Once you get acclimated to the reverb soaked mixes, “Helplessness Blues” is pure indie folk bliss.
fav tracks: Sim Sala Bim, Battery Kinzie, The Plains / Bitter Dancer, Helplessness Blues, The Cascades, Someone You’d Admire
least fav tracks: Grown Ocean
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0:00 intro
0:31 Montezuma
2:15 Bedouin Dress
4:37 Sim Sala Bim
6:25 Battery Kinzie
7:18 The Plains / Bitter Dancer
9:56 Helplessness Blues
13:21 The Cascades
15:04 Lorelai
16:09 Someone You’d Admire
17:13 The Shrine / An Argument
20:31 Blue Spotted Tail
22:12 Grown Ocean
23:13 final thoughts
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absolutely loving this record on more listens
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I'll never forget the first time I listened to this gem, and it has been one my favourite albums ever since.
Haven't watched the video yet, but I hope you ended up enjoying this album as much as I do. I'd recommend you to check out their self-titled debut, which is probably my favorite album ever.
Oh man, never expected this one! This is definitely a grower. So many great songs on here.
I literally just listened through this record for the first time on Thursday, crazy
fleet foxes is amazing!
Every album is great. But 'Crack up' just effects me emotionally more than the rest of their discography. It's less folky and the songs are longer.. also took a couple of listens, but once it hooks you it is a great listening experience.
Day 1 of asking for reacting on Elliott Smith
Bedouin Dress and The Cascades are my favs. Awesome Review and Reaction! Please check out and review Florist – Florist (Self Titled)
It's a great album but don't think they'll ever exceed their debut, which is one of my favorite albums of the 2000s decade. No 10/10 tracks but none are bad (though not a fan of the solo in track 10).
one of the best albums of all time
Great album !
You have to react to Daniel Rossen's album "You belong there". This is one of the highlights of 2022.
The Shrine / An Argument used to be my favorite song on this album. Check out some live versions, I think there's one at Monterey Pop that's sick. But yes, this entire album is amazing. This and their first album are peak Fleet Foxes imo, just incredible songwriting and execution.
Edit: https://youtu.be/8Xi6prGW7e0 here it is. It's actually Haldern Pop. Around the 44:00 mark
Fleet Foxes are so amazing! And hey! Since Rina Sawayama drop out her second record, you should react to her first one 😄
On my first listen, this album did next to nothing for me. Now it's probably one of my top 5 albums ever. It's the very definition of a grower
This album definitely is going for a more live feel, especially in the vocals. As you listen to it more, you'll hear occasional flubs and tripping over words, which was fully intentional. This album took a lot of time and money to put together, so the small mistakes are by design to give it a more forthright and raw feeling. If you want more conventional production with more daring compositional choices, check out their album Crack-Up. If this album is like Radiohead's In Rainbows, Crack-Up is like A Moon Shaped Pool. I like both albums equally, and there are only a handful of albums I like more. If you want to explore the more progressive side of contemporary folk music, I would urge you to listen to the album Ys by Joanna Newsom.
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Never heard Fleet Foxes but this was great, I’m definitely gonna check out more
I just randomly decided to check this album out from a good review i saw somewhere and man its one of my favorites.
I love these guys so much and I love this album so much. Their live show is incredible if you ever get the chance to see them come through town check them out
uh. why are you all styled like our generation and culture now ? this is weird as fuck
The Shrine/Argument has a great music video, if you wanna check it out! 😀
Thanks for the interesting reaction !
That raw skin fleet foxes vibe
Sick microphones reference.
I think Robin’s lyrics throughout this album are all time, it’s like when you’re just in this weird mode and all the galaxies aligned. The ultimates 2000’s teenage/early 20’s angst album
You definitely should give a listen to Crack Up, probably their best album (and if not the best, at least the most complex). You're such a charismatic person, would love to see your reactions on certain tracks.