Fleet Foxes (Official Thread) [Archive]

theguy77

10/06/08, 12:33 AM

i just picked up the album on recommendation from will (who got it on recommendation from pitchfork obviously haha) but regardless how predictable that pattern may be i enjoy the album a lot, my favorite song on it is "meadowlark", and the other standouts are "blue ridge mountain", "your protector", and "tiger mountain peasant song".

Mark85

10/06/08, 04:20 AM

I got hooked on their self titled when it was released.

Track two off of it is one of those tunes you will be humming all day.

PoisonInMyVeins

10/06/08, 09:00 AM

Another thing that makes it cool for me at least is that Josh Tillman, one of my favourite singer/songwriters, is their new drummer.

beautiful avatar.

i only have the full length and i dig it a lot.

Blake Solomon

10/06/08, 09:20 AM

full length is much better than the EP.

mattmatumbo

10/06/08, 09:52 AM

my roommate is skipping genghis tron to go see these guys.

micahistheballs

10/06/08, 11:46 AM

PITCHFORK HYPE BAND ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but seriously I have never listened and in all likelyhood will never listen to this band.
Why not? I could see you at least slightly enjoying this record.

PDon11

10/06/08, 11:53 AM

I've heard these guys being compared to The Mars Volta. Yes? No?

chipdip18

10/06/08, 12:23 PM

I've heard these guys being compared to The Mars Volta. Yes? No?

Not at all.

On another note, i'm seeing them live on the 18th.

fenderkid212

10/06/08, 02:25 PM

I've been listening to them a good amount lately, i like their sound a lot

IWasaCamera

10/06/08, 10:52 PM

PITCHFORK HYPE BAND ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but seriously I have never listened and in all likelyhood will never listen to this band.
Don't bother.
I've heard these guys being compared to The Mars Volta. Yes? No?
No.

El_Jeffe

10/06/08, 11:57 PM

checked them out a while back after all the hype from what felt like just about everyone from everywhere. new album didn't take to me at all, got no good vibes from it. but to be fair, i had turned off van morrison to check it out haha

theguy77

10/07/08, 06:56 AM

PITCHFORK HYPE BAND ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but seriously I have never listened and in all likelyhood will never listen to this band.

not too much hype for them on this site though.

i love how just 6 months ago no one whined about pitchfork hype for any band, when it clearly held a more prevalent role on AP.

airik625

10/07/08, 08:07 AM

Their S/T has been a huge hit for me.

theguy77

10/07/08, 09:56 AM

Not for me. I like Pitchfork, I don't always like the music they like and dislike what they dislike but their reviews are awesome and extremely poignant and insightful, plus when they trash a band it's without exception hilarious - see their Anathallo and ROC review.

Plus Pitchfork have great taste by and large. I you look at the stuff they give 10's to - Daydream Nation, Kid A, YHF, OK Computer, Homogenic, This Year's Model and so on it's all brilliant and classic stuff. If you compare that with that got great marks here (Saosin, Thrice, Underoath) it's a no contest which is the better site. Plus the reviews here are pretty amaeturish and descriptive rather than saying anything interesting or insightful.

oh no i wasnt comparing APs user reviews to pitchfork hahaha you'd have to be crazy to think AP made better ones. i was just saying that pitchfork hype manifested itself more on AP a mere six months ago than now, but nobody really seemed to be bothered by that hype back then. now i hear very little about pitchfork ratings/groups on here but i bump a fleet foxes thread and everyone's like "PITCHFORK HYPE" haha.

i think you should give the album a chance. its folky but with a sense of 60s pop in the melodies in my opinion.

theguy77

10/07/08, 10:22 AM

I think that in 2008 there's been almost no good music so the stuff Pitchork is hyping is way worse than what they hyped last year.

Last year we got Battles, Radiohead, Burial and Panda Bear.

Where as this year we got Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, TV On the Radio and Portishead.

2007 naturally wins hands down. Also imo the stuff Pitchfork loves as opposed to likes seems to have become inscreasingly arbitrary over the last year or more and were as maybe two or three years ago when Pitchfork gave something a 9 or more you knew it would be awesome know they dish out those scores to albums I find mediocre like Panda Bear, Vampire Weekend and TV On the Radio.

hmm yeah i can see where you're coming from. :shrug: oh well, i liked the album, and i dont think you should be using trendy bands like vampire weekend as a basis to judge every band pitchfork ever rates high. doesnt do the better bands justice.

IWasaCamera

10/07/08, 10:39 AM

Pitchfork has pretty average taste really, I just enjoy reading their reviews/features.

chipdip18

10/19/08, 10:22 AM

Fleet Foxes put on a stellar live show. Oliver James was one of the best played.

micahistheballs

10/19/08, 11:14 AM

I would love to see them live. Especially with Tillman opening.

nikaidoh

10/19/08, 11:45 AM

the self titled was fucking amazing

llwilliamsll

10/19/08, 11:55 AM

Definitely Pitchfork hyped, but the LP is some nice music.

ThisIsNotDan

01/14/09, 04:32 PM

does anyone have their self-titled EP from 2006? is it any good?

chipdip18

01/14/09, 04:34 PM

I thought it was the Sun Giant EP?

hockeyguitar99

01/14/09, 05:59 PM

I thought it was the Sun Giant EP?
'That was released this year I think. Maybe it was a re-release though.

timbedinosaur

01/14/09, 06:09 PM

pretty pumped for SNL this week

ThePartialGlow

01/15/09, 08:45 AM

Heard they're doing something off of Sun Giant as well as Blue Ridge Mountains on SNL this weekend.

chipdip18

01/15/09, 11:20 AM

'That was released this year I think. Maybe it was a re-release though.
Probably not a re-release, then i'm curious about this self-titled too haha.

hockeyguitar99

01/15/09, 01:47 PM

Probably not a re-release, then i'm curious about this self-titled too haha.

I didn't really think it was. I am too, I really want to hear it now.

Osto

01/18/09, 11:18 AM

Christ they were amazing on SNL last night. I always enjoyed their music but that performance totally converted me into a Fleet Fox Fanatic.

3mpire

01/18/09, 11:30 AM

http://www.blogotheque.net/Fleet-Foxes,4521

Love the Blue Ridge Mountains performance. The Sun Giant harmonies were also very sexy.

valencourt

01/18/09, 12:18 PM

Caught these guys on SNL last night. They were great. The vocal harmonies were remniscent of America and CSNY.

Stephen Chamberlain

01/18/09, 12:56 PM

Caught these guys on SNL last night. They were great. The vocal harmonies were remniscent of America and CSNY.
I've always noticed CSNY similarities as well.

chipdip18

01/18/09, 01:23 PM

I saw these guys live for six dollars. Best six dollars spent ever.

batmannj

03/04/09, 01:55 PM

I saw these guys live for six dollars. Best six dollars spent ever.

I wish I could have seen these guys for 6 bucks lol.

The self titled record is so good.

batmannj

03/04/09, 01:57 PM

does anyone have their self-titled EP from 2006? is it any good?

I didn't really think it was. I am too, I really want to hear it now.

I just found a torrent of it, and I know that the material on it has not been rereleased. Pretty stoked to listen to it lol

chipdip18

03/04/09, 03:05 PM

I wish I could have seen these guys for 6 bucks lol.

The self titled record is so good.

Haha it was so good.

Yeah, i listened to the first half of that album yesterday, solid. I like how the vocals are done.

theguy77

03/04/09, 03:24 PM

Haha it was so good.

Yeah, i listened to the first half of that album yesterday, solid. I like how the vocals are done.

great timing guys cause i listened to it like 4 times over the past two days, excellent pop-folk album. the music makes me feel like its summer haha, such great hooks and harmonies throughout. "ragged wood", "quiet houses", and "blue ridge mountains" are the ones that hit me hardest. "heard them stirring" is also a very heartwarming instrumental. in fact thats how i'd describe this band and their natural-sounding wood reverbrations -- heartwarming.

chipdip18

03/04/09, 03:27 PM

great timing guys cause i listened to it like 4 times over the past two days, excellent pop-folk album. the music makes me feel like its summer haha, such great hooks and harmonies throughout. "ragged wood", "quiet houses", and "blue ridge mountains" are the ones that hit me hardest. "heard them stirring" is also a very heartwarming instrumental. in fact thats how i'd describe this band and their natural-sounding wood reverbrations -- heartwarming.

Yeah, my audio professor brought them up when discussing reverb in the production haha. Totally adds to that natural-sounding warm wood sound. It's a really solid album, and Oliver James is a good closer in my eyes. Well played, and i look forward to round two.

theguy77

03/04/09, 03:29 PM

Yeah, my audio professor brought them up when discussing reverb in the production haha. Totally adds to that natural-sounding warm wood sound. It's a really solid album, and Oliver James is a good closer in my eyes. Well played, and i look forward to round two.

hahaha there you go again with professors teaching amazing subjects, referencing amazing music in class. i need to get my ass in a liberal arts college.

theguy77

03/04/09, 03:31 PM

oh btw

oliver james, washed in the rain
NO-OOOOOOOOOOO LOOOOOONGEE-EEEER

chipdip18

03/04/09, 03:36 PM

hahaha there you go again with professors teaching amazing subjects, referencing amazing music in class. i need to get my ass in a liberal arts college.

oh btw

oliver james, washed in the rain
NO-OOOOOOOOOOO LOOOOOONGEE-EEEER

Hahaha go to a liberal arts school! Man i love it, my professor has this pretty good band too, might be able to play a show it him, get made brownie points that.

I saw him sing that live, and i was full of swoon.

batmannj

03/04/09, 04:57 PM

Haha it was so good.

Yeah, i listened to the first half of that album yesterday, solid. I like how the vocals are done.
for sure, some of the best I have heard.
great timing guys cause i listened to it like 4 times over the past two days, excellent pop-folk album. the music makes me feel like its summer haha, such great hooks and harmonies throughout. "ragged wood", "quiet houses", and "blue ridge mountains" are the ones that hit me hardest. "heard them stirring" is also a very heartwarming instrumental. in fact thats how i'd describe this band and their natural-sounding wood reverbrations -- heartwarming.

Could not have summed it up better lol

theguy77

07/20/09, 02:04 PM

i always underestimate how much i love "quiet houses", those harmonies!

Chromefox

07/20/09, 02:05 PM

Fleet Foxes make me want to take a road trip through the prairies with the windows down in the summer.

Genuma

07/20/09, 02:07 PM

I actually like this band a surprising amount for this type of Indie beard scene music. Sun Giant is a nearly perfect EP, and the s/t is damn good.

theguy77

07/20/09, 02:09 PM

Fleet Foxes make me want to take a road trip through the prairies with the windows down in the summer.

seriously, i want to drive through like the mountains of montana/idaho with this stuff on haha. they need more material for that though.

oddwithoutend

07/20/09, 02:13 PM

Surprisingly, this band never managed to resonate with me, aside from a couple of songs.

theguy77

07/20/09, 02:15 PM

Surprisingly, this band never managed to resonate with me, aside from a couple of songs.

ah really? i think their sense of melody is impeccable. rob peckinold (i think thats how you spell it?) has such a strong and distinctive voice.

oddwithoutend

07/20/09, 02:18 PM

ah really? i think their sense of melody is impeccable. rob peckinold (i think thats how you spell it?) has such a strong and distinctive voice.

haha I honestly can't quantify why I do not enjoy them very much. However, I do love the song White Winter Hymnal (I think that's what it's called- it's been a while since I've listened). Maybe I'll give them another chance.

theguy77

07/20/09, 02:20 PM

haha I honestly can't quantify why I do not enjoy them very much. However, I do love the song White Winter Hymnal (I think that's what it's called- it's been a while since I've listened). Maybe I'll give them another chance.

it's worth it if you can get into them. their music is so summery, i havent found anything that hits that mood so well for me.

TheMadvillain

07/20/09, 02:53 PM

*shrug* I always thought their music was perfect for the fall. Maybe it is because that is when I really got into them, though...

IWasHerHorse

07/20/09, 03:06 PM

The harmonizing at the end of White Winter Hymnal is magnificent, Blue Ridge Mountains is my favorite.

micahistheballs

07/20/09, 04:00 PM

Blue Ridge Mountains is one of my favourite songs ever. That is all.

TheMadvillain

07/20/09, 04:03 PM

Speaking of "Blue Ridge Mountains, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1tbX_NJn98 this is such a good performance of that song.

theguy77

07/20/09, 04:05 PM

The harmonizing at the end of White Winter Hymnal is magnificent, Blue Ridge Mountains is my favorite.

Blue Ridge Mountains is one of my favourite songs ever. That is all.

absolutely valid choice, i like that one most too. "mykonos" from the EP is quite good too.

Genuma

07/20/09, 04:16 PM

That whole Sun Giant EP rules. I think all my favorite songs by them are on it except one or two on the album.

theguy77

08/04/09, 03:01 PM

dear shadow, alive and well
how can the body die?
you tell me everything, anything true

NGE

08/16/09, 06:20 PM

Band has been impressing me very much.
Very good!

oddwithoutend

08/19/09, 03:14 PM

The best part about White Winter Hymnal is that every line, every word used in it is completely neccessary and contributes to the meaning intensely.

ThisIsNotDan

08/19/09, 03:38 PM

I love the album, I've never listened to the Sun Giant EP, but all I remember is that the S/T was playing in a Barnes and Noble I was in and I absolutely needed it

GeeBee

08/19/09, 04:45 PM

I love the album, I've never listened to the Sun Giant EP, but all I remember is that the S/T was playing in a Barnes and Noble I was in and I absolutely needed it

Sun Giant EP is AS GOOD as the S/T. Get it.

GeeBee

08/19/09, 04:50 PM

*shrug* I always thought their music was perfect for the fall. Maybe it is because that is when I really got into them, though...

I fell asleep on a train going across the Ukrainian countryside listening to "Oliver James"...it was one of the most poetic moments of my life.

ThisIsNotDan

08/19/09, 04:52 PM

Sun Giant EP is AS GOOD as the S/T. Get it.

will do, dude

narcoleptic953

08/19/09, 05:03 PM

This album made my top ten list last year, but it's been growing on my even more lately. The vocals and harmonies are fucking incredible. Ragged Wood is my favorite, but it's an incredibly solid, consistent album all the way through.

boysandbulletsx

08/19/09, 06:22 PM

I love that video they did with La Blogotheque. Fleet Foxes sound so good on all audio devices - record player, CD player, car stereo, even television.

chipdip18

08/19/09, 11:27 PM

I saw them live for six dollars. So rad.

boysandbulletsx

08/19/09, 11:49 PM

I saw them live for six dollars. So rad.
Jeez, that's cheap! When was it? That's $6 well spent.

chipdip18

08/19/09, 11:59 PM

Jeez, that's cheap! When was it? That's $6 well spent.
It was at my school, which is in their home state. It was a great $6 spent, great show for sure. Oliver James was a favorite.

boysandbulletsx

08/20/09, 12:35 AM

It was at my school, which is in their home state. It was a great $6 spent, great show for sure. Oliver James was a favorite.
That's such a beautiful song. I've seen videos of them (well, Robin) playing it live but seeing it in person would make it infinitely better. I'm jealous of you :-(

chipdip18

08/20/09, 11:35 AM

That's such a beautiful song. I've seen videos of them (well, Robin) playing it live but seeing it in person would make it infinitely better. I'm jealous of you :-(

Well i could keep talking about it... haha but yeah, that show was great. They played most of the self-titled and some from the Sun Giant EP.

MyWorldEntire

12/03/09, 01:48 PM

Fleet Foxes have begun the writing process for their sophomore album: http://pitchfork.com/news/37282-fleet-foxes-robin-pecknold-talks-next-album-side-projects-creative-struggle/

Kyle Huntington

04/02/10, 07:11 AM

Robin previewing some new Fleet Foxes material live:

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GeeBee

04/02/10, 12:37 PM

Highly anticipate.

poppa Q

04/02/10, 12:44 PM

this is very good news

GuitarR0cker1

04/02/10, 02:46 PM

I'm starting to warm up to this band.

Kyle Huntington

03/07/11, 12:52 PM

Robin released some free songs today: http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2205792

jonwangcb

03/26/11, 07:18 PM

So...anyone heard it yet? It leaked.

caveBEAR

03/30/11, 07:36 PM

Which recording session is the alternative version of Mykonos from?

de1337ed

03/30/11, 07:49 PM

ChPyxeAZWF4

so excited

jonwangcb

04/01/11, 11:30 PM

Which recording session is the alternative version of Mykonos from?

it's from their first ep, "fleet foxes ep". not really well known and i'm pretty sure not available for purchase....at least as of 6 months ago. i'm too lazy to check right now. easy to find and download though.

SimplyPaige

04/29/11, 05:56 PM

Thank God someone made this thread. I think God personally blessed this music.

RedWineSheets

05/18/11, 02:53 PM

Has nobody commented on the new album? Wow. Had an eargasm in the mountains this past weekend listening to it.

chipdip18

11/30/11, 05:18 PM

Easily the best $6 show I ever went to. I really dig the new albums! I'm bummed sort of at the lack of instruments, or lessening from the first album, but I love the production! So crisp, clean, clear, and buttery with reverb. Awesome harmonies.