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Free Music Review: Beauty in Place of Originality
Hit: 5 Stars
Looking at some of the more negative reviews, it seems that a bit criticism of Fleet Foxes is a lack of originality. I think that the point is correct, to an extent, but don't let it deter you from getting the record. If you're looking for an experimental band, Lightning Bolt, the Boredoms, or even Animal Collective are where there's a lot of great innovation in pop. However, Fleet Foxes aren't trying to experiment with the boundaries of what listeners will put up with, let alone enjoy. No, this record is recorded to be beautiful, not new. In that respect, it succeeds.
The best way I can think to describe the sound of the music is to say that it's the kind of album I'd listen to on a warm autumn night where the leaves aren't quite falling from the trees. Lyrically, it's vastly superior to other breakout bands from 2008. Vampire Weekend, which was the band of the month it seems from January '08 until God knows when has no depth to their lyrics. This criticism cannot be leveled at Fleet Foxes in the same manner. Given, a song like the opening "Sun it Rises" or the popular "White Winter Hymnal" aren't exactly brilliant. However, if you look to tracks like "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" or "Oliver James," you'll find beautiful, if chilling lyrics, with the specter of mortality running through them.
Free Music Review: i don't care what you 5 Stars
sometimes i read reviews to make a purchase, sometimes i read reviews to hear the choir on shared/ differing opinions. but while hearing this album i can't really see what people could have against it. though we all come to albums from different past albums, so if you haven't heard this this and this, some albums may not affect you the way it would to other people. that's simple right? i think it is. well anyway, this album is just wonderful. it restores a little (just a little) faith to modern guitar made music, more importantly it shows that young people CAN make good music these days, though these guys are the only ones i know of, lol. it is sweeping like the beach boys, the crosby, association, and other comparisons are a great starting point to describe. though in the end it sounds like people that listened to great music and were inspired to try to reach the heights of their influences, do they make it or dare i say surpase them? that's for you to decide, but i think history will be very kind to this album. i hope they don't misstep with their next release, which seems impossible NOT to do after such a majestic release. if you LOOOOOOVVVVEEE the beach boys, and folky-type 60s music, then you will probably be in as love with it as i am listening to it as i write and you read.Free Music Review: Well worth your money
Hit: 5 Stars
Hi there! I'm new to reviewing albums, so this might be kinda confusing. Here goes:
Like most of the CD's in my library, I stumbled across this album in the library. Amazon had been trying to sell it to me for a while, but I ignored that since they've recommended some really weird stuff too. But I checked it out when I saw it on the library and instantly fell in love with it. It's slow-moving, with rustic sounding lyrics and vocals to match, in amazing harmonies. Some tracks DO get old kinda fast (I was thinking specifically of "Quiet Houses"), but every song has a reason for being there. And the songwriter is SO YOUNG! Ribin Pecknold was 22 when this album was published, meaning he's been writing since he's a teenager.
Look up "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song", "Heard Them Stirring" (instrumental), "Meadowlarks", or "Ragged Wood" (they were originally going to call the album after this track). Those are my favorites, but there's not a disappointing track on here. I'll be anxiously awaiting their next album.
All I can say is there's a reason this was one of the highest rated and most critically acclaimed albums of 2008. At least give it a chance, since it's kinda strange on first listen, but it grows on you.
Free Music Review: Fantastic Foxes
Hit: 5 Stars
I am in awe of this album. The band describes their sound as "baroque harmonic pop jams" which is pretty accurate except for the jam part which brings to mind those long, aimless and barely melodic exercises in ego-stroking which clearly this isn't. These are well-constructed and concise folk-pop gems with influences (to my ears) such as the Beach Boys; Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young (with emphasis on Crosby and Young); and Sufjan Stevens while remaining totally original. It's impossible to get a feel for the glorious harmonies, intricate instrumentation and lush melodies by listening to the half-minute samples on this site. They can be off-putting but trust me, the songs are true wonders. They often start off a capella and build into these magnificent aural fountains of joy. I usually list my favorite songs but this CD is so incredibly consistent it would be foolish of me to do so. Intended or not, this work seems to be a song cycle, with each excellent song adding up to an even greater whole. Music this good doesn't come around often so pick it up as soon as you can. Your musical life will be richer for it. The EP "Sun Giant" that precedes this full-length is fairly good but won't prepare you for the artistic leap of this achievement.Free Music Review: Breughel, beards and beauty
Hit: 5 Stars
Fleet Foxes are the once and future kings of the currently thriving "bearded indie folk" music scene (along with the likes of Iron & Wine, Bon Iver and Sea Wolf), and there's a good reason for that. In addition to the heaps of accolades from indie music gatekeepers like Pitchfork (who picked this record and its prequel EP "Sun Giant" as the best of 2008),there's the music itself - at once timeless and thoroughly contemporary. Rare is the band that can deliver compositions which seem to have been dredged up from some lost archive of American musical history (the classic example being the debut record from The Band), but the songs on this record could as easily have come from 1800s Appalachia as from Seattle in the 2000's.
Shimmering, echoey harmonies combined with delicately eclectic instrumentation, and lyrical imagery that conjures up everything from Edward Gorey illustrations ("White Winter Hymnal" with its line about "following the pack all swallowed in their coats/ with scarves of red tied round their throats/ to keep their little heads/ from falling in the snow...") to sun-drenched California beaches. That's Fleet Foxes - easily one of the most accomplished and beautiful releases of the past year.