Fleet Foxes

Really good modern folk music. There wasn't anything flashy enough for me to be wowed or return to this album often but it's just very solid. 8

not my thing but learned where the sample from Hell of a Night by Travis Scott came from so worth it.

Beautiful!!!

me hace sentir como un hada cuando lo escucho

not a type of music I am used to listening to, but pretty interesting, folksy and peaceful yet melancholic vibes, liked it for the most part (but I prefer Father John Misty solo).

Lots of hype for this album...5 🌟 from allmusic.com. I've listened a couple of times previously, nothing really caught my ear then and nothing changed on this listen. Fine music but not memorable for me. As an aside the program I use to manage my digital library picks random songs based on the album I listened to ...the song that came on after FF ended...Summer Song by James Yorkston was the most interesting song to me during my FF listening session 3 🌟

Not really my thing, but a very creative and nice album to listen to

3/5

Folky, twee and earnest. Plenty of swelling choral sections. Just a bit too pretentious and slow/boring for me though. I prefer my folk the upbeat kind.

Excellent indie album. Fleet foxes has such a unique sound that is melodic and fluid throughout the whole album. 8.6/10

Indie Folk at it's finest. White Winter Hymnal is banger but overall album lacks any edge.

Not for me

Interesting and unusual sound Relaxing 4/5

One of my favorite albums by probably my favorite band. I started listening to this album on the way to Santa Cruz maybe around when it came out. I was in middle school, and my best friend’s older sister put it on as she took us on the 3 hour drive to the boardwalk. It was the only CD we listened to the entire trip, and I’m not complaining. I have such nostalgia surrounding this! We laughed and swore we would learn to play Blue Ridge Mountains. I was told I could do the timpani or whatever instrument that is before, “in the quavering forestttt” chorus... I love this album with all my heart. I haven’t gone a year, month, and probably even week without listening to at least one of the songs off this album.

On one hand, every song on this record is extremely well produced, with a clear and sharp sound and epic vocals. Standout songs for me are Sun It Rises, White Winter, Ragged Wood and Quiet Houses. However, there is very little for me to gain in listening to any more. I am dissapointed by the variety, a lack of tight instrumentals, and an unengaging theme. Because it leans a bit too much on vocals for my taste and I find myself getting tired of the choir-boy indie esthetic after a couple of songs, I feel it deserves a 6/10.

Amazing album.

I’ve actually never heard one of their albums before. Not bad, but it seems like every one of these songs have been used in an ad that include the words ‘In these unprecedented times…’ or ‘We will get through this together..’ - Won’t be added to the library.

Nice album to listen to, very well made and good quality👌🏽

Boring

Music for Subaru commercials. Bit of a snoozefest. Some poignant moments but lots of lags. Started liking some songs and realized that Spotify went on a similar artist shuffle, so yeah no need to ever hear this album again.

Old folky riffs that are not for me

Boring, anthemy hipster music

Great for this style of music. 4 stars just cause it's not quite my thing.

I’ve heard various cuts off this album but never listened to it the whole way through before. I enjoyed it. 3.5 overall.

Instruments were really good. Vocals seemed to be secondary. Was a good Monday morning drive time listen....

Never really looked at the cover art of this album before but the medieval vibe is definitely strong haha. White Winter Hymnal and Blue Ridge Mountains are always great, but as a whole this album was great for an easy listening/morning chill listen.

I love love love this album. I used to listen to it so much when I lived in Ottawa on Blackburn and then on Argyle. I would bike with my headphones in and sing this album sooooo loud! Thanks for the good listen.

Behageligt og afslappende. Ragged Woods er faktisk ret dejlig

I quite enjoyed it but found it almost entirely instantly forgettable. Your Protector perhaps the only track that stood out to me and for a 40min album it really felt like a drag to get through. Realistically I can’t see myself going back to this, even in parts. So that’s a 2/5 in my book.

As pretty as a dandelion blown by the wind on a sunny spring morning

Liked 👍

nijakie

Herlig folk! Føles utrolig varmt og organisk i både vokal og instrumental, og veksler mellom oppløftende og melankolsk. Dette kommer jeg nok til å høre mye på fremover!

Very chill - love it!

Remind me oddly a little of Fairport Convention. But if they got Jack White to play along.

*exactly my style of music *can't believe i hadn't listen to them before

I didn't listen to the full album, the first few songs are very catching. But I lost interested about 4 songs in.

It was objectively good, but I’m not a huge fan of this type of folk.

About as near perfect as you can get.

Abgefahren aber sehr schön!

Toll und anders als jedes andere Folk Album das ich kenne

Don't like Folk-Getting-Baptised-In-A-Lake-Revival Music personally

Sound

Deece

I’m so upset with myself for never jumping on the Fleet Foxes hype train when I had the chance, because this album as absolutely incredible. Every vocal harmony impeccable, every note perfectly placed. This album feels like looking at a masterfully crafted wood carving. It feels like it takes the best bits of each of the year’s seasons and rolls them into one. Not only is this a 5, but I think it firmly has a place among my favorite records now.

I like Fleet Foxes - but this album really didn't hit for me. It was very easy to listen to but nothing stuck out as memorable or requiring another listen. The best was White Winter Hymnal, really enjoyed the sound.

Way better than exptected

I’ve listened to this album many times and it never fails calm, sooth and relax. A great listen, especially during the cold winter months.

A beautiful album. Love the soundscapes and trilling instrumentation. Sounds like something out of a fantasy land Saved: White Winter Hymnal, He Doesn't Know Why, Your Protector

Saved Prior: None Not Saved: 11. Heard Them Stirring 10. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song Cutting Edge: 9. Meadowlarks Off Rip: 8. Oliver James 7. He Doesn't Know Why 6. Blue Ridge Mountains 5. Your Protector 4. White Winter Hymnal 3. Sun It Rises 2. Quiet Houses 1. Ragged Wood Overall Notes: Did not expect to like this at all. Folk is one of my least favorite genres, it all sounds so terribly plain to me. But this was impeccable. Lush sounds, wonderful harmonies, nice little lyrical bits. An easy 5, especially considering the genre this is coming from. This is medieval music for the 21st century, and I'm here for it.

3/5 okayish album

Conhecia White Winter Hymnal jah (122 milhoes de listens wtf) e Blue Ridge Mountains que sao ambas excelentes. Chillax music.

I'm not a fan of folk in general.

Heel leuk album. Net geen 5*, maar mogelijk verandert dat als het een paar keer beluisterd is. Het feit dat het één van mijn favoriete schilderijen op de cover heeft, is een pluspunt.

Fantastische, rustgevende muziek met veel harmonieën in de zang en gitaarspel. Deze zal ik met plezier nog eens opzetten!

Great album, not exciting but the band aren't exciting.

Awful

This is an interesting one to review. Then vocals are quite good - Oliver James is a good example although I'm bound to be favourably disposed to that song based on the song name only. As for the music, on the one hand it has at times a bit of an Irish folk sound which I like. But on the other hand, many songs sound like a hymn you might hear in a church that doesn't have an organ. I can sense that there is something special here that I could probably figure out if, instrumentally, the tunes were in my wheelhouse. But they're not.

was okay, bit atmospheric and bland in places

3.9

Rauhallisen menevää ja harmonista. Kuunteli mielellään toiseencotteeseen ja osittain vielä kolmanteenkin. Äänimaailmaltaan hyvin tehty ja tuotettu levy. 3+ mutta anteliaasti ylöspäin neloseen, koska sopi loistavasti syksyiseen tiistaiaamuun.

Only knew one song prior to listening - great album. Uplifting.

Nice harmonies, but songs are all pretty similar, I think.

folksy chill road trip music. Beach House without the ennui depression vibes

Really enjoyed this. S&G style harmonies, great vocals.

Kuulosti osaavien muusikoiden hommilta, mutta ei oikein iskenyt. Jotenkin tuli sellainen fiilis, että nää vois kiertää firmojen bileissä tai sitten jossain SuomiLOVEssa. Ei häirinnyt ja varmasti joihinkin uppoaa kovastikin.

I have this album on CD. It's OK for an occasional listen when I'm in a mellow mood.

Enjoyed this. An old sound in a modern package.

OK but not one of top 1001

Right on the edge of a 5 for me. “Your Protector” is my favorite.

Excellent...love this album to bits 😍

Only got halfway thru

Modern classic. Love it!

was a fan when it came out and it has a timeless feel so has aged well. Can be samey, but that's fine. 8/10

Awful background music

Pleasant enough

not my thing

Its an album I'm familiar with as I listened to it a lot when it came out. Thought it was brilliant then. Listening to it again, its ok a few good songs. Not as special as I thought! 7/10

Booooooooooring

Pleasant to listen to, but quite forgettable.

Crazy album that evokes a lot of positive and bittersweet emotions.

Indie folk. Reminded me of Zorbing

Nice album, 4/5.

This is a delicious 5

4.3 + Haunting, majestic, uplifting - like watching the sun rise over a mountain, gradually spreading light over the rocky crags and dissipating the frigid mist.

totalmente hipnotizante

I’m not sure what it is, but you can tell these guys are American right from the start. The album has an Appalachian feel to it. Good song writing, nice vocals and harmonies and they have an interesting habit of changing direction mid-song, which is brave, since I’m sure the suits at the record companies don’t like surprises. It would have been nice if “Mykonos” made it onto this album, but I think that was released earlier in the same year.

meh, but got better later on

Discazo

Forgot I was listening to it... just didn’t register with me.

An album I have listened to many times before. A very impressive and soothing album for me as the style of music is not often on my play list, making it a great escape. It's hard to believe that the main singer and songwriter was only 22 when this came out and which shows true individual talent and provides a hidden appreciation for this album that most might miss.

Viel hallig-harmonischer Gesang von bärtigen Jünglingen, zuckrig flattern die Gitarren durch einen auf sexy Retro getrimmten Klangraum. Es wird bis zur Herzmuskelzerrung gesehnt und Tiefgründigkeit in einer ARTE-tauglichen Verkleidung vorgegaukelt, dass ich mich zwischenzeitlich frage, ob dies überhaupt noch satirisch zu toppen wäre, so brachial ist dieser Emotionale Mummenschanz. Als Zeitgenosse darf ich festhalten, dass ich diese kalkulierte Hipster Geschichte damals doof und saftlos fand und nun hoffte, vielleicht falsch gelegen zu haben, um mich nun in meiner ursprünglichen Meinung bestätigt zu wähnen, was die spätere Coldplay’isierung dieser mittlerweile in mit Indie-Girls pickepackevollen Stadien aufspielenden Bühnen-Baristas unterstreicht. Jogi Löw will scho au mehr als 1.8

Ich mag diesen Hipster-Knabenchor ja gern, finde das auf Albumlänge inzwischen aber etwas zu eintönig. Trotzdem: wirklich schöne Musik!

The sounds of running through a field, sometimes in the rain, sometimes in the sun, and sometimes in the snow. Great sound, definitely a mood album. Because it is a little situational, I don't think I can give it a 5, but a fantastic album nevertheless.

Not my kind of music - was a struggle to listen through

5

Folk con toques medievales. Muy chulo.

If you close your eyes, there's a lot of Dylan in it. But doesn't have the impact.

Someone mentioned that the Fleet Foxes are kinda like a blend of CSNY and Beach Boys, both of who I don't like, specifically because of their \"glorious harmonies\". I know many of their fans will think this is blasphemous as their harmonies are their calling card. I didn't mind the instrumental songs and I can appreciate the strong production and musicmanship throughout and also the nice Flemish woodblock cover so I'll give this a 3

Easy 5 from ol donny here

something pleasebale to the mind

Mir zu folky

Bought this album, loved playing it driving back from work on summer nights

Vibey sad boi music

7/10

Not bad

Phenomenal debut, with masterfully crafted folk / chamber pop songs. Sounds like a solid mix between CSNY & The Beach Boys ‘Pet Sounds.’ STANDOUTS: -White Winter Hymnal -Ragged Wood -Tiger Mountain Peasant Song -Quiet Houses -He Doesn’t Know Why -Your Protector -Blue Ridge Mountains

Takes me back to a very specific post-college yearning. Sad, but pretty.

Very chill indie folk band. Had not listened to them before. Enjoyed.

Just not for me.

nostalgia

Pretty nice. 7/10

When you first see that painting it's very bucolic, but when you look closer there's all this really strange stuff going on, like dudes defecating coins into the river and people on fire, people carving a live sheep, this weird dude who looks like a tree root sitting around with a dog. There's all this really weird stuff going on. I liked that the first impression is that it's just pretty, but then you realize that the scene is this weird chaos. I like that you can't really take it for what it is, that your first impression of it is wrong.[7] Pecknold explained to Mojo how the painting ended up on the front cover: We were trying to figure out what we wanted to do, and my brother had been working out some stuff, when I saw that Bruegel painting in a book my girlfriend had. I liked that it had a really intriguing meaning, like there's a story to each little scene. Which I just felt fitting for that record- dense but unified, not a collage or anything. And I liked its Where's Waldo? quality, that it was something you could look at for a long time on a vinyl sleeve and find new little things. It was very easy to get the museum in Berlin that has it to say yes. They were super excited a band wanted to use it and put it in their newsletter. When you open it up on the inside there's a paisley pattern traced from the back of a book that Skye (Skjelset, lead guitar)'s mum got me. We wanted two very different feelings.[8] The cover claimed the Best Art Vinyl Award 2008, an annual award, organized by Artvinyl.com, a company that manufactures display frames for record albums.[9]

Lovely album, real nice and relaxing.

Pleasant harmonies and easy to listen to. Unfortunately not much stands out and makes it memorable. I like it as a pretty unique sound.

Typical early 2000s indie. Sounds like a mixture of Bon Iver and of monsters of men

One of those albums I put on and then a half hour later remember I'm listening to music. Entirely inoffensive, but I'm not seeing the art.

I don’t know how I overlooked this album (besides WWH)

Some tracks left an impression, but overall delivers a tone that felt like it repeated itself too much.

Under the radar alt pop...not bad.

Superb

Love the musical composition and variety. the band sounds raw in a way that sound like a jam band on stage; but the recording is really clean. folky but not sappy or in-authentic. Reminds me of the early work of the band 'The Shins'. love the haunting vocals of Meadowlarks. I listed 3 times. while working, while doing chores and while going for a run. My appreciation grew.

I'm not a big folksy music fan but I did enjoy this (at least the few songs I listened to). This was a nice change and calming.

Minstrel nonsense. Gtfo

Pretty chill

Quirky lyrics, nice acoustic vibes.

Beetje basic folk albumpje, maar goed luisterbaar

Good Already recognise few of the songs from playlists on Spotify

Great album. Classic.

Sort gad a churchy beach Boys them.

annoying..

I enjoy the vibe of this. Very folk. Almost jester-like. Get a little monotonous after awhile, but, pretty solid.

Some great songs on here. White Winter Hymnal is my favourite. 3.5

Fun, catchy inde album

Pretty good. Inoffensive and decent background music, but nothing really grabbed me. Will listen again, it's the sort of thing that will grow on me, I think.

Have listened to this album a million times. Have it on vinyl. Love it with all my heart adn will relisten soon...

SO not for me

That was a great album. I loved the moving guitar parts. I can imagine listening to this on a car ride before a weekend long camping trip.

Love, will listen again

Folkly

Bändi josta kaltaiseni indierockfanin pitäisi kai tykätä. Olen antanut tälle useita mahdollisuuksia aiemminkin mutta ei vaan oikein lähde. Ihan kivaa pääosin akustista fiilistelyä joka menee sisään toisesta korvasta ja ulos toisesta. Ylöspäin pyöristyvä 2,5 tällä kertaa.

a classic

Walgesangartige, belanglose Mehrstimmigkeit, die man schon seit Jahrzehnten GENAU SO gehört hat wie hier (zum Beispiel bei Pink Floyd), als die Platte des Jahres zu verstehen, ist ein musikkritischer Kunstgriff, den mir mal jemand erklären müsste. Nicht ganz schlecht, aber auch kein Mittelmaß.

Very enjoyable album taking direct influence from The Beach Boys with the multiple harmonies and even a little Appalachian swagger.

white winter.

1.5 stars. Very bland music

Still holds up. Blue Ridge Mountains still stuck in my head.

An album I've listened to before! Hard to listen to it for its quality when ive heard it so many times, but I still love it.

Good enough but not super memorable.

Cheesy commerical Music, christmas commercial music

Decent album. Would maybe listen to again under the right conditions. It was a little slow.

This album pretty much paid off what the cover art was promising. It's not something I would reach for frequently, but the folksy vibe strikes me sometimes. 3 stars.

i want to like this more.. it's fine.

knew nothing about them going in. very pleasantly surprised

it's so mellow man.

Quiet beautiful, but a bit to airy for me when I try to sit through the full album.

Wonderful harmonies, naturally folksy, nothing too distinct, a Led Zeppelin feel sometimes, He Doesn't Know Why, Your Protector, and Blue Ridge Mountains were the most gripping

Very nice. I really enjoyed Oliver James and Tiger Mountain Peasant song.

I never understood the appeal. Better than Mumford and Sons I guess?

An album for simpler days, quite beautiful.

Requires more listening I guess, mediocre at the first go

10/10. Every song is so good. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song is unreal. Can't say enough good things about this album.

First half really good on first listen .

Kind of makes me think if the Grateful Dead were really into choral and hymnal music. Peaceful. Great harmonies. Not really my style. Favorite tracks: "Ragged Wood", "Your Protector"

Excellent album, had already loved this record for years.

The production is crystal clear and the melodies are beautiful. However, essentially every song falls into the same form rut: Folky intro followed by two to four minutes of indie rock (especially the indie rock drums) (I say this as someone whose taste is shaped by The Suburbs). Because of that, I think it ultimately falls short of the earlier wave of British folk rock. That said, I may be seeing cliches where there are none, and I am very glad that music like this made it into the post-2000 mainstream. It would be better if it leaned further into what makes it interesting.

2008: White Winter Hymnal, Blue Ridge Mountain, Ragged Woods, Your Protector, He Doesn't Know Why

Whether or not the belief that Fleet Foxes had spawned a monster that wound up defining a regrettable aspect of 2010s indie culture is true, the fact of the matter is that the heartfelt, genuine and overall alluring nature of this album is what prevents it from achieving ridicule and scorn nearly twenty years on. Fleet Foxes, album and band, crafted a landscape that leaves the curious and hardened into awed spectators. No wonder it still maintains a gravitational pull. Favorites: Sun It Rises, White Winter Hymnal, Tiger Mountain Peasant Song, Quiet Houses, He Doesn't Know Why, Your Protector, Oliver James.

A couple of good tracks but a bit dreary overall

Fantastic folk album, been a favorite for years

This is gonna be hipster shit hey. Aaaaand yep it's some modern folk crap, a hipster's dream. Fuck this. 2/5.