Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes BGER745.4

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes BGER745.42008 album from this Seattle based quintet. Fleet Foxes are, for lack of an imminently more marketable descriptor, a group trafficking in baroque harmonic pop. And the joy they derive in doing so is palpable. We feel it too. They are, self described, not much of a rock band. With the help of credit cards, minimum wages, tip money, friends and family, Fleet Foxes crafted their first demo, and subsequently the Sun Giant EP and this debut full length

searing melodies ricochet and converge amidst violin and bassline counterpoint

9 In Fields

Europe and North America with artists such as Metric and the Klaxons

1 Romance (My Chemical Romance) 2 Honey

Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line

3 of which are instrumental

" "Raspberry Beret

With all due respect to earlier efforts that have made the quintet both critically acclaimed and a commercial contender

with delicate songs like "Me

10 The Crossing

7 Believe Me

post-punk and jazz