a modern classic. Fleet Foxes find a sweet spot which establishes this album …
This is a lost, post-Pet Sounds, turn-of-the-70s Beach Boys record – sans Mike Love. Almost like a Carl Wilson solo record. Which is a very good thing. In fact, Brian Wilson makes a spoken-word appearance on one track! It’s a small sample from a Pet Sounds outtake. Steve Stav
Relationships seem to be a series of actions and reactions… some good, some great, some a series of unfortunate misunderstandings – like an episode of Three’s Company, with tears. This song has long reminded me of a period of our marriage in which Andrea was suffering some medical issues and deepening depression that I did …
No, the last Fleet Foxes record, Helplessness Blues, wasn’t quite as good as the first. That doesn’t mean it didn’t hold some bits of magic. The not-so-simple, tragic beauty of “Lorelai” was one example; this is another. Robin Pecknold‘s gifts are so seemingly divine in nature, they’re almost enough to prompt someone to get religion. …
Fleet Foxes drummer quits band, go here.
In the fall of 1983, a group of classmates from the Moody Bible Institute went to see The Resurrection Band play a live show at the Odeon, a suburban Chicago venue that often featured the latest in Christian contemporary bands. At the show my friend John and I ditched the group and headed to the …