Fleet Foxes

It was okay. Nothing special nor memorable. A bit quiet at times

I’m definitely biased because I already knew don’t like this particular subgenre of folk music. Maybe this group was the first or at least an early contributor to this wave, which makes the album more interesting from that perspective. On the other hand this sounds extremely similar to a ton of 2010s folk music so it’s difficult for me to be objective. 2/5.

Nice record. Relaxing on a freezing morning

one of my elite employees, J'ADORE fleet foxes et absolument tous leurs albums surtout celui ci et helplessness blues Chanson préférée: Blue ridge mountains

Boah ne.

they really nail that "Fleet Foxes" sound

A : 2 ,White Winter Hymnal; If i lived in the woods its a 5 JL : 2 , Heard Them Stirring

Amazing harmonies and very creative. An album to listen to time and again.

This is the first time I gave this a close look. It's a fairly slickly produced folk rock album that sounds like an update to the Laurel Canyon sound. It's certainly listenable and there is some real talent here, but I probably won't listen to it again. Not really for me.

I don't know how I feel about this album, its ok I guess.

Beautiful

Fleet Foxes just wasn’t for me. I can appreciate the beautiful harmonies and understand why so many people love this album, but it never really grabbed my attention. It’s well made, just far too folk-oriented and laid-back for my taste. I kept waiting for it to build momentum, but it never quite got there.

Quite boring. Only a few songs got my attention. Not my kind of music.

Very pastoral sounding album. Too ok to be bad but too boring to be good. Not my cup of tea.

Some cool moments, but overall, not a lot of memorable stuff going on here.

This was inoffensive and forgettable. It felt kind of sad-bastard adjacent...like maybe Bon Iver or Father John Misty or someone got ahold of some Paxil and it lightened their mood for a bit. Not an album I'll be listening to again, though.

White Winter Hymnal is a all-timer for me. I slightly prefer their follow-up to this but plenty of haunting harmonies and great songs on this one made it a pleasure to revisit. They were one of the best of this era of folk/pop revival.

4/5 - Fleet Foxes at the Chicago Theatre was a transcendent sonic experience. I thought I was floating in air on the harmonies. I love this album.

Horrifying, put my earphones back on to him signing JEEEEESSSSSEEEEEEE.... very scary stuff.

por momentos es una puta obra de arte instrumentalmente y por otros es muy optimismo de los 2010s, me acuerdo de ser adolescente y cantar He Doesn’t Know Why en la guitarra a los gritos, le tengo cariño a este album 8/10

Nice and chill but a little "samey" after a while. 3.5

2.75. Was expecting more stomp-clap-hey folk rock for some reason. Its not that so it’s fine.

I think if I were in the right mood I may dig this a bit more but today it just felt a little sleepy.

2.75 - I get why people like this, but it's not for me.

Fuck it. 4 stars.

Not for me / 5

I’ve a positive history with this album. We played it as the background music as we got married and it was the soundtrack to journeys in the early days of our relationship. I’ve also been lucky enough to see them live. So I know and love these songs. Folk beach boys arrangements meet massed harmonies, and each of the lyrics are like little short stories. I suppose what’s preventing it being 5 stars is the fact that outside of the best songs- white winter hymnal, blue ridge mountains it does sometimes overuse the formula. But I’m really splitting hairs

American Mumford and Sons.

Some gorgeous moments but not enough of them to make this a genuinely great album. I think of Fleet Foxes as a really solid band with a handful of transcendent songs - and that's pretty good! Not many bands can say that.

Very cool. I remember it as quite folky - I forget how rocky it is too. There is some huge beach boys influence too. Such brilliant hooks!

Me ha encantado, un gran descubrimiento!

Some beautiful instrumentation and vocals. I do have a hard time listening all the way through without getting a little bored but it is still a great album.

Oh good, it’s the one with “White Winter Hymnal” on it. This song always surprises me when I hear it around Christmas - I mean I’m happy to hear it, since it’s a great song and a useful antidote to all the forced holiday wholesomeness, but I sometimes wonder if I’m the only one who’s ever paid any attention to the lyrics. The rest of it is indie rock/folk, kind of like a less-nerdy early Decemberists. I think we have this CD here somewhere, but I’m ok with just hearing “White Winter Hymnal” on the radio once or twice during the holidays and leaving it at that. It’s a good album of music like this for those occasions when you want to hear music like this (which I don’t very often). I think it deserves a 4 because of “White Winter Hymnal”; it’s competent and not annoying in any way.

I could not not give this five stars for being a millennial.

Well I need to mark this one down as requires further listening as I see from the reviews how polarising this album is. I felt neither the love nor hate whilst playing through this. Maybe further listens would change this but it was a bit background music for me

God awful pap.

Enjoyment: 10/10 Replayability: 8/10 Cohesion: 6/10 Flow/Pacing: 7/10 Artistic Merit: 7/10 Weighted Average: 8.15/10 Review: This felt like a lighthearted reimagining of the American folk genre filled with heavenly harmonics and airy melodies. The only ding is the songs are so similar that there's no obvious best choice, yet it doesn't become too repetitive. Liked Song(s): Sun It Rises, Ragged Wood, Quiet Houses, He Doesn't Know Why, Meadowlarks, Blue Ridge Mountains Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes Heard Before? No

Felt like summer

Did not know that Indie Folk existed. The use of actual instruments like flutes is really nice. I had to think of the Middle Ages and how a bard would perform these songs. Still they have a modern touch. Experimental but I like that.

De loin le meilleur album de folk que j'ai écouté, je met pas 5 étoiles car je trouves que certains morceaux au milieu de l'album sont un peu plus faible que les autres.

Oh one of my absolute faves for my 100th album! Truly no skips and I don’t know if it’s even my favorite of theirs, is it? No it probably is, I just love wading in waist-high water. Anyway. What a debut album! So many of these songs are on my driving playlist (and frankly, all other playlists bc I love redundancy). They feel tailor made for driving through the mountains so I spent some time pouting about Washington. Unexpected delights: Ragged Wood, Tiger Mountain Peasant Song

Harmonies are great. The “White Winter Hymnal” is a perfect winter song go to. “Ragged Wood” is one of my album faves. Not a head banger by any means, but can’t help but be impressed

opening track pissed me off as soon as it started LMAOOOO but i stuck with it and it redeemed itself. a solid work that i’ll listen to again while writing or grading papers. strong 3

I love this kind of folk rock too much man. Call me a stomp clap millennial the way I'm rocking with Fleet Foxes. Will have to go back for a second listen for sure. Gotta be a 4 star record for me.

Мне зашло

I mean, it’s chill. Too chill even.

Brilhante. Dos meus álbuns preferidos.

Como um cobertor

Começa com a música que toda a gente conhece e não avança para lado nenhum. Insuficiente para mim mas percebo que definiu parte do folk. Props pela capa

Não é a minha cena

A minha primeira impressão é que é um pouco desenxabido. É giro, é um folk engraçado, mas um bocadinho forgettable. Se calhar com mais listens, ou mais contexto, melhore, sou capaz de tentar

Is this going to be overly indie and endearing? Well, yes, but its not as bad as I thought it might be. Still not quite what I'm drawn to normally, but enjoyable enough to think this is worth its spot on the list. 3.5.

insoportable

I had to put aside my biases against 21th century indie folk with their oohs and ahhs and their reverb and stomp clappy drums - because this album surprised me with some beautiful songs and moments. Faves: Sun It Rises, White Winter Hymnal, Your Protector, Blue Ridge Mountains

I LIKE ITT, typa things i can chill 2

It’s been so long since I last heard this. Too long perhaps! I was obsessed with it when it came out, and it’s added to my list of records that instantly take me back to a place and time without me knowing it. This was one of the first albums along with Grizzly Bear and The Antlers that got me out of a rut of more angry music, and down a more pleasant path. For the most, anyway. It certainly opened my eyes. I dunno how you’d class this, and it’s been copied a lot since, but something down the folk / pysch pop / indie maybe. It’s class, that’s all that matters for me I guess!

Very aware of fleet foxes but don't think I've listened to them, in my head they are in the tame impala bucket of very popular slightly twee folk indie, though as I haven't listened to them I have no idea if thats fair. I think this album was good while at the same time knowing it's not really for me. Carries it's older folk influences well while still sounding modern in some way but it's just a bit too tame for me to be a proper fan. Would understand higher marks from others but a 3 from me.

I remember buying this when it came out, and being really into it. Don't think I ever saw them, but I was into other similar bands or artists at the time (The Tallest Man On Earth, Bon Iver, probably towards Mumford and Sons). It doesn't really age well - feels very silly, very twee, faux-peace and love stuff. Doesn't have the edge of My Morning Jacket (introduced to me by American Dad, Yim Yames, he makes Enya sound like a Russian couple arguing at a bowling alley). Nothing is as good as White Winter Hymnal, despite their best efforts. Perhaps I needed more hallucinogens to find the music deep enough to enjoy, now I can see right through its transparency.

Album 1000! Never listened to a fleet Foxes album before, but I thought I knew what to expect, and I did! It's good, but not sure it's anything to write home about. Thought I might recognise more than 1 song. I liked tiger mountain peasant song 3.5 but on the 3 side.

Great album. 3.5

This album still keeps me a bit at arm's length with it's commitment to the schtick, but the melodies, vocals, harmonies and whole vibe is pretty special. Peckhold's voice is glorious.

Sounded beautiful; put me to sleep.

An all-timer 9/10 Favourites: White Winter Hymnal Ragged Wood Quiet Houses Blue Ridge Mountains ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ok

Beautiful, very beautiful

It was nice listen but tbh it doesn’t feel memorable. Likes: White Winter Hymnal; Ragged Wood; Blue Ridge Mountains

This is folk music, but despite my usual preferences, I didn't really like this. The album did feel like it could have come out in a previous decade, and it had a nomad-like feel. However, there wasn't much variation in the songs and I didn't feel like it went anywhere. "Meadowlarks" was more my speed in terms of a song I liked, though.

This was an unremarkable album.

Takes me back.

sehr nice. is glaub progressive rock? ok nope american folk.. naja anyways i liebs! volle cool. bin erst dritter song und so hooked scho! es wird immer besser.

Really really excited for this one. Wanted to listen to more of the fleet foxes for a while now. High hopes. Sounds good for now. I mean wwh like what more could you really ask for in a song. Donkey man. This is pretty good. The bar for 2000s indie. This is a very good time to listen to this album. Favourite: Blue Ridge Mountians Least favourite: Meadowlarks

A strange mix of beach boys, imagined fiefdoms, and hipster outdoor iconography. It’s an iconic album if you were in your 20s in the 2010s. And it holds up.

Beautiful! Another one I missed back in the day even though it's definitely my vibe.

Molto ambiental

piacevole, coerente, setta un buon mood

Beautiful, the harmonies were really pleasing

didn't earn the cover

Nice

Respect a lot of the craft here, just doesn’t quite cone together for me

Triumphant return of this millennial who has never spent any time with this classic millennial record! It doesn’t sound novel in 2026 and I wouldn’t say it’s timeless, either - it feels pretty of its time, especially thinking about everything that followed (Fleet Foxes clearly walked so Lord Huron could run, etc) - but still found this to be a lovely and delicate listen. Very Brian Wilson coded!

I’ve never liked this album as much as others seem to. It’s good, but just not that good.

Not my style but great still good music

Fun album

Fun folk!

OMGGGG

hadn’t listened to much of their stuff outside the classics, good sound, nice vibe

It’s a great album. Smooth and feels like you’re hanging out in a wooded grove or a field somewhere. I had a great time with it.

Very nice. Great harmonies and catchy lyrics. I've like these guys for quite a while. However there isn't anything really original here. For me it falls under "pleasant but mostly forgetable".

oooo ragged wood he doesnt know why

This is an interesting album. Lot of good songs on here, but nothing really stood out as an OMG I HAVE TO HEAR THIS. I may go find more stuff by this artist because I did enjoy it.

Beautiful

I had to change my Spotify settings to listen to this because I have Fleet Foxes blacklisted. Looking from as objective a lens as I can, this isn't truely horrible, just annoying and pretentious.

Yeah, pretty good. Unfortunately I got it on a Friday and it's not really Friday music. This is more of a Tuesday or a Wednesday album; Thursday if you're demented. But it's good. 3.5/5. Maybe a 4 if your generous, more than likely a 3... Tough call all around.

85

The most notable moments of the album: Tiger mountain Peasant song and White wonter hymnal. A beautiful folk album by the American Fleet Foxes. Melodic sounds that take you on a journey. Moments of relaxation and spiritual upliftment

Nice to listen to, but once again it's not something I'd be desperate to come back to. It might just be my bias for older albums showing

Sad music for beautiful people.

Camp counselor camp fire music

Liking this a lot better than the last time I tried listening to it. Definitely feels like Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago (An album that is missing from the list) filtered a little through 60's psychedelia. But whereas 60's psychedelia generally lets me down, Fleet Foxes does a great job with it. Production is great and warm, the weird instruments and bad experimental sounds are kept to a minimum (Or done tastefully). Just a damn good album.

cool

OH MY GOD! obsessed. what it made me feel… like a slow dance that would heal you

not bad. needs more listens 2.5/5

Not bad. Good sound.

There’s plenty to admire in the music department but I cannot get past the endless, annoying, droning vocals

'Stomp Clap Hey' stuff like this and Mumford & Sons irritates me. It's really close to styles of music I love, but it just feels smug, like privileged middle-class people cosplaying as proper folk artists. None of the songs on this grabbed me in any way or seemed to have any interesting energy.

Folk music does prog

great album. was quite obsessed with it back in the day. loved the harmonies. somehow dated and timeless and timeless and dated. enjoyed their other output as well. but i think the best output may have been father john misty.

Buenobueno

You already know

Den evinnelige flerstemtheten kan gå en litt på nervene i lengden. Men fine låter.

Loved this album when it came out and I still do. Haven’t listened to it in years but I think it holds up well.

Bien.

this album and I go way back. my art instructor would play this during lessons fairly often, it was a staple alongside Kid A and Illinois. for the first like, 5 times i heard this i thought it was a shitty local Appalachian hipster band. that says a lot doesn't it? i can't stand the vocals. i can't stand Oliver James. it's so... proto stomp clap hey. and it's not their fault for inspiring worse music, but if someone hated Pearl Jam for being the genesis of all the Creeds and Nickelbacks out there, I could not argue against that. deserves to be one of the 1001? it certainly does. doesn't mean i have to be happy about it!!

I was so enamored with this album when it came out and saw them 4 times that tour. Listening now, it doesn’t seem so monumental, but in 2008 it was a literal lifesaver.

Enjoyed this but probably needs a couple more listens to fully appreciate it, bit stomp stomp clap

Really excellent experience of indie folk on display here. The music gets in my head and pulls me around with it, makes me want to drive down a rustic countryside with the top down. From the slow shifts to the upbeat positive songs I was happy to be along for the ride. Was loosely aware of the band before but am now a definite fan.

These cats have all the makings of a really awesome group. The only thing they lack is good songs. Sorry but way overrated

I was never a fan. I found it whimsical and too polished and not in a good way

Extremely meh

It's not for me but maybe I can see why you'd want to point out that it was made in 2008. Actually you know, if is "ok".

Álbum para poner en el auto haciendo un road trip por las montañas, lamentablemente esa no fue mi situación ni de cerca, pero es un buen álbum, con ese sonido bien característico del Folk Indie de los 2000, con algunas canciones interesantes que destacan del resto y otras que no proponen mucho.

Ah the indie folk boom of the late 00's. Fleet Foxes was never one of my favorites, but they are definitely talented and inoffensive, and they deserved their popularity.

I skimmed a few I HAD TO

This is a debut studio album from indie band Fleet Foxes. The album cover is quite unusual. The music seems like folk/pop to me, and has a CSNY sound through some tracks. There are lots of songs about nature. Overall the album is short and easy listening and a solid three stars.

Hipster modernity! I like that there are lots of little animals in the songs. In fact it's a very thematically cohesive album, which I appreciate. Like a less muddled Arcade Fire. I do like it, but other than WWH it's a little too mellow for me. Highlight: 'White Winter Hymnal'

Arsty and very nice dual vocals unique

Great mellow album with so many layers. Good mix of guitars with spacey effects. 3.4/5.0

Best Track - "White Winter Hymnal"

Gorgeous, bright, weird but always familiar.

They can't be blamed for the fact that they were one of the harbingers of 'Stomp Clap Hey'. I was definitely in their intended demographic in 2008 and I remember White Winter Hymnal. Now almost 20 years later I'm trying to separate all of the baggage of that era while appraising this. People that weren't around or paying attention during that time have to remember that all at the same time there was this, Grizzly Bear, My Morning Jacket, etc. I don't know how much of it has to be considered 'essential listening'. I don't know if any of it qualifies to be honest. The reverb, it's simply too much. Especially when the acoustic guitar is mixed fairly dry and then you have vocals coming in like the guy is standing on one end of an empty VFW hall with the mic on the other. What are we doing? There's like one part of 'He Doesn't Know Why' where the vocals break a little bit that I kind of like because it's like the one lyric that feels genuinely expressed. Also the drums from this era of floor toms and tambourines and probably using those little soft mallet things on the cymbals. Sometimes taste comes from moderation.

white winter hymnal, indie folk staple

2.5

The good kind of millennial indie-folk

Mellow, thoughtful, relaxing.

Always been an avid fleet foxes denier. I LOVED this album and cannot believe I've been shielded from their light for so long.

Pretty enjoyable, but not so much that I’d be likely to relisten. A little too polished, somehow.

4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fleet-foxes/fleet-foxes/ I really like large parts of this album, but I also always forget that some parts (middle section mainly) are just a bit dull. 10/10 album cover, however.

Gently beautiful

Really loved this! This is singing! Very nice, chill vibe. Might become 5 stars after second listen

There's an issue with this record: there's an intention, an idea, but the development at times is poor, and many times it also feels insipid. There are some pretty nice ideas, although. I can find the appeal, but there is so much music like this one that is more interesting, which makes me not love this one. Sure, I've enjoyed listening to it, or, at least, it has been a pleasant album. But I don't find anything that would make me really want to listen to it again. It's nice, but not an album I would listen to again, probably.

I didn't get into Fleet Foxes until Helplessness Blues, but this isn't vastly different from that. I do very much love the harmonies.

Pleasant enough, but won't be making it onto my regulars.

Its not my fault that I was born in 1996. Therefore, it is not my fault that I love this album. I feel like its very hard for me to give a review to this album, and I am only thankful to not have to review Helplessness Blues instead. Yeah, its fucking astonishing, innit? Cover to cover gorgeous vocals that are so pristine and so human. Lyrics that feel remarkably timeless and some melodies and harmonies that will live in my head until I die. In terms of originality, I honestly cannot name any other bands capable od producing this EXACT sound. It makes me feel like I am wandering, high as a kite, through a forest leading me into the divine. This shit slaps. Standout Tracks: White Winter Hymnal, Ragged Wood, Tiger Mountain Peasant Song, Blue Ridge Mountains Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ihana albumi ja kivaa musaa :) Sopii puuhailuun ja aurinkoiseen päivään.

A pleasant surprise. Did not know what to expect, mot had any positive expectation, however, it is a surprisingly good album folksy but not "Folk"; alternative but not jarring. gets +1 point for its uniqueness... (maybe just catching me on a good day) 888/1001

I had listened to this last year and kept meaning to revisit so this was the perfect excuse. I like the sound and it's very unique in ways, but I don't think I'll be revisiting the album anytime soon and it didn't leave me with a desire to seek out more of their discography.

this one fell through the cracks while i was in school. familiar with a bunch of the songs. there is a world where i wouldve obsessed over fleet foxes over alt j. 4.5

Nice. Not bad.

Love this album. "White Winter Hymnal" was always my favorite, butt after listening all the way through, it's now "He Doesn't Know Why." Fantastic indie folk, really a one-of-a-kind sound. Great listen, would recommend.

It's like this app knows it's incredibly sunny at the moment. Is there a better album to be driving along to on a sunny day with the windows down? I'm not sure there is you know

A great album to cure insomnia.

3/10

Good album very peaceful music! 7.3/10

Some incredibly well-put-together indie folk.

Gonna have to be 5 stars init.

Fan toppen lite indiefolkigt mys

very interesting album, i don't typically listen to music like this. i didn't love it but probably would enjoy it live

Folsky woodsy banal drivel about peasants and mountains as performed by some Seattle city-slickers. No feeling no meaning just the sound of bored suits buying different instruments and effects libraries.

Such a beautiful, bright yet soft, and really emotive album, very sweet mix of choral and American country music.

Fear fun is right

Gteat folk rock album. A very pleasant surprise.

Um pouco tosco, pra falar a verdade. Há uma musicalidade legal, mas é hipster demais pro meu gosto. Ao menos, a capa representa muito bem o som do álbum, e eu sempre adoro quando esse é o caso. E não é ao todo ofensivo. Já ouvi muito rock indie desse mesmo período ofensivamente ruins, e esse não é um deles. A sonoridade dele às vezes viaja por uns meios interessantes, que capturam sua atenção e seu interesse. Mas pensando no álbum como um todo, percebo que desgostei de mais aspectos desse disco do que esperava. Os instrumentais realmente carregavam o disco, e sem a qualidade deles, seria um álbum bem odiável. 3/5

it's fine!

I enjoyed this one.

I feel like I’m not one of the cool kids. I’d like to love this album, but I just don’t get what makes it special. It’s lo-fi indie folk. Ok. If I end up over there, at the old record player, playing “Forever Changes” by Love, can I still be invited back to the next party?

Epic, etherial folk for a new generation. Although in execution it is a blend of a lot of different genres and soundscapes. Musically, I found it very compelling and interesting, but I think it will take multiple listens to appreciate the narrative and lyrical content. Perhaps after I complete this list...

i defo listened to this on my dad's ipod touch.

Number: 136 Date: 05/18/2026 Artist: Fleet Foxes Album: Fleet Foxes Year: 2008 Style: Chamber Folk Pop Familiarity: Extremely (5) Rating: 4 Before: ======= Lovely album. It will be a nice change from The Grateful Dead's Live / Dead that I had yesterday. During: ======= 4 Sun It Rises 5 White Winter Hymnal 5 Ragged Wood 3 Tiger Mountain Peasant Song 4 Quiet Houses 4 He Doesn't Know Why 3 Heard Them Stirring 4 Your Protector 2 Meadowlarks 3 Blue Ridge Mountains 4 Oliver James ----------------------------------------------------- 3.75 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) After : ======= 4 my personal rating 4 suitability for this list 4 impact ----------------------------------------------- 4 composite rating

i get why people liked and like this album, but it doesnt do enough for me. it feels flat in places, it glows when it should be dark. i wish that there was more shine to the guitar. i truly believe album number two outpaces this one by a lot. still a solid album though.

Pretty good album, just not quite my speed or style.

The music is nice, the voice is great, but most of the songs are too soft, I feel they need a push. "Can I believe you", not in this album, is much better than any song in this one.

Trevor likes it. Gives it a 5 star.

Me sentí tan bien escuchando este álbum, fue como una canción de cuna, una reconexión con la naturaleza. Me encantaría estar en medio de un bosque y escuchar esto.

Дебютний альбом фолк групи fleet foxes став для мене першим альбомом в жанрі чембер-фолку, і чесно, я не розчарований. Альбом можна описати англійським словом "uplifting". Можу провести паралелі з іншим альбомом (не фолк, а кантрі, але не суть) - "magnolia electric co": обидва альбоми мінімальні у своєму інструменталі, майже не використовують барабани, і тягнуть їх саме вокали. Потрібно, звичайно, переслухати якось "маґнолію", але, здається, причина по якій вона мені сподобалась набагато більше (аж на 10-очку) саме у вокалах, там, наскільки я пам'ятаю, немає на них стільки ехо, тай самі вокали сильніші. На "флотських лисицях" вокали не настільки сильні, тому оціночка 8. (Якесь сумбурне рев'ю, але похуй в принципі.) Оцінка: висока 7/низька 8

A lot of ambiance and interesting sounds. Listening to it like 4 times in a row didn't make me love it, but I like Fleet Foxes well enough normally.

Little bit too twee for my tastes. 2.75

Amabile

1: 60% MW: 57,27 2: 70% 3: 60% 4: 60% 5: 40% 6: 50% 7: 50% 8: 60% 9: 50% 10: 70% 11: 60%

Every album comes from a time or place. For me it's the start of my second year of University. Living on my own for the first time after running from a family situation. For the first time in my life I'm really struggling: financially, academically, romantically. The beautiful harmonies and vivid pictures the album painted in my mind were a rare source of comfort. A reminder of the simple pleasures in life, like seeing the reddest strawberries in the summertime. Hearing the way Robin pronounced certain words like "at the top of Berenger HEEEOOOLL (hill)" always made me laugh. It's a classic album I'll always treasure. Another one I'd give 10 stars if I could.

When I was in college, a few friends and I dropped acid on an absolutely gorgeous spring afternoon. About 10 hours into the trip, my friend Mike and I got very into the song “White Winter Hymnal”, listening to it maybe, no exaggeration, 20 times in a row. By then it was about 5 in the morning. Mike and I went out to the front porch of our house to watch the sunrise, and made a detailed list of reasons we were proud of every single member of our fraternity. It remains one of the most deeply positive experiences of my entire life, and I am forever grateful for it. Mike and I lost touch over the years (this was almost 20 years ago, holy shit), he left the country and has a different number nowadays. However, the memory of that night will stay with me forever. Mike, if you ever find yourself doing this ridiculous albums project and come across this review, miss you man.

Lovely to listen to this again. Forgot just how drenched in reverb it was. Pretty vocal arrangements that I adored at the time. It’s maybe grown a little grating in 2026 but fair fucks to Fleet Foxes. They sure made a nice debut album.

Very boring to me.

Meh

didn't knew them, but im definitely listen to them more. great instrumentals overall and I like the vibes

3.8

This feels like an album steeped in folk traditions, with nods to the rustic folk of the 60s and 70s as well as chamber folk. While its influences are clear, it never rises above them. It's often very pretty, especially when it leans on vocal harmonies. I like the "tell me anything you want, any old lie will do" part on "Ragged Wood," but the lyrics are usually not all that striking. The songs can be a bit busy - I'd rather they focus on one guitar line than have all these backing elements. "Blue Ridge Mountains" stands out as a song that evolves and really opens up, but many of the others just settle into one zone. This one got a lot of hype upon release and it's hard for me to tell why. It's a comfy retreat to classic folk sounds, but artists like Joanna Newson and Sufjan Stevens were doing much more interesting things in the genre around this time.

3.5 Bonus point for Peter Bruegel the Elder on the cover

Who Mumford and Sons wishes they were

Funky lil indie songs for me, thanks.

Softboi music. Felt like it's missing fun hooks

I loved this album when it first came out and I still love it - I find it just as good now as I did then. The stacked vocal harmonies, Robin's absolute gift for writing a vocal melody, the instrumentation and dynamics, it's just great. White Winter Hymnal is on my "favorite songs of all time playlist" but there are so many other great moments. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song is stunningly beautiful, and the guitar work and harmonies that build on Quiet Houses are another high point. Really beautiful album from start to finish.

I remember when this album dropped and Pitchfork and the burgeoning music blogs all collectively loved it. I didn’t get it then. Still don’t get it. I promise I’m trying.

I'm not into this. Never liked that kind of music, still listened the whole thing and it was quite pleasant. Sounds a bit like theAngelcy.

muy buenos temas

i cant even remember what this album looked like let alone sounded like / 5

I remember some of the songs pretty well, very catchy. One of those albums that spawned a whole subgenre.

That sucked! Just a very boring and lethargic album.

надо понимать о чем поется тогда наверное зайдет а так атмосферно и приятно не могу оценить

Great album!

Listenable

Super good.

Calm and folksy with good harmonies.

Nice chill indi rock. A few songs reminded me of the temper trap and then I just wanted to put that on instead of finishing this album (but I still finished this)

Twee folk rock. Very Mumford-y. I imagine them cosplaying as hobos or minstrels.

It was okay.

Sun it rises - 4/5 White winter hymnal - 4/5 Ragged wood - 4/5 Tiger mountain peasant song - 3/5 Quiet houses - 3/5 He doesnt know why - 5/5 Heard them stirring - 4/5 Your protector - 4/5 Meadowlarks - 2/5 Blue ridge mountains - 4/5 Oliver James - 3/5

Pretty music throughout. Liked Ragged Wood and Your Protector.

I’ve been enjoying this, “however”, it’s very background music. It’s pleasant but fades into “nice sounds whilst I work” without really jumping out and grabbing me. That loses it a point, but the album is still good enough to get a four from me.

Nice but didn't grab me.

Enjoyed the album but it almost feels bad scoring it a three after giving With The Beatles that yesterday.

Indie rock is not always something I'm into. Despite being a great age and demographic for its meteoric rise and popularity, there's a lot of it that just feels pretentious and kind of "better than" your Average Joe. Fleet Foxes is a name I've heard for a while but I expected them to just be more of the same indie rock. Instead, I was greeted with really lovely-sounding, folk-inspired indie pop with a rich vocal chorus on like every track. This is something I'm into, there's definitely a vibe of standoffishness but there's a larger theme of playing simple music around a campfire or in a living room that translates well to the production of this album. I kind of zoned out in the middle of the album, but in my defense I got sucked into a really good crossword. Recommended (both this album and crosswords).

It sounds well done, but even at a little over 39 minutes I found it a bit of a struggle to get through to the end. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it either. This is a solid average album. Inoffensive, but not very engaging.

This probably goes so hard if you run away to live in a forest

Meh

I loved this album when it came out - this and the EP that preceded it, Sun Giant, soundtracked that period for me and it’s a shame that nothing else they did came close to these records. It’s a very beautiful, harmonious, if slightly whimsical record that sounds pretty wonderful on this sunny spring morning.

What a lovely album. The Beach Boys-esque harmonies and the indie jangle are really engaging, with a remarkably calming feel to the whole album. I haven't listened in a while, a timely reminder of why I should enjoy it more often.

Dull af

Just okay

I enjoy the fact that Fleet Foxes unmistakably sound like Fleet Foxes.

Another soft boring ass album

Tykkäsin ⭐️⭐️⭐️

It is hard to find folk music that isn’t whiny, so I appreciate that about this band.

An album I remember from listening to not long after it came out, but I haven't heard it a while. Enjoyed this modern folk with its beautiful, timeless melodies. White Winter Hymnal is a gorgeous track. And with the Bruegel painting this is a beautiful album cover Bringing it up to 4 stars from 3.5 for those 2 things.

Way more songs than I expected to know

The singing style isn’t my thing personally. Otherwise pleasant to the ears. All the songs are solid, none that are amazing but also no skips

With its release date, this album is the inspiration and precursor to so many of my favorite new albums. Creative, imaginative, and sparse instrumentals paired with unique yet familiar vocals. Only issue is you have to be in the right mood to really get into it. Overall, great album.

Decent folk, but kinda bland.

Maybe I don’t like insie folk that much.

Shades of CSNY, Neil Young, the Dead, rhe Band. Songs about nature can be alienating but FF make it work with great melodies and harmonies.

Folk but good

It’s not wall-to-wall for me, but when they lean into that rich, almost choral sound, it’s right up my street. A slow starter that turns into a rewarding, immersive listen.

Not my kind of "music".

It’s not the most boring thing on the list by quite a lot, but I don’t find it particularly interesting either. It’s not Stomp Clap Hey, but it shares traits, more than my much beloved 60s-70s folk. The Beach Boys-sounding bits are cool, but it just makes me want to listen to The Beach Boys instead. 3/5

Very peaceful and quite catchy. Did not knoe what to expect but this indie folk rock or whatever is pretty good. White Winter Hymnal, Ragged Wood, and He Doesn't Know Why were some of of my favorites. Definitely enjoyed this album, 7.4/10.

Precioso álbum, sonido muy fresco y linda voz. 4

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Pretty inoffensive and middle of the road. It's well produced and the harmonies are interesting, but nothing that really grabbed me.

Pretty boring music

Not my style of music but quite melodic

This record felt like a breath of fresh air when it came out, but quickly disappated into semi-semi-irrelevance. Lovely harmonies and maybe ⅓ of the songs are really good, but most of it just kind of floats by. Perfectly nice, but not exactly a record you MUST listen to. Better than The Eagles though, though maybe getting a 1-point boost to reflect that.

Its a winter album, doesn't play too well in the summer

Some tracks I like better than others, but I have a soft spot for their first record.

The album is nice. It is nice background music but I don't think that I will listen again.

6/10

estuvo bueno pero me aburrio un poquito. capaz porq era muy lineal y no le di mucha bola 2 estrellas y media

7.5/10

Listened to it a second time just to make sure, but this isn't for me. I can respect the craft. It's well-produced and has its moments.

# Album Name: Fleet Foxes # Artist: Fleet Foxes # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Mid. SHouldnt be on the list. # Top Tunes: # Would I listen to it again? Nah

Day 260 Some beautiful harmonies, probably needed a better setting to enjoy this more Highlights Ragged Wood Your Protector

Me sentí en un coming-of-age indie

4/5. One of the best indie debuts of the 2000’s for sure, though if I were to do a fleet foxes ranking it would still end up second to last (which is a testament to how good these guys are in my estimation. I consider Helplessness blues and crack-up to both be 5/5’s.) I think what really sells this album is the chamber-folk elements, it feels like it is being played to you in a very acoustic, echoey room which you can feel especially on more intimate tracks like “tiger mountain peasant song.” Another important factor is vocalist Robin Pecknold whose harmonies really bring the whole album together. As I said at the start of the review, great debut by one of the best to do it in modern indie-folk.

this one is fine, i think it succeeds at what it wants to do, it just doesn't want to do something i care for that much. but i can understand why people like it

I hadn’t heard of Fleet Foxes before and was pleasantly surprised. It’s quite gentle and soothing. Although it’s Americana, some of the passages reminded me of later Beatles compositions

The vocals are still gorgeous, but I got a little tired of it by the end.

I'm quite unsure about this album: on one hand I like the atmosphere and musicianship, it sounds like psychedelic folk from the 70s done right, on the other the use of reverb on the vocals is overdone (maybe to hide limits in their harmonizing?) and most songs are in desperate need of a hook that just isn't there (they're pop enough to have the necessity of catchy refrains). So yeah, I guess this is a middle of the road album for me: good as background music, but not good enough for attentive listening.

Folktastic

Sounds like 2008, I get why people would listen, wasn't quite for my current mood

borgar

Almost a 5. Much better than their 2nd album

Toute me gosse mais le résultat final est très bon. Peut-être que c'est de la nostalgie de quand j'étais jeune et beau.

Bon album pour le monde qui mettent yinque un p'tit peu de poivre dans leur assiette sinon c'est trop épicé. C'est bien exécuté mais je peux pas m'empêcher d'avoir le feeling qu'y'a quelque chose de malhonnête. 2.49 étoiles de manger fade bien cuisiné.

A lovely record

Very listenable if somewhat safe album. Very much in my comfort zone in terms of my own taste but maybe not an essential listen.

I think I probably have a copy of this but I couldn’t remember what it sounded like and having listened I didn’t like it, one star. Tom.

See why its so popular, but honestly sounds like the most bland, mainstream appealing form of music to me, without any rough edges. Was looking forward to finally having some indie in here, but was sadly disappointed.

I liked it! The melodies really hit

Great listen, although I prefer "Hopelessness Blues".

I feel like I kept reading about them but never really hearing it until now. More folky than I would have thought but it was alright. Nice album cover art.

yeah okay 3.5

Absolutely beautiful. The music evokes scenes of serenity that just relax you. Favorite track: White Winter Hymnal

I know this album back to front, I don’t even think I realised how much I loved this album as a teen. It’s really good, so chill and folky in a way that wasn’t cringe when a lot of folk stuff from that era really was (I’m looking at you Mumford and sons). Harmonies 2 die for and if you listen really close you can hear Josh Tillman packing his bags to leave on to more fun things and that adds a decent tension too.

I feel like this simultaneously is incredibly of its time when the time was kinda lame when it comes to stomp clap hey indie music, but also holds up as like, way above any of their peers. I still really like it and can remember more or less the whole thing off the top of my head. I also feel like Fleet Foxes don't get enough credit for the stuff they did after this album, there's some good stuff in there!

Fleet Foxes is one of my all-time favorite bands and they are unbelievable live. This album is gorgeous.

It’s Nederlandse Spreekwoorden by Bruegel baby, who cares about the album?

I liked it better as the Decemberists

No me gustó ninguna canción en concreto, pero el album en si esta muy bien

Good folksy album with a few great bangers. I can listen to it a few times but don't think it's in the 5 range. Streets are saying the only good things millennials gave us is their music.

this was so boring and lame

Folk

Me gustó pero medio zzz

It's a nice folky vibe. None of the songs are bad, they're just comfty

Muy linda portada, algún tema rescato de acá seguro.

alapvetően nem annyira a stílusom az indiefolk mostanában, de a mykonost pölö nagyon szerettem régebben kifeküdtem a kertbe meghallgatni, sütött a fejemre a nap, a méhecskék zizegtek körülöttem, és a virágok is illatosak voltak így azthiszem szinte minden zene meghallgatható lenne, de ez helyenként még tökre kellemes is volt és beleillett a képbe szép harmonizálások, tetszett:)

Took me like 3 tries to get through this album. Good stuff, but all sounds kind of the same to me. Wanted them to switch it up a bit.

It’s weird, because this came out while I was in high school, and if I had heard it then, this could easily have been one of my favorite albums ever. Yet, time goes on and instead I hear it now and it’s pretty good, but not special to me.

I think I listened to too much of this type of music and now I'm tired of it

Some good sounds but it really doesn't speak to me.

(7/7) unique, almost haunting at times

sure

I thought this album all around was pretty nice

Sweet sounding folk rock but with nothing much to say. Best track was the last one which had a bit of bite to it. Average. Nice enough but wouldn't listen to again

Simply one of the most soft and beautiful folk albums of the 21st century. They really challenge what folk music actually is by having real depth to all their instrumental arrangements, as opposed to the more traditional super simple and stripped back style. And yet, there's still such a cosy and intimate vibe that no other band really seems to do quite like Fleet Foxes.

Bucolic, pleasant in places, but didn’t really interest me. Quite bland.

Good harmonies and in places a good sound, but the singing was a bit like chanting that, for me, got a annoying/boring. The music wasn't unpleasant.

American folk? I was expecting CCR meets Poco but got this bland drivel, it very quickly became background noise. It had no real saving graces.

This sounds like the time hipsters, pale ale, moustaches on fingers and pulled pork were in. It's not awful, it's well produced, but it's so far removed from my tastes that it just sounds like boring music from what I remember being a terrible time.

This truly surprised me. For such a simple indie rock album it was wonderful and well put together.

I made the mistake of reading some of the reviews, and a lot of disdain for this record seems to come from the era in which it existed. In a way, ya know? Fair play to them. I hate this new indie-rock revival happening right now, as I hated the pop enthusiasm of the early 2020s. But I digress, Fleet Foxes was able to build some of the most beautiful songs in their first two projects, with the indie folkish instrumentation combining with their amazing harmonies. This record in particular takes you to a different place, greatly transporting its moods to the listener, making you feel and engage with the sounds. This is peak by the band. P.S. Robin, if you ever read this, Fleet Foxes was great when it was the whole band, no matter how much you try to change the past and talk as if the band was always just you, please destroy your ego.

I hadn't realized before how millennial core this sounded. I still like it though.

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