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Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
Helplessness Blues, the new release by acclaimed alt-folkies Fleet Foxes, is a subtle and rock solid collection of beautiful songs.
Photo by Autumn DeWilde
The questionable future of the album is a modern debate. Despite my short attention span, as well as my tendencies to lean towards file sharing on the internet - I will never side with the death of the album. It is the artistry of the album that has helped me to separate the wheat from the chaff in the disparity between my lifetime favorite artists and the latest buzz band that has caught my ear.
Helplessness Blues, the new release by acclaimed alt-folkies Fleet Foxes, is a subtle and rock solid collection of beautiful songs. Not wrought with multiple climatic pop moments as is the first album, Helplessness Blues robustly delivers on the expected harmonies - crafted from inspiration of eras past. The collection of songs plays out like a journey, a life's reminiscence, its hopes, words with the kind of wisdom that only comes with age and experience, which is notable upon first listen to the title track.
Helplessness Blues will be available to stream on demand from April 25 through May 24, 2011. The album will be released on May 3.
Tracks
1. Montezuma
2. Bedouin Dress
3. Sim Sala Bim
4. Battery Kinzie
5. The Plains / Bitter Dancer
6. Helplessness Blues
7. The Cascades
8. Lorelai
9. Someone You'd Admire
10. The Shrine / An Argument
11. Blue Spotted Tail
12. Grown Ocean