Fleet Foxes - Live Primavera Sound Festival
Barcelona, Spain,
May 28, 2011
Soundboard or FM Source @256
Since releasing their 2008 debut album, Fleet Foxes have represented a high point in the scramble to reinvigorate rural music: anchored by frontman Robin Pecknold's ghostly tenor, the band's beguiling pop songs borrow from a century and a half of folk tradition, nodding to everyone from Harry Smith to Vashti Bunyan to Brian Wilson. Helplessness Blues, the band's second record, is an ambitious leap forward, crammed with confessions and sweet-and-lonesome melodies-- all too good to forget.
Pecknold is typically described as a shy, somewhat reluctant emissary-- he's soft-spoken and endearingly humble-- but he's also a whip-smart and critical consumer of culture. The night before Fleet Foxes kicked off a mostly sold-out North American tour, we spoke about the Pacific Northwest, the selfishness of art, and why authenticity still matters to music fans.
~Pitchfork Interview
Set List
1.The Cascades
2.Grown Ocean
3.Drops In The River
4.Battery Kinzie
5.Sim Sala Bim
6.Mykonos
7.Your Protector
8.White Winter Hymnal
9.Ragged Wood
10.He Doesn't Know Why
11.The Shrine/An Argument
12.Blue Ridge Mountains
13.Helplessness Blues
pass = fbsvw
Barcelona '11
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