Fleet Foxes

The are some classic gems in the album, very classic 80s album.

La música evoca lo mismo que la portada

I have always had disdain for this type of ethereal indie music. Some if it definitely has to do with being 18 when this was released and being resistent to anything not 90's rap or classic rock. I do think the general sound is a bit pretentious - while we're down here on earth groveling they're floating above the rest of us with flutes and just the right amount of reverb. I think Noah Kahan is the new version of this. All that being said - it does sound pretty nice. "He Doesn't Know Why" bops. I think for my personal taste its a 2 but adding a point as a counterweight for my repressed teenage angst.

No band better captures the cheerily anthemic yet hollow, soulless and ultimately ineffectual optimism of the entire Obama-era than Fleet Foxes. The sound of a millennial playing a mandolin makes me want to kill myself.

Ive heard various Fleet Foxes songs throughout the years, but I must’ve completely missed this album. This is growing on me and is probably a full on 5 already. I hear everything from Beatles and Simeon and Garfunkel to early Mumford & Sons. In other words, it feels psychedelic and pop/folk/bluegrass. Specifically, in Quiet Houses, I hear what I think a lot of alternative rock bands would sound like in the early twenty teens - im thinking alt J, Saint Motel. In Sun It Rises, the chatter sounds like something straight out of the White Album lol My only ding against it (and this may be an unpopular opinion) is that it doesnt have a stand out hit. All the songs are equally interesting.

On paper I should like Fleet Foxes, but for some reason they really rub me the wrong way. They have a contrived renaissance feel (like Jethro Tull but way more grating to my ears). They're just kinda lame

Have always loved this album - have listened to more of their later stuff and Fr John Misty solo stuff. It’s interesting to see the albums from this genre and era that are selected versus omitted, but think this album deserves to be on here. These guys stand out amongst the indie folk crew. No duds in the bunch - maybe a little low tempo at times but that’s my only complaint.

This is probably one of the best albums from the early 2000s. Fleet Foxes took the religion out of gospel and the Sacred Harp vocal style, and they mixed it all with modern indie rock. The result is gorgeous and lush, like flying over a pleasant green, sprawling landscape. But like the deceptive cover art, there's a lot going on when you look closely.

I enjoyed it more than I thought. Vocal harmonies and song structure were really.cool. nit exactly my style so probably won't come back to it but wouldn't mind listening again. 3.5, I round down 1=Crap that shouldn't be here 2=I didn't like it but get why it's here 3=I thought it was ok or even like it, get why it's here, but won't revisit 4=I like it, will revisit 5=This is some of the best music I've ever heard and will continue listening to it

++: Sun It Rises, White Winter Hymnal, Quiet Houses +: Ragged Wood, Meadowlarks, Blue Ridge Mountains +-: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song, Heard Them Stirring, Your Protector -: He Doesn't Know Why, Oliver James 5,5/10

One of my favourites!

So much Bowie is on this list that sometimes it feels like it’s about quantity over quality. This album made no impact on me other than the strangely uninspired cover art.

Something really comforting about this album. Tiger mountain peasant song was a favorite. Harmonies are great 4

Been over 10 years since I've listened to this album. Wondered quite a bit how much Father John Misty has been influenced by it. It's so atmospheric and enjoyable to listen to.

3.5-4

There's 39 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

I listened to one song from this album before, I'm excited to listen to the full album. It was great, I love indie folk! This is a definite 4/5 for me!

I can’t check my bias on this one. I wore out the CD in college and have it on vinyl. I absolutely love this album.

easy listening, feel like I should listen to this driving through the mountains

Nah

a lovely album

Mediocrely dull. Inessential

Yeah, it's pretty nice. Nice melodies, nice harmonies, nice polite playing. Really well recorded, although I believe they needed to bring in NASA engineers to design the digital delays and reverb slathered over all the vocals.

Hard to say if this album just came at the right time - hard to say if it's just nostalgia from having sung "White Winter Hymnal" in gymnasium. I did like it more than I expected too. Although I'm not a fan of the genre as a whole, I do appreciate the harmony on this album - the soundscape in general. Sometimes I did want "more" from the harmony; just a tiny bit less cliché and more "out there". However, I can't escape the fact that this album did move me and that must count for something. If I could I would probably give 3.5 stars, but in my opinion it is closer to 4 than 3, so that is what it'll get.

Beautiful harmonies and just love his voice. Manages to stick to a particular sound but keeps it interesting and varied. White winter hymnal is also just such a freaking banger.

I miss the old fleet foxes

Woodsypilled. Previously only listened to 1 song off of this album (White Winter Hymnal) that I also had to perform and learn for an a cappella group I was in in high school (hated the song when I learned it; grew to enjoy it as a fond memory) Wrote down the following note on my spreadsheet: "just pleasant background noise; relaxing (i also can totally see why this would have been a big deal when it came out; this sound had such a chokehold on people when I was growing up, wonder why)" Favorite Song: Ragged Wood

one of the best albums of all time

Never heard it before. Thanks! Super.

The ghosts of Simon and Garfunkel live! Top tier folk harmonies and melodies raised by spectacular production where the drums and vocals are given so much space they sound epic. Recommended 4/5

Not really digging this one Not too much of Indie/folk

a worthy, underrated record for this list

Nice enough, I'd listen again

Bought this album when it was released and not listened to for a good few years. Some good tracks, White Winter hymnal, Tiger Mountain Peasant Song being my favourites. Too many musical interludes for my taste which become a bit overpowering and annoying 5/10

End of the 00s was rife with the jingle jangle bands like Fleet Foxes. Some were better than others, but overall not a great era. It sounds like it wants to have depth but it doesn't. It's fine overall, but its hollow to me.

I now want to drink beer in a hammock.

Hmmm not my taste but good

Earworming but pretty mellow

Interesting sound. Very 2000's indie rock

Nice, quiet indie-folk albums. Beautiful songs.

This was a beautiful record that was very well produced, and I hear a lot of similarities to The Shins. Some songs were a bit boring, but I can’t deny the polish and arrangements on display here.

How many bands launch with such a fully realized sound? Baroque, pastoral folk songs that generally avoid the Americana tropes that became so common at this time.

Pretty, but this is a classic “background noise vinyl” record for me. The songs sound great but don’t move me in any particular way. White Winter Hymnal is still a banger.

Very chill. Love the funky song structures and the poetic lyrics with a hint of dark. The big drum stuck out to me in parts. Some songs lost my interest in the middle. Album art is A+

Testing, how does this look? Probably just gonna text you -kz

Vocals and production was very good just overall its not really what I like. Bit droned and didn’t really feel like there was any emotion to it.

cool

I wasn’t really on the Fleet Foxes hype train back in 2008—hard to believe that was so long ago. I did buy the album at the time, but I’m not sure I ever listened to it all the way through... until now. Revisiting it with fresh ears, I’ve come to appreciate just how beautifully crafted it is. The harmonies are rich, the production is flawless, and every track feels carefully put together. It’s an album that has grown on me over time, and I find myself valuing it much more now that I’m older. Favourite Song: There are quite a few tracks I’d describe as gentle and easy to listen to—“White Winter Hymnal” and “Oliver James” stand out in that regard. However, the album does feel like it’s missing a couple of big, standout moments. That said, “Your Protector” is probably my favourite—it’s a truly lovely song. Least Favourite Song: Honestly, there isn’t a bad track on the album. Everything is pleasant and cohesive, making for a consistently enjoyable listen. Album Artwork: The cover art is charmingly whimsical and full of intricate detail. There’s a lot going on, and it really draws you in—perfectly matching the album’s layered, pastoral sound..

I have such good memories about White Winter Hymnal I just never got around to listening to the full album unit now. Really good

Interesting album listen. Would not have picked this, but has peaked my curiosity to dive into their discography.

Bought this when it came out based on the reviews and it should have been right up my street. Despite repeated listenings it never really connected with me emotionally and tended to just fade into background meanderings. Favourite track White Winter Hymnal.

Fleet Foxes I haven’t listened to this in a while, so it’s nice revisiting, and this has to be one of the most ‘pleasant to listen to albums’, the folky acoustic, the canorous and expressive lead guitar, the vocals and vocal harmony, the reverby atmosphere, the sweet melodies it all makes for a warm, soothing, restorative listen. I occasionally wonder though whether there’s a great deal beyond that, is it an exercise in style and mood rather than a fully satisfying album? But then I think the sound, the atmosphere, the niceness of it all is more than enough, and it exudes such an agreeable sense of joyfulness and craftsmanship, that you only really need to take it at face value and simply enjoy. And beneath the sweetness of the sound I think it does have sufficient depth and substance to it, which stops it from becoming too earnest, or too twee or too Mumford and Sons. I’ve always loved Sun It Rises, the harmonies plus the circular little riff are fantastic, and White Winter Hymnal is of course superb. Tiger Mountain is also great, and I love the melody of He Doesn’t Know Why. But it’s some of the songs I forgot about that I really noticed listening now, Heard Them Stirring with its great organ undercurrent, Meadowlarks spare gentleness is really lovely and the finish of Blue Ridge Mountains with the piano and Oliver James is super. I’ve always loved the Bruegel cover too, it suits the music in it’s evocative, pastoral delightfulness, while having just enough oddness going on to be engaging. It’s a great album, but I think it just falls short of a 5, so it stays as a very high 4. 🦊🦊🦊🦊 Playlist submission: Sun It Rises

Perfect acapella harmonies. Beautiful, pastoral folk melodies seemingly a conduit for nature itself. Sympathetic electric-guitar lines. Psychedelic reverbing swirls and eastern melodies. And this just the first track 'Sun it Rises'. It's one of those albums that everyone seemed to be listening to at the time; I had it on CD - and yet rarely have I revisited this in its entirety in the past decade (even in spite of being a fan of their recent atmospheric album Shore). Perfect in its construction, in its melody, in its execution and in its atmosphere. Five stars was invented for this sort of album - it's as close to perfection as you're likely to get.

Todellakin sateisen päivän tunnelmamusiikkia. Parasta Fleet foxesia (harhaudun aina suosituksista kuuntelemaan enkä syty). Tällaiselle akustiselle hymnifolkille on paikka mun sydämessä. Vois olla nelonen, mutta koska ajatus harhailee kuunnellessa, puolikas tähti tippuu.

Tykkäävät enemmän Garfunkelista kuin Simonista. Onnistuvat silti kehittämään minussakin häivähdyksen siitä jalosta emotionaalisuudesta, jota he kokevat edustavansa. Tokassa biisissä myös jotain.

this seems at first glance like something i would call "soft" but there is a lot going on here that i appreciate and enjoy. first album i felt the urge to listen to twice in a row. especially liked your protector and ragged wood

Utterly forgettable. Surprising myself for the disdain I have for this - my tolerance for twee and twee-adjacent has worn so thin. Only saved from the 1 star by their general competence.

Hozier

Pretty good, I'm guessing this was the origination of all the stomp-clap-hey songs that released in the few years after this.

A pleasant deja-vu!

I have nothing against folk music, per se, but I think it’s best experienced in the snug of a traditional pub, whilst drinking a pint of real ale, and played by women with long hair and floaty dresses, or men with straggly beards and chunky jumpers. Needless to say, fingers should be jammed firmly in lugholes. This album is in the American west coast folk tradition of the 60s, but it sounds too clean and overproduced, lacking in any sense of authentic lived experiences. The general effect of it was to wash over me, and not have any impact. I suspect that they might be better live.

It's kind of quintessential '00s indie music. Even though that kind of independant music became quite mainstream at the time. It's not bad, but it's pretty inoffensive and lack some edges. Probably why it got so popular back then.

Fleet Foxes is a band I’ve heard of and never listened to before. It strikes me as borrowing a lot of vocal arrangements, sounds and vibes from The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, the Shins, Neil Young, and even some singer-songwriters like Johnny Cash. I like it, and glad that I found it through this list. At 39 minutes it is a strong, tight debut album and a good listen. 4⭐️

Not my cup of tea, but a nice album nonetheless.

It's an alright album.

I don’t mind this music at all. Quite pleasant, actually. Especially for a debut album. Nice instrumentation and great vocals and harmonies.

I forgot I love this album. There is something about it that just speaks to me. All around a fantastic listen that I love as much today as the first day I heard it.

Day481 - this is literally music that doesn’t offend anybody. when my youngest was in elementary school they did white winter hymnal in music class. boring at best

Better than expected.

nice folk album

I liked it!

boring

i absolutely adore this album

feels holy and something you listen to in summer while driving through grassy hills

An absolutely transcendent record, the beauty of this album is that it takes folk as its basis, but transforms and modernizes the sound of it without being glossy or overly polished. A gifted melodicist, lead singer and songwriter Robin Pecknold sings in a direct and clear voice without being flashly. Lyrically, the stories he tells through the songs on this album are vivid and relatable.

good folk

Already heard this one, it's a banger

Liked the vibe, listened to it all day and never got annoyed

Good one!

Fleet fox doesn’t dazzle often but is constantly well executed and beautiful … white winter is a great track

So this was like a folk album and its not my type of taste once again. I must say his voice is really nice to listen to but the lyrics are also not really that deep. The 2 stars are one for his voice and that one song ‘Tiger mountain Peasant song’.

Meh, it's nearly invisible background music.

Gorgeous music, I would judge anyone that said they didn't like this.

Jakoś przeminęło z wiatrem. 2/5

Not my style.

Not for me.

This album must have thoroughly infected one of my ca. 2010 Pandora station and I recognized maybe 5 or 6 tracks. Yet I've never decided whether I like this music or not. Good, but not for me, but I'll listen to it. 3.5

every track on this album sounds like a song you'd hear on a toyota commercial and be like "hey what's that song" (respectful)

another album so cohesive it just feels like one long song. and that's fine! the song is okay

I thought this was fine. My other half asked me again what the criteria are for being included on this list, reminded me CSN&Y already exists, and called it "a bit derivative" - hard to argue.

Always loved this. Forgot how good it was

A sunny sundaymorning with a cup of coffee , this album and a good book...

Without Pet Sounds there would be no Fleet Foxes. I love this album.

Have had this album on repeat since its release. My go to “people who may or may not wear shoes that live in the mountains while making angelic music” band. 10/10

New to me and fabulous. Gentle, transporting, sad.

alright i don't know anything about this band other than they have a cool name and people like them. they're folk too i think. let's do it TRACK BY TRACK 1 SUN IT RISES. wooow. for some strange reason the intro made my skin crawl a bit but my expectations were soon knocked out of the water with the gorgeous lush guitar and the overall dreamy atmosphere this evokes. and that heavier guitar that comes in is crazy good. great introduction and it has got me very excited for sure. 9/10 2 WHITE WINTER HYMNAL. yeah. just so lush and gorgeous. you can really immerse yourself in every instrument because of the crisp production and the harmonies are great, which isn't something i find myself saying much. to me it sounds like if alvvays made folk music, which is probably a weird comparison but that's how i think of it. very pretty, i'm impressed. 9/10 3 RAGGED WOOD. it's like that shining carefree advertisement music where people are smiling and laughing and running through the grass and picking flowers and having fun but instead of being a torturous waste of time that a quick gouging of the eyes would be welcome to replace, you feel like the person in that ad, running through the grass and having fun despite the fact you're running through grass and picking flowers. the music's cool too. 9/10 4 TIGER MOUNTAIN PEASANT SONG. a nice guitar picking song that still manages to be lush and textured despite just being a simple guitar and his vocals. 8/10 5 QUIET HOUSES. this is just so strong and so solid. it does everything the other songs did for me as well as having a very cool piano breakdown and build up. 9/10 6 HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY. only a little weaker but still manages to hit everything right. nothing else to add. 9/10 7 HEARD THEM STIRRING. very evocative and slightly medieval, soundtrack core. 8/10 8 YOUR PROTECTOR. it's another song, surprisingly. not so surprisingly, it's good. 8/10 9 MEADOWLARKS. man the atmosphere is so so good when they hit it fully. very beautiful. 8/10 10 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. this band made stomp and holler adjacent music and made it way more than listenable, crazy. this is gorgeous stuff, really. this is when the happy go lucky flower pickers start crying all over the grass. 9/10 11 OLIVER JAMES. weaker but works as a closer weirdly enough. chill. amazing vocal performance. 7/10 and here i was expecting some probably middling indie folk pop band trudging their way through eleven tracks. this album is lush and packed with gorgeous melodies and harmonies over such sweet production. i can see myself coming back to this, maybe when it's a bit sunnier. it's not, if you didn't know. 9/10

Enjoyed it!

It made me think i was gonna die at some point which i wasn't a massive fan of

its relaxing for working. i didnt dislike it. 4/5

This was very intresting. Very folksy.

pretty good, a little too soft for me but still lovely

Incredibly mediocre!

Nice music to start the workday with. Easy on the ear but not too distracting. Too bad there isn't really a hit in between

This album was not one of my favorites!! I just couldn't get into it.

Found it boring

that unmistakable life is strange 2000s teen indie vibe

nice

Bit samey

start slow, but always ended up being very powerful

Fun stuff Added White Winter hymnal + blue ridge mountains to liked Overall fun vibe

Really relaxing chill music

Sparse, crisp folk rock with an emphasis on vocals. Good sound - just generally a pretty good time.

Maybe I’m not hipster enough to like these guys. Maybe I need to grow a beard.

I can see what they're going for and it's technically well done. Not just up my alley

disappointing

This is my first time hearing this. It was pretty good, so I listened to it again. Although it was enjoyable, there was nothing that really stood out. "Your Protector" and "Blue Ridge Mountains" were particular favorites.

Basic hymnal structure, folk style instruments, repetitive and boring.

It's not bad, honestly. But I guess the recent zeitgeist has inspired some kind of revulsion against this sound world. It's nicely written music, and probably one of the better examples of this era of folk-tinged indie pop. But it just lacks emotional heft. And for music that's so clearly geared to elicit an emotional reaction, that feels like a shame.

No my style, but I like the album cover.

winding-road. sadness. hopeful. Fav Songs: White Winter Hymnal Ragged Wood Oliver James

I tried this years ago and it didn't stick then and it didn't hit the target all these years later. Really respectable listening counts from top to bottom so it's popular, especially "White Winter Hymnal" at 267M listens. Even that song was just a meandering two and half minute ditty. I found it boring and good for background music in a retail store where you can't change the channel. I'd be the guy in the corner asleep at their concert. I would throw on Lord Huron if I wanted sleepy music, at least they have good hooks and a better vocalist. 2 stars, thanks for tryin'!

So many layers, so lush, the Pet Sounds of my generation!

Good for a lazy sunday afternoon

Klingt als wäre es in den 60er geschrieben worden, aber modern produziert. Nich mein Fall

Some chill indie music, ive never really listened to any indie so yeah

Actively avoided this for years because I thought it was some Arctic Monkeys adjacent Indie land fill but was pleasantly surprised to find that it really wasn't that. Not totally in awe of it but could get into with a few listens

I heard the hobbits hired this band to play at their annual harvest festival. The general consensus was that they weren't bad, just not ... good. They were not invited back. Hobbits went with a Fleetwood Mac cover band for the following year's festival.

This was pretty good folksy stuff.

The type of mellow expressive music that speaks to me. Love it

Love this band

This was my mom’s shit when I was in high school and I can’t listen again lol

OVERALL: Going into this, the only Fleet Foxes song I've heard is White Winter Hymnal, and I think Mykonos like once. After listening, I like what I'm hearing. The vocals are very good, but some of the songs are gonna have to grow on me. Blue Ridge Mountains is probably one of the best songs I've heard and maybe one of my favorite songs ever, but it's surrounded by mediocre. About half of the songs are really good while the rest are 7/10 at best. Despite this, the instrumental on basically every song is amazing, and the only songs where the instrumental isn't the greatest have really good vocals. My biggest flaw with this is probably that the lyrics are not that good the more that I think about it, but there are also times when they can be really good. I feel like everything I don't really like about it is balanced by something good, and Blue Ridge Mountainsis probably the best song that this generator has given me. SONG AVG: 8.214545/10 PERSONAL RATING: 7.75/10 Sun It Rises: Haven't heard a lot of folk before, so I can't tell if this is generic. The guitar that comes in at 1:30 is really good, super atmospheric. There are basically no lyrics, but the vocals sound pretty good, although I guess I can see them being corny. Pretty good opener. 7.75/10 White Winter Hymnal: I know this one! It's good. Great instrumental, and the vocals are pretty good. The instrumental is so unbelievably good, I hope this quality continues. It's also a lot shorter than I thought it would be, but I guess it doesn't drag on. Too short for me to give it a higher rating, but it's really nice. The lyrics are certainly there. 9.25/10 Ragged Wood: Nice. The only complaints I have with it is that it is sometimes boring and the instrumental is sometimes not the best. Pretty much perfect otherwise, pretty fun and catchy. I might actually give it a 10, but since some parts are lacking I will lower the score. The lyrics are actually good I guess. 9.86/10 Tiger Mountain Peasant Song: Very eerie and atmospheric, great narratively and lyrically. Kinda boring otherwise, but the lyrics and the story carry this. Might grow on me, but currently above average. 7/10 Quiet Houses: I guess this is an interlude. There are only 18 different words in the lyrics (if I counted right). I don't really like the vocals, and the "darkening" that he's supposed to be saying does not sound like it at all. The instrumental, especially the last minute, carry this to above average. 5.75/10 He Doesn't Know Why: Solid lyrics, and the instrumental is pretty nice. I really like the last section, but for the rest of the song the instrumental feels worse than other songs. It still sounds really good, though. It does feel like it kinda drags on, but it's pretty good for most of it. 8.75/10 Heard Them Stirring: No lyrics on this one. Sounds pretty good, functions very well for an interlude. It is also a 3 minute long interlude, but it sounds good when stuff is actually happening. 7/10 Your Protector: Really good, although a bit corny. I don't really know why I like this other than that I think it sounds good. I guess the lyrics are nice. 9.25/10 Meadowlarks: It's good, but a pretty big change from every other song that comes before it. Very nice and atmospheric, I like the harmonies in the part that does the thing. I go back and forth on liking this one and thinking it's like a 4, so I'll give it something in between. 6.75/10 Blue Ridge Mountains: Holy shit, this might actually be perfect. The intro is really good, kinda like Meadowlarks but I'm confident that I like it. The drop is absolutely incredible, and it keeps staying like that for the rest of the song. The lyrics are above average, but I usually care for sound more than lyrics for artists that use voices as an instrument. My biggest complaint is that there is like 10 seconds of silence at the end, but other than that it's perfect. Definitely should have been the album closer. 12/10 Oliver James: I'm gonna be honest, I didn't realize that this song ended when it did. Pretty good vocal performance, although ends abruptly and is kinda boring. Solid storytelling. This feels like a B-side that probably shouldn't be on here. It reminds me of Hide and Seek, except it doesn't really fit the album. The vocal performance is very good, but they weren't probably the best on the album it would be a 5 at best. 7/10

I didn't dislike this album, but I wasn't over the moon for it either. It was super chill and laid back and folksy - but didn't quite hit the spot for me. Either way, I'm glad I've listened to it! 3 Stars only because it wasn't my general taste in music!

This album makes me want to frolic in a medieval pasture.

A nice folksy time. Really nice sound and just overall relaxing. Very much a PNW soundtrack.

It's a very well made folk album.

Very nice and relaxing. Listened to the extended version and the extra song from the Japanese limited edition release. Might be good hiking music

Beaux arrangements, belles mélodies et harmonies, lumineux et doux

Love the music, love the indie rock folk vibe. It is just not my favourite genre

Indie pop rock fizzes

Fantastic, great sound.

tell me why i had no idea they sang “white winter hymnal” 😭 i only knew the song from the pentatonix cover because my family and i used to play that during christmas time, but wow. i knew it was a cover, but i just never thought it was some indie early 00s song—but what do ya know. i really underestimated this album, but robin’s voice—wowww. so freaking good. such a feel-good, going-on-a-nature-trail kind of vibe with this one. this album kind of reminds me of middle school me, when i would play indie video games like life is strange, and they would have folk indie music in the background, like when the artist daughter played. that being said, i liked “white winter hymnal,” “he doesn’t know why,” “heard them stirring,” and “your protector.” i will have to say, though, “ragged wood” and “tiger mountain peasant song” were just 👌 overall, i do not really know when i will listen to this again—maybe when i am feeling very adventurous or maybe in the spirit of winter. 💚

Loved this! 5/5

kind of scary tbh not my favourite 2/5

not a bad album but also not my cup of tea. too slow, too calm. Your Protector was the best song

***

You can't resist those melodies.

Probably the best indie folk album there is. Make sure to listen to the Sun Giant EP with it; it complements the album in quite an essential way.

Indie/chamber folk of the last 2 decades rarely gets better than this! Always happy to listen to any Fleet Foxes record.

I liked it … but not rushing for a second listen

It lacks of substance, but not terribly bad. 5/10

Heard it

Pleasant at first but it’s repetitive and drags on.

Sleepy folksy (skip skip no thanks)

Very pleasant autumnal record with gorgeous vocals and harmonies. 'White Winter Hymnal' is the obvious highlight - the circling, hypnotic verse builds and builds until only the gorgeous vocals remain. While everything else is a step down to this, the album is still atmospheric and consistent to keep you engaged. Best Tracks: - White Winter Hymnal - Your Protector - Blue Ridge Mountains Worst Tracks: - Meadowlarks Rating: 6.5/10

I've played this album three times now. And I'm really not sure how to rate this album. I think it's a a lovely set of songs, very nicely recorded. It's just that it's not a musical style I particularly care for.

Very nice album - beautifully recorded folk rock. 3.5 stars

More soulless Hosier?

i’m not a particularly folksy person, but i enjoyed having this on. not something i’d come back to though. 3.5

The higgeldy piggeldy cover worries me. Opening strains aren't promising, but once they get going with the harmonies it is really pretty. An exception the the general rule that less singing and more instrumental breaks are better, here I am enjoying the vocals more than the music. Overall I find the modern greensleeves vibe offputtingly pretentious but not entirely unpleasant to listen to. "Your Protector" would not be out of place on a White Lotus sound track. I can imagine situations where I might come back to listen again. I think Fleet Foxes probably deserves a spot on this list.

Może być, nie mój klimat, jedna piosenka mi się podobala

Solid album, well written and produced. Didn't have anything that stood out as amazing too me, just mildly enjoyable throughout. 7/10

Very peaceful, I sort of floated through in a bliss. Always loved this album. I found myself a little less interested than I had been in the past.

Fleet Foxes are one of my favorite bands of all time. I saw them at Newport Folk Festival a few years ago and it was incredible. "Sun It Rises" is a perfect song to start the album. The harmonies are beautiful, the percussion (timpanis?) gives it this amazing feel that I haven't heard in many (any?) other bands. "White Winter Hymnal" is one of my most listened to songs ever. The composition is beautiful. At the right times this song gets me all emotional. "Ragged Wood" keeps it going. This song was performed beautifully in their "Live at Boston Harbor" concert video. 'I don't know what I have done, I'm turning myself into a demon' is a sweet line, and very dramatically sung. That's the highlight of "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" for me. "He Doesn't Know Why" has really nice vocals. Robin Pecknold has an unusual way of singing. His voice is nice and he has a very distinct cadence. It pairs so well with these big songs setting fantasy-esque old-timey rural scenes. "Blue Ridge Mountains" is another iconic and stunningly beautiful song. This is one of my favorite albums. The Fleet Foxes sound is so unique and they have been an important band for me and my friends for almost a decade and a half. 10/10

i get it more now than back then

A bit slow. Seemed like indie rock. But overall didn’t like much of it. Maybe return to this band for another album?

This is background music. Fairly underwhelming and boring.

When it came to put it was one of the leading albums in the nu-folk wave that came out in the mid-2000s. It felt so new and different, on a more recent listen I can appreciate the musicianship, vocal harmonies and production, but it didn’t catch me like I remember. There are still some standout tracks - White Winter Hymnal being still the most compelling - but it seems that there are parts of the album that fade into one another. A more average album than I remember…perhaps I just wasn’t in the right mood…

I feel like when I was 22 I really liked this album.

Хорошая спокойная музыка, в меру лиричная в меру грустная, не заунывная

Beyond the album cover nothing remarkable, could be used only as background music while you straighten your hair

I've definitely heard this at some point. Maybe a MWE pick back when that was a thing. Don't really remember literally any of the songs. It's like ridiculously pretty music that I just don't really care about that much. "Blue Ridge Mountains" kind of a banger though.

This is definitely one of my favorite albums ever. I have so many great memories with this album, and it is the perfect soundtrack for the autumn/winter. It's almost impossible to choose a favorite song, so here are three of them: "Blue Ridge Mountains", "He Doesn't Know Why", and "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song".

Another early folksy rock preempting Mumford and Sons, Lumineers. This time with pseudo medieval elements. Better than Arcade Fire Best track - White Winter Hymnal

It took me a bit to determine if I heard Fleet Foxes' music before. That was answered with the second track "White Winter Hymnal" which I listened to in passing. The rich vocal harmonies, the jangly guitar strumming, the lush organic instrumentation, that was a sound that I don't hear often, but when I do it served as a nice wash over me. That's pretty much the sentiment for the whole record, where the group took cues from the bright and cheery pop of the 1960s mixed with alternative country to create a chill vibe that covers you like a warm blanket. Sure, this is another debut album where the lyrics aren't too deep, but the atmosphere is impeccable enough to make it stand out in the indie folk scene. In that regard, Fleet Foxes' record was worth checking out on that quality alone. As a fun fact to end this review, shortly before the release of this debut, the band brought on drummer Josh Tillman to replace Nicholas Peterson. He would work with the group for a couple of years before branching off and finding success on his own under the moniker Father John Misty. It's interesting how life works that way.

I had never heard of this group till this. I was delightfully surprised.

Delicate harmonies and the singer has a nice voice. I found the album overall to be one note/tone and didn’t ever change tempo. Lots of wistful, melancholy ballads that weren’t inspiring at all. People at whatever folk fests this band plays at probably love them. Admittedly not my musical taste.

An all time classic album for myself that takes me back to an earlier time in my life. Well produced, beautiful sounding tracks on this one. I may never listen to this album all the way through anymore, but I’ll always leave these songs on when the pop up on my stereo.

* Like hearing something a bit different.

it's hard to leave an unbiased review as I love indie folk to begin with, but god this album is so simple yet so effective. good vibes all the way. makes me wish I checked out these guys sooner. I luove folk music.

Love this album

Meh

This is different. It is sort of folk, sort of contemporary soft pop, I think it is actually called progressive folk or the like. It is both interesting and emotional, maybe a bit too experimental in certain instances, maybe it doesn't matter. It is as if I keep defaulting to "it is different." It gives a range from background music to deeply meaningful with bits of "I could do without that little section there." I think because of the complexity of it it does not fall easily into "this is really something special" category and remains as an "I need to listen to more of this, to understand it better" sort of thing. I would like to give it quite a high rating, but I will be a bit more cautious. I do recommend it, but I think it requires a few listens to "find" in a way.

A fantastic debut from a band that hasn’t missed yet. Fleet Foxes are one of the best bands of the century in my view, any it started with this album’s retro sound. White Winter Hymn is a classic and a song my daughter loves. Ragged Wood is excellent. Beautiful singing throughout. I loved following David Crosby on Twitter during his final years and I always wondered what he thought of Fleet Foxes because they obviously have some CSN influence. I was disappointed when he finally mentioned them and said they “need to write better songs”. With all respect to Croz I doubt he's given them a listen beyond White Winter Hymn with that opinion.

Ethereal

An indie record, as imagined by a top 40 listener. Hollow horseshit for those who could drown in a puddle while screaming about the unfathomable depth in which they are mired. Neutral Milk Hotel and The Decemberists both did this old-timey sound better and with a greater variety in the tunes.

boring hipster shit

I don’t really find this album entertaining. It’s underwhelming and boring, they seem to know nothing but repetition.

Great sound/voice! Something special, stands out!

Listening to this album the word "yikes" came to my mind... YIKES!

Fun listen, but no new favorites

Ethereal music.

It has some stellar songs, but some just don't do it for me. As some have beach boys like harmonies, while others sound like stuff the lumineers would sing. 3.5

I loved this from the moment I heard it when it first came out and it’s still one of my all time favourites. Fantastic.

American folk revival without the hey ho? Heyll yeah. Some of these tracks make me sleepy

The second best track featuring singing in rounds since Houmous & Chutney’s cover of ‘You Spin Me Right Round (& Round & Round & Round & Round & Round & Round & Round)’ - in fact a world record for the biggest 2 man round in history! 4.2

I didn’t hate or love this one, and it turned out to be a chill album on a Friday morning. Overall it was a fine album, but not one I’ll remember down the road.

I really wanted to like this album but alas it is boring as hell. What a waste of a talented singer in a band that is the equivalent of a warm salad.

New for me. Enjoyed it

Netflix exclusive sitcom music.

Fine, but all the songs seem to blend and sound the same. Maybe just the vocals are delivered in the same style with little variation.

I think the musicality was too high to earn less than a three. But besides the big song, Winter Hymn or whatever, they all blended together.

The band reminded me a little like Arcade Fire, but more low key. I liked the Brian May-esque soundscapes in "Meadowlarks", that was pretty cool. The ending song "Oliver James" was a very powerful statement. I really liked the starkness of it. I don't know if it's something I will listen to again, but I kinda dug it. Top songs: "Meadowlarks," "Sun It Rises," "White Winter Hymnal," "Oliver James"

This album and band have soaring harmonized vocals paired with soft instrumentals that other indie folk bands have, like Band of Horses or Mumford & Sons - and I really like those bands and each has some great albums. But this album was a bit more like another indie folk band the Decemberists - I really like a couple of their songs but when I go to listen to a whole album of theirs it has some holes or lags in places. I really liked White Winter Hymnal at track two. And to be honest, Sun It Rises, Ragged Wood, and Tiger Mountain Peasant Song around it were pretty solid. Then the album lags. It ends with Oliver James, which is really beautifully arranged and is the best song on the whole album. But the 6 songs in between? I listened to this album a bunch and at times some of those songs really struck me and other times I wasn't so sure. The album feels like a 3.5 and I could probably go either way. Feeling generous today.

Lush harmonies, interesting music. I enjoyed it a lot, but it doesn't pull me in the way a 5 typically would. Solid 4. Favorite tracks: Sun It Rises, White Winter Hymnal, Your Protector, Blue Ridge Mountains.

On the one hand, I appreciate this album and consider it very good music. On the other hand, it doesn’t make me want to listen regularly.

The production is good, but it's just a bit boring innit? It's all very twee and lovely and lah-de-dah. Let's all drink a pint of mead and stroke our luscious beards while swapping our favourite vegan recipes.

My kid introduced me to this some years ago, which is not how I expected cultural transference would happen in my household, especially since this album came out the year they were born. Nonetheless, it’s charming.

A lovely album and White Winter Hymnal has long been a favorite.

Not my thing but alright

Nails on a chalk board. Obviously reviewing music is subjective, like I could listen to this album maybe on another day when I’m in a better mood (for the record I’m not in a bad mood I’m just not in a jubilant mood) and maybe I’d be more open minded about grading folk rock. But I hated it, I played it twice in one day and then I waited a few days before reviewing it so I could listen to it once more to see if I truly did hate this album as much as I thought. But at the end of the day this is an edgeless album. It’s just fluff and sorbitol, no natural sugar. I really mean that, this whole album is boring and melodramatic. It reminds me of people who are narcissistic sociopaths who don’t realize how shallow and vain they are. The most accurate description of this album that I could give to convey both the music and the whole vibe around it would be: “you remember the character from animal house that’s sitting on the steps of the fraternity trying to swoon college girls with his acoustic guitar before Bluto uncontrollably smashes it to pieces. Yah imagine if bluto never saved the day and that same guy got a full studio to make an album. That’s this album.

Mysigt men inget som stack ut

It's funny- I was thinking 'Animal Collective' and yeah these guys would fit into the 'non-human' theme! I'm a sucka for these kind of bands- pleasant and dreamy songs and safe quirky melodies.

Lush, beautiful harmonies

Bardzo mnie ciekawi jak ta płyta się tu znalazła. Myślę, że dla większości nie będzie wyjątkowa, ale ja bardzo lubię to folkowe, oldschoolowe brzmienie, a druga piosenka z płyty od dawna należy do jednej z moich ulubionych. Bardzo miękki, otulający wokal, delikatne instrumenty i taki klimat wszystkich pór roku jednocześnie. Piękne, akustyczne, moje. 8/10

Melancholic and easy listening, didn’t really catch my attention. Ok listening.

Ja dit is dus echt hele fijne wegluister muziek. Als dit folk is, vind ik het een stuk beter te trekken dan Simon & Garfunkel wat dan weer een stuk minimaler is en kalmer. Hier zit iets meer pit in, misschien door de drums, misschien door de grotere nadruk op gitaar. Het is wel nog steeds wat slappig, maar het voordeel is dat dit album letterlijk niet eens 40 minuten duurt. Dan ben je er prima snel doorheen en heb je nauwelijks tijd om je kapot te ergeren aan het gezapige geluid. Ja dit is best wel prima, ik kan me voorstellen dat ik dit best wel eens wil luisteren op een luie zondagochtend ofzoiets. Ok kom hier toch weer een beetje van terug. Had het idee dat ik al bijna klaar was met dit album en toen bleek dat ik pas op het 4e nummer zat. Het gaat toch wel een beetje vervelen na een tijdje. Het is een prima folk album, niet zo actief slap als Simon & Garfunkel, maar het funkt nog steeds niet bepaald de pan uit. FAVO: White Winter Hymnal, Blue Ridge Mountains

Blue Mountain Ridge is amazing, aside from that, I found this a bit bland

Exceptional. This has to be the best thing to come out of the 2000s indie/folk boom. Incredibly well produced, fantastic performances, great songwriting. I'm also bumping this up a few points for the fact that without Fleet Foxes, we wouldn't have Father John Misty. That reason enough is to be grateful that this exists. 9.5/10

Fleet Foxes evokes 1960s vocal folk pop that I love to listen to. The production is deep and encompassing -- modern yet warm. 10/10 songs and performances, too.

Really like this album.

Thoroughly pleasant

Good chill would work well on a playlist with Lord Huron and mount joy.

Folksy, whiney, boring snoozathon. Cover art is cool though. 1001 album worthy: No - 51/93

bom album folk pra começar, gostei mto de he doesn't know why vou ouvir mais projetos da banda 7,5/10

I get why people like bands like this but they kind of get on my nerves. Not terrible, but just a little too sensitive bearded guy at the party.

Unfortunately I could not listen album due to service error((((

Pretty music

Interesting, contemplative album. Winter seems like a good time to get this one.

i've listened to it three times and it hasn't moved me yet sadly

Helt otroligt och omistligt album

This is a prime-Pitchfork era album. Luckily, I do love this era of music and Fleet Foxes shows us how to make Folk music sound interesting and relevant in a modern-day setting. After so many dreadfully boring Folk Rock album from the late-60's/early-70's we are finally presented with something that's actually exciting and vibrant. Key tracks: White Winter Hymnal Ragged Wood Your Protector Oliver James

Excellent! 👌

Love this band. Folk, but with some rhythm and blues and bounce to it. The vocals pair so beautifully with the instrumentation and the sequencing of tracks is done so well. This record captures everything I think of when Fleet Foxes comes to mind, with uplifting grooves and melodies. A real pleasure to listen to this crew.

This album is fine. Nice. Calm. If you’re in the right mood, it is quite pleasant. It’s good background music. The music doesn’t illicit any kind of real feeling or emotion for me. I don’t love it. I don’t hate it. It’s just there. 3 stars seems right.

Love this

I was following the I was following the I was following the I was following the I was following the I was following the I was following the I was following the

I had a hate on for these guys when they first came out. I think I was just mad that they were popular. Good harmonies.

*yawn*

LOLLLLL it's like my playlist in here

aight

Buona musica. Non tutte le canzoni mi piacciono, ma alcune meritano e le ho salvate nella mia playlist.

My second favourite Fleet Foxes behind Crack-Up. I don’t think this reaches any of the highs of that album outside of maybe Blue Ridge Mountains. What this does it does very well. Catchy folk pop songs that are so full in sound and flawlessly produced. Pecknold is a master songwriter. Embarrassingly reminds me of my junior high “girlfriend”. Hope she’s doing well. White Winter Hymnal is forever ruined by Pentatonix.

This album cover is pretty great and this almost feels like strange folk gospel music. Kind of odd, worth hearing once.

This is kind of bland. I have never heard this before. Not that dissimilar to the other folk rock acts during the same time, less shouting "HEY" Tiger mountain song caught my attention. Blueridge Mountain had some decent components. This album had moments, but it never popped for me. I could convince myself that I like it, but I don't see myself revisiting this. It feels like a colouring book that hasn't been colored yet. Might have some interesting pictures, but ultimately empty. 2.5

Sometimes good music is just good music, and this is that!

indiekuraa. mutta kurastakin, voi löytää rikkauksia. monet kävelevät sivusta, kiertävät kaukaa. jotkut ehkä kävelevät suoraan yli, päältä ja marssivat maaliinsa päättäväisesti.. mutta muut.. harvat muut.. nöyränä kumartaa ja halajaa rikkauksia.. paljaalla kädellä kaapii kuraa.. melkein aina käteen jää, vain kuraa. märkää ja likaista. mutaista ja pehmeää. mutta joskus, joskuus harvoin voi löytää jotain muuta. koira kakkaa. mutta koira syönyt timantin. keskellä kakkakokkeroa timantti. mutta pystyy vaan saada jos syö tiensä sinne, syö kakkapökäleen saadakseen timantin. ja sitten palauttaa oikealle omistajalle, ei vissiin ole sinun omaisuuttani.. jollekin muulle hyvin tärkeä esine. hwire winter hymnal

Kind of a lesser coldplay. Not bad but nothing special. Good music overall and good arrangements but not an amazing mindblowing album. The last song was horrible amd it ended it with a sour note

A nice folky rock sound. All the songs are sort of the same, but they're all nice.

Enjoyed a lot of this album, although I couldn't shake the feeling I was constantly at the end of a movie.. a lot of it felt like the music you hear at the end of a film, where things haven't gone quite the way the lead protagonist had hoped.. but despite that, he's gained something far more valuable, the thing he'd chased the entire film, was right in front of him the whole time.. pick any song from the first half of the album, and imagine that worn out scenario, as the main character smiles to himself and walks away, stinking of self empowerment, plus there'll probably be a sequel he can change his mind in anyway. Regardless, that's Hollywood's fault, not Fleet Foxes.. I just would have preferred some bigger moments on the album, a bang, some musical climax.. and not so much grand edging. A solid 3 from me overall.

Really just alot of nothingness. Only time I was really into it was during ‘Quiet Houses’ and thats because I thought he was saying ‘Donkey Man’ not ‘Don’t give in’. Should’ve called it ‘Quiet Horses’…. I’m here all week

Sun It Rises harmonies remind me of Beatles Sun King, pleasant. Winter Hymnal is a favourite of mine anyway. Great arrangement, great rhythm to it and the drums sound nice and big when they kick in. Tiger Mountain Peasant is another highlight, the vocal performance is such a triumph and the lyrics conjure mental tapestries of simple townsfolk playing rebecs and shawms. He Doesn’t Know Why has that lovely ascending/descending cadence, it could wear thin in the wrong hands, but they pull it off amidst their distinct sound and tight playing. Nice calm little outro to cap it off. Your Protector is a bit of a belter, it has more bite to it than the other songs. I imagine the villagers featured in the cover art, are rallying to ward off some intruders, or threat of violence, pitchforks, lit torches at the ready, women and children tucked up indoors while the men are poised for battle. The production is excellent. Everything sounds big and clear without being overwhelming, vocals and instrumentals all sit nicely in the mixes, it creates an intimate listening experience. Like being taken to the proverbial church.

Twee, performative, soulless. Forgettable snd entirely indifferent.

Feels too religious for need

It was nice

Some interesting songs and harmonies.

2.5

Nicely chill

The harmonies and the echo effect on the vocals feel like listening to honey. The actual music is a bit dull, but a decent listen on a cold winter day. Never listened to this album the whole way through when it was popular and I kinda see why. You kinda get the best and jist with the singles

Hearing White Winter Hymnal always inexplicably sends me into a psychopathic rage. It's probably for the best this isn't currently on Spotify. Legalise fox hunting again I say.

Same year as For Emma, doesn't hold a candle

ok

Follow the Fleet Foxes on a journey through this magical forest that Pecknold & Co have created. His vocals blow with the wind, fly with the birds, rustle with the leaves, and glisten on the water. Truly a beautiful otherworldly experience. I can almost see this record serving as the score for a 90s/2000s cult classic fantasy film. All in all, it’s a record that connects you with nature in a way. The angelic and golden vocal melodies/harmonies play off of the rich and organic instrumentation like sunshine beaming off the tree tops. Well done Fleet Foxes. I was familiar with you as a teenager but I may have to revisit your catalog after this gorgeous work of art. Favorites: White Winter Hymnal, Your Protector, Blue Ridge Mountains

This album is a whole-ass vibe. I love it from beginning to end: The ambiance, the harmonies, the variation between tracks but without losing cohesion. I listened to some of their songs before, but I didn't put the time to listen to this whole album: It's going into my library asap. Extremely beautiful and powerful. If you like indie folk, this is one of its peaks.

this is just not for me, but it wasn’t too bad to listen to as I worked. I don’t think men should be allowed to have lead vocals for music like this. a woman’s voice would have been so much more pleasing.

Chill, I enjoyed this in the background. I'll add a couple songs to my folk/country/soft indie playlist, but that doesn't mean I love this album. I'm just not mad about it.

Ya!

Good folksy album

Beautiful album with delicate harmonies and wistful lyrics. Great for road trips

fine

Love how folksy it is.

Две пятерки подряд? Просто потому что Fleet Foxes великая группа, и я очень скучаю? Лучшая песня - Winter White Hymnal.

One of the most beautiful pieces of indie rock I’ve ever heard. The songwriting is top-notch but can get stale at times. Still a great listen.

Just not that great, I don’t get it, ok I guess

Like to folk style and some good hits.

Decent folk sounding music but missing any song that stands out. 3 stars or C-.

Tasteful playing, considered songwriting, thoughtful arrangements - although they mostly seem to peter out. It is the vocal harmonies that dominate however: high, ornate, and, while tracked, double-tracked, and triple-tracked, still strangely thin. Somewhere between sacred harp singing and Simon & Garfunkel, without the emotional welly of either. Unlike Simon & Garfunkel, Fleet Foxes are not all gone to look for America, but have rather retreated into a Waldenesque fantasy of America, with fake folk songs, fake snow, and fake women in the woods. Perhaps 'In the Airplane Over The Sea' is responsible for all the multi-instrumental Salvation Army indie bands that came in the decade that followed, but, in Jeff Mangum, they had a genuine fantasist, an electric eccentric. The Fleet Foxes' romance is more artisanal than artistic, running off a small generator in a national park campsite, while pretending to be pioneers. If I must have drums worn with a strap, interweaving vocal lines, and musicians in old style coats, living ahistorical fantasies, then I want it to be fun - the real Kings of the Wild Frontier are Adam and the Ants. 3 I find this album very easy to admire and impossible to love. The songwriting is excellent - or at least the music is; the lyrics will certainly do very well, although being American West Coast rural fantasy nostalgia of the mid-Noughties they draw inescapable comparison with Joanna Newsom’s Ys from a year or two before and feel very slight by comparison with the vivid, arresting poetry of that album. But the production… here is a cautionary tale of an album. I can only fantasise about how I might love this set of songs if they had been given any sort of edge by a producer with a vision. As it is… Youse love yer reverb anyway don’t yous yis c#*ts yis? 3/5

7/10 Highlights: He Doesnt Know Why Ragged Wood White Winter Hymnal Your Protector

boom clap hey ahh music

It's not bad but nothing to write home about. Everything kind of blends into one song type of thing. 2.5-3

Very folk, big voices, sweet to the ear. To listen while in a long road trip, wind down feel. Requires a few listens, but still great first album.

Pretty good. Never heard of them before and not really my style but they’re talented.

it was pretty good, some really good songs, some slow ones that are kind of snoozer.

2008 was the year my wife and I started dating, and a year before I graduated college. I probably heard these songs on Daytrotter's website before I heard the album. It's the sound of a lot of bands I would listen to in my 20s. I really miss that whole scene.

Man, I wasn't familiar with this album when it came out, but listening to it now still evoked a lot of nostalgia for me. I guess it does a great job of representing the indie music of the era. Those were some good times, truly. I'm glad this is on here; it's too bad I missed it back in the day. Great album.

Elegant music drenched in reverb. Drum beats signaling a rock sensibility but with baroque tendencies

Peak indie bliss

Fleet foxes have some catchy singles. Not on this album. Not sure it needs to be in this list.

A favorite

Great album when you feel like you need to come of age again.

Nice sounds, nice songs. This album is in my core genre, but there’s not a lot that’s surprising about it. I like it (3) but, I’ll take Neil Young to the desert island instead.

Did not like

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes Folk type album that actually sounds pretty damn good. It feels very dramatic, but also chill. The album cover really depicts well to how the music here sounds, feels like a roller-coaster of listening to this, including that with the story-telling which itself is already fantastic. Honestly, this is REALLY good! 1.- Sun It Rises = 8/10 2.- White Winter Hymnal = 9/10 3.- Ragged Wood = 10/10 4.- Tiger Mountain Peasant Song = 9/10 5.- Quiet Houses = 10/10 6.- He Doesn't Know Why = 9/10 7.- Heard Them Stirring = 8/10 8.- Your Protector = 9/10 9.- Meadowlarks = 8/10 10.- Blue Ridge Mountains = 10/10 11.- Oliver James = 8/10 FINAL SCORE: 8.9/10

Not my cup of tea

Chill album. Nice to have in the background.

Beautiful

I’m still not entirely sure that My Morning Jacket didn’t release a bunch of B sides under a pseudonym.

Really enjoyed this! Will be coming back to it

So prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy... :D

Surely an important album (and debut!), which unreservedly deserves to be in a list such as this one. I can admittedly understand the point of view of listeners saying that there might be something a little too "distant", "cold" and even "plastic" in the strand of folk-music revival practiced by Fleet Foxes. The production and the vocal harmonies are indeed so pristine and "clean-sounding" in this album, maybe even to a fault sometimes. That said, the record also harbors FIVE absolute gems that make it a worthwhile experience overall. Those gems are "White Winter Hymnal", "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song", "Your Protector", "Blue Ridge Mountains" and closer "Oliver James". And in my "book", there are only four other records released in 2008 that can be placed higher than this LP -- namely Portishead's *Third*, Chad VanGaalen's *Soft Airplane", Vampire Weekend's own debut (also eponymous) and Deerhunter's *Microcastle*. So yeah, I think it's a safe bet to predict that there will be room left for Fleet Foxes in my own list of 1001 albums you must listen to before you join folk singers heaven. :) 4.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 5. 9.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 4.5) Number of albums left to review: around forty, as I've gone over the 1000 line and this generator is including albums from all editions of the book Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 458 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 271 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 331