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Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes are an indie-folk band from Seattle. Their debut album, Fleet Foxes, was released on Sub Pop in the US and Bella Union in the UK.

Fleet Foxes: Formation

Skyler Skjelset and Robin Pecknold met at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Seattle. The two friends bonded over a mutual love of music by artists such as Neil Young and Bob Dylan. They started writing music together, influenced by the musical tastes of their parents (Robin's father was a member of a 1960s soul group by the name of The Fathoms). Pecknold was said to be conscious of the fact that Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys had written Pet Sounds whilst he was in his early twenties and realized the importance of practicing a lot whilst he was young.

Fleet Foxes were originally named Pineapple, but another Seattle band had already claimed the name. They apparently chose the name Fleet Foxes because it was "evocative of some weird English activity like fox hunting."

The band soon caught the attention of Seattle-based record producer, Phil Ek, who compared their songwriting to that of The Zombies. By 2006, the band had also roused the attention of local press, such as the Seattle Times.

Fleet Foxes: Path to Popularity

By the end of 2007, Fleet Foxes had built up a substantial following on MySpace, despite not having released any of their songs by this point. They eventually signed a record deal with Sub Pop in early 2008. The Sub Pop label was already well regarded, having released music by the likes of Nirvana, The Shins and Mudhoney.

Sub Pop released Fleet Foxes' Sun Giant EP and the band went on tour with the band Blitzen Trapper. In March 2008, Fleet Foxes appeared at the SXSW festival in Texas, an event that significantly raised their media profile.

J. Tillman joined the band on drums and backing vocals, as well as Christian Wargo on bass, guitar and vocals and Casey Wescott on keyboards and vocals. Their debut album, Fleet Foxes, was released in June 2008, to great critical acclaim. In terms of sales, the band fared better in Europe than the United States, selling over 200,000 copies in the five months after being released. In January 2009, Fleet Foxes made an appearance on Saturday Night Live.



Biography by Contactmusic.com

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Leading the roster are The War On Drugs and Fleet Foxes. The former have just received the Best Rock Album Grammy for their 2017 album 'A Deeper Understanding', while the latter returned after six long years with 'Crack-Up' last June. They previously played the festival in 2009.

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'Fool's Errand' Is Fleet Foxes' First Video From 'Crack-Up'


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Fleet Foxes are back with a brand new single entitled 'Fool's Errand', along with an accompanying video and their third studio album 'Crack-Up'. If that wasn't enough, they're embarking on their world tour this month that will see them in North America, Australia and Europe.

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The new video for 'Fool's Errand', directed by Sean Pecknold, features several groups of dancers doing various interpretative dance segments against different natural backdrops. It comes following a previously released album teaser from their Seattle rehearsals.

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Noughties indie-folk favourites Fleet Foxes have announced details of their first new album in six years, which is titled Crack-Up and is due for release on June 16th via Nonesuch Records.

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Crack-Up is the first new studio album that Fleet Foxes have announced since 2011’s Helplessness Blues. Inspired by a F Scott Fitzgerald essay of the same name, all 11 tracks on the new album have been written by the band’s leader Robin Pecknold, who has also produced the record in tandem with bandmate Skyler Skjelset.

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The music scene of Austin, Texas becomes tainted by lust and illict desires as two aspiring songwriters named Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling) become entwined in two overlapping love triangles with a major player in the music business named Cook (Michael Fassbender) - who encourages them to take their music careers further - and a charming waitress (Natalie Portman). As much as their lives are about making it in the industry and becoming world renowned successes, their lives get more complicated by disloyalty, temptation and infatuation with each other, pushing all of them ultimately further away. Can love last when betrayal lies at every corner?

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