Helplessness Blues
Helplessness Blues is the new full-length from Fleet Foxes. Helplessness Blues was recorded over the course of a year at Avast Recording, Bear Creek Studios, Dreamland Studios, and Reciprocal Recording. The album was recorded and mixed by Phil Ek and co-produced by Fleet Foxes and Ek. The piece that appears on the album cover was illustrated by Seattle artist Toby Liebowitz and painted by Chris Alderson. Fleet Foxes is Robin Pecknold, Skyler Skjelset, Christian Wargo, Casey Wescott, Josh Tillman and Morgan Henderson.
After making a splash in 2008 with a strong EP and brilliant full-length debut, Fleet Foxes return with a darker album that's equally assured.
Though Fleet Foxes sounded wise beyond their years on 2008’s self-titled debut, Helplessness Blues finds age creeping up on singer Robin Pecknold. “So now I am older than my mother and father when they had their daughter,” he sings for the album’s opening line. “Now what does that say about me?” The nature of his…
After their eponymous debut album earned a well-deserved standing ovation from critics, Fleet Foxes set the bar high for…
A newfound depth and complexity...When their self-titled debut popped out in 2008, Fleet Foxes appeared destined for the combination of critical acclaim with intimate venues and lowly if not totally non-existent chart placings that are a bona fide cult concerns lot.
The delay between Fleet Foxes' first album and their second was partially due to a self-proclaimed sudden lack of confidence on the part of singer/lyricist/ringleader Robin Pecknold.
Back in 2008, Fleet Foxes’ gentle, hymnal country-folk started taking the world by storm.
Fleet Foxes's second album feels more like a Robin Pecknold solo effort, says <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
Fleet Foxes find a way to consistently balance the added level of nuance with their natural inclinations toward epic songcraft.
Despite a few silly affectations, Fleet Foxes' second album is disarmingly beautiful, says <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues review: The next classic addition to America's great, historic folk canon.