Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes

Hype up the ying-yang with these guys. Pitchfork, NME, Rolling Stone — they all love Fleet Foxes. I saw these guys live in a little club in S.F. about a couple months before they hype machine really took off. My reaction at the time was basically, “Is the lead singer going to do the entire concert on a stool?” Nothing else stood out. The music was bland harmonies, devoid of any excitement.

As for their debut LP, Fleet Foxes blend a poppy concoction of ’60s folk harmonies and West Coast rock’n’roll a la the Beach Boys. Or some shit like that. They are CSNY without any substance. They lack testicles; this is Starbucks music. Check out Sun Kil Moon, instead, or The Tallest Man on Earth. Call me when the lead singer loses the stool and grows a set. Excuse me, I need to run over to Starbucks and pick up my soy latte and Norah Jones EP.

(Sub Pop Records -- 2013 4th Ave. 3rd Floor, Seattle, WA. 98121; http://www.subpop.com/; Fleet Foxes -- http://www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes)
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Review by . Review posted Tuesday, August 26th, 2008. Filed under Reviews.

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One Response to “Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes

  1. dale brooks on May 10th, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    Get the newest Fleet Foxes Album Helplessness Blues at zero cost!

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