Fleet Foxes - Shore ALBUM REVIEW
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While Shore finds Fleet Foxes stumbling on a few risks, the album mostly serves to streamline the band's sound and remind us what made them so special in the first place.
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FAV TRACKS: SUNBLIND, FEATHERWEIGHT, FOR A WEEK OR TWO, MAESTRANZA, YOUNG MAN'S GAME, I'M NOT MY SEASON, CRADLING MOTHER CRADLING WOMAN, SHORE
LEAST FAV TRACK: QUIET AIR / GIOIA
FLEET FOXES - SHORE / 2020 / ANTI- / INDIE FOLK, CHAMBER POP
7/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
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“Rocking kind of politely,” is the most Fleet Foxes descriptor I’ve ever heard.
say whatever you want but fleet foxes really do be healing souls
ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear eev
Funny you said that, I listened to FF through my divorce and now I just can't listen to it(didn't even listen to this album yet) anymore because it feels bad
Maybe one day, idk, used to listen to Neutral milk hotel and Decemberists before my board tests and the same thing happened as well, so who knows
@@JJJameson. hope you are okay king
@@JJJameson. you listened to free fire? PogChamp
@@devnautiyal9007 Thanks mate, I'm alright now, aside from I can't listen to a great band haha
Hope this finds you well
Fair criticisms but I needed this uplifting Fleet Foxes so much.
I agree 100%. Thought it was strange that melon considered the upbeat nature of this album a bad thing considering the bleak context of the present day...I feel quite the opposite. In times like these, an album this uplifting is like mana from heaven.
Gosh same
As a big fleet foxes fan, their music comes at a perfect time right??
@@timsullivan2769 he said is issues with the record DIDN'T come from its outlook or attitude
They've been planning an upbeat/celebratory album for years. It just so happens that when it dropped was when the world needed it most.
>Fleet Foxes album with a score below an 8
We really do be living in the darkest times
tbf it was strong 7 to light 8
felix montanez I was feeling a strong 8
@@annee2243 He probably liked crack up more which is why he gave it a lower rating. He liked the album, but still gotta be consistent with your previous ratings.
@@annee2243 It's a strong 8 in my book :)
It's pretty weak
In case you didn’t know, the drums on this album are really different because it’s Chris Bear of Grizzly Bear on most tracks!
Oh fr how did u find this out?
Ah bullshit!
ECR that’s at least what the people on r/fleet_foxes are saying! And Daniel Rossen plays on a track too, I can’t remember which one
DEAD END DRIVE-IN check the pitchfork review, it’s for real!
Man Of Oil oh yeah, just checked the Wikipedia page which is written from the liner notes, and apparently none of the rest of the regular band were involved lmao. Not sure how Antony missed this one out, but it makes a lot of sense considering the sounds. Lots of other artists involved in the actual recording of the music itself
This album feels like a hug
A nice warm autumninal crackling log fire. This album is Kate Bush - Peter Gabriel esq. It will seme through another English winter hopefully 🙏
he said 8 but didnt show an 8
Easily an 8 if he reviews
I think Pecknold is one of the greatest songwriters of the past 20 years, their music is just so powerful and melancholic
as much as I would want to agree with you, I feel like I just can't. I love Robin's writing and I believe he's a tad underrated, but I don't think he excels either
@@xbenci this is just some pretentious ass take
@@xbenci okay name some people who are better, it’s mainly because of the indie rock tag
@@xbenci bruh go take a walk or something
People who don’t know what they’re talking about like to pull random numbers out of the air
How could you not mention Wading In Waist-High Water? It's easily one of the best album openers I've ever heard, imo anyway.
Yeah that track really sets the mood for the rest of the album and the first couple songs imo almost overshadow the latter tracks.
The comment section on this review is so much less chaotic than the other comment sections, and that is the power of Robin Pecknold.
Anthony Fantano: the only reviewer to compare Fleet Foxes to Hoobastank
Oh me oh my oh me
Damn you weren't lyin
and Beach Boys
evandro gge They literally sampled Brian Wilson on the album.
Robin pecknold has said since pretty much the beginning that the beach Boiz, more specifically Pet sounds, even more specifically Brian Wilson...influenced the foxes a whole lot...I mean it’s kind of a no brainer dont u think ? Their vocal harmoz n what not
Respect but gotta disagree. Completely enamored with this album, light 9, probably my second favorite FF album
@@ALEXS-k8r S/T > Shore > HB > Crack Up for me
Onche518 LMAO C-U >>> HB = Shore > ST for me lol nice opposites
@@DominicCaudill cu has to be the most dividing album they have. I find it as their least likeable album personally.
Big Chicharito I thought that too but then I listened to it with headphones in one sitting, doing nothing but listening at midnight. It changed my mind on the album and now I realised the true power of the album is listening to it in its entirety in one take.
Deadralord777 I feel that. I used to listen to the album daily while I was walking my dog in a nearby forest and it made me enjoy the album in a whole new way compared to when I was just listening to it by my desk at home. Strange method but it does work lol
2020 scores:
0/10: 1
- [ Green Day - Father of All ]
1/10: 1
- [ Sam Hunt - Southside ]
2/10: 0
3/10: 8
4/10: 14
5/10: 31
6/10: 20
7/10: 37
8/10: 37
9/10: 5
- Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter
- Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell
- Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
- Blu & Exile - Miles
' Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird Vol. 2 EP
10/10: 0
[NOT GOOD/10]: 7
- [ Justin Bieber - Changes ]
- [ Lil Baby - My Turn]
- [ Joyner Lucas - ADHD ]
- [ Danzig Sings Elvis ]
- [ Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2 ]
- [ G-Eazy's Everything's Strange Here ]
- [ Glass Animals - Dreamland ]
IT'S GOOD/10 (from fantano channel): 6
- [ Disclosure - Ecstasy ]
- [ Haru Nemuri - Lovetheism ]
- [ Dirty Projectors - Windows Open Ep ]
- [ Dirty Projectors - Flight Tower ]
- [ Jockstrap - Wicked City ]
- [ Slauson Malone - Vergangenheitsbewältigung ]
EP review: 2
- [ Little Simz - Drop 6 ]
- [ RMR - Drug Dealing Is a Lost Art ]
Classics: 5
- [ Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope ]
- [ Talk Talk - Laughing Stock ]
- [ Converge - Jane Doe ]
- [ My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade ]
- [ Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury ]
Custom scores: 2
- [ Gunna - Wunna ] -Ω/10
- [ Trapt - Shadow Work ] -😤/10
Second take: 1
- [ Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ] - 6/10
"Controversial": 21
- [ Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By ] =============> 5/10
- [ Tame Impala - The Slow Rush ] ==================> 6/10
- [ Grimes - Miss Anthropocene ] ===================> 4/10
- [ Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake ] =====================> 4/10
- [ Machine Girl - U-Void Synthesizer] ===============> 5/10
- [ Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 ]====================> 4/10
- [ Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud ] ====================> 4/10
- [ Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters ] =============> 7/10
- [ Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris ] =================> 6/10
- [ Dance Gavin Dances Afterburner] ================> 4/10
- [ Future - High Off Life ] =========================> 3/10
- [ Yung Lean - Starz ] ============================> 5/10
- [ Khruangbin - Mordechai ] =======================> 3/10
- [ Hum - Inlet ] =================================> 5/10
- [ MIKE - Weight of the World ] ====================> 4/10
- [ Paysage d'Hiver - Im Wald ] =====================> 3/10
- [ Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today ] ===========> 6/10
- [ Glass Animals' Dreamland ] ====================> NOT GOOD
- [ Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death ] ================> 4/10
- [ Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song ] ==================> 6/10
- [ Declan McKenna - Zeros ] ======================>5/10
Cal cameos: 29
- Green Day - Father of All
- Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes
- Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open
- Umbra Vitae - Shadow of Life
- Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2
- Ka - Descendants of Cain
- Future - High Off Life
- Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
- Gunna - Wunna
- The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form
- Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B
- KSI - Dissimulation
- Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM
- Lady Gaga - Chromatica
- Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists
- Run the Jewels - RTJ4
- Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
- Lil Yachty - Lil Boat 3
- Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
- Baauer - Planet's Mad
- HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
- Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
- G-Eazy's Everything's Strange Here
- Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
- Logic - No Pressure
- The Killers - Imploding the Mirage
- Disclosure - Energy
- Katy Perry - Smile
- The Flaming Lips - American Head
This is the 179th review of 2020
I always admire your tracking and hard work.
holy shit. great work!
Melon historian
Thanks for this but please make sure you're spending enough time outdoors.
half of these feel like they were reviewed in 2019 omg
too late melon, i have already formed my own opinion abt the record
8/10 - favorite tracks were sunblind, going-to-the-sun road, and featherweight
Honestly your opinion doesn’t differ much from his own but it is still different nonetheless
The ending of going-to-the-sun road 😭
@@cracky4415 its perfect, and Tim Bernardes' voice went so well with the instrumental, i loved it
Going to the sun is hard as fuck damn🔥🔥🔥🔥
Can I learn this power?
The normal drum beats on this album threw me off
Every drum beat is normal
@@joaquin5929 semen album
Hopefully it'll give you new material to mash up then!
Same. I noticed it immediately and it took me 3 or 4 songs to accept and get into it tbh
The drummer ain’t normal that’s for sure. He is fresh af. One of the best I’ve ever heard. He used two drummers.
You can't just say "I'm not SHORE what to make of this one" while laughing hysterically for 8 minutes and call it a review.
Fantano: This is the most beach aesthetic fleet foxes have been.
In the Hot Hot Rays didn't deserve to be ignored like this
Me no thinks Melon knows about Fleet Foxes EP, I love it though and think so long to the headstrong is a top 10 song by them.
Facts
@@Deadralord777 top ten is a bit much for my lists, but yeah, that's probably the best song on the EP, and that's a high compliment
Dan Olive it definitely is. She Got Dressed and Anyone who’s Anyone are brilliant songs
@@danolive5307 icicle tusk is the best song imo but hot hot Ray's is almost as good if not same level.
Featherweight almost makes me cry it’s so fkn good. It’s my favorite album of 2020 maybe... and there’s a good grip of great albums that came out so far.
Single tear haha
featherweight became my all-time favorite song, i think i cry almost every time i listen to it lmao!
"Grown Ocean", "On Another Ocean" - these are the precursors to "Shore" (as metaphor). You must be at the bottom of the sea if you cant appreciate the 'way point' of this album. "Crack Up" was over-burdened with angst, a brooding sea with jagged rocks, but it did offer glimmers of beauty through the chaos and these glimmers were "Shore" coming into view on the horizon...Another masterpiece in the Fleet Foxes canon, & Robin 10/10
Absolutely agree Elizabeth, and so well put! I needed an album like this so badly, and for it to come from my favourite artists was such a treat.
i adore this description
The second half of “On Another Ocean” is probably the highlight of Crack-Up. Followed immediately by “Fool’s Errand” which is near perfection. Some of that album does drag though.
I can’t vote, I’m a 17 year old who doesn’t live in the USA
Ok
That's no excuse, just get a voodoo doll of an American conservative boomer and make them vote Biden.
Vote in your own country
Ok
Try turning it off then on again
Everyone should listen to Tim Bernardes, he's an amazing brazilian artist, his vocals are featured in going-to-the-sun road
Can't upvote this enough, O Terno é lindo!!!
Yes, just got introduced to him by that song, absolutely breathtaking!
I’m so upset you didn’t even mention Thymia, and no one is talking about it in the comments either! It’s my favorite track 🥺 especially bc of the little motif inspired by the jangling camping gear. It has such a sense of place and time. Like a vignette~
Alot of the songs on this album feel like their own spot in time.
TheCullousus you’re so right
Quiet air/Gioia worst track? That's just objectively wrong.
Subjective opinions are a mfer.
Subjective opinions are a mfer.
agree
Yeah this was literally my favorite song on the first listen.
It's my favourite, especially when driving my car in our typical UK rainy weather.
hold on there seems to be a mistake you’re not wearing a yellow flannel
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Fiona Apple - 7/10
The microphones- 7/10
Fleet Foxes - 7/10
TPAB Redux - 7/10
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MBDTF - 6/10
7777777 forsenPls
damn.
I’m hurt to be reminded of this
I feel like this album really made me realize how brilliant Crack-Up is
They are compliments to each other in my opinion.
Same. Gave it a relisten
same...
Same. And I was completely underwhelmed with Crack-up first listen. It's become my favorite.
👍👍👍👍
Featherweight is my favorite song I've heard in a while, love it.
Totally agree, it's unlike anything I've heard for some time... Can't stop looping it or the album.
I respect your opinion. Unsubbed.
unironically same
I never subbed. But I do disagree with his take.
Tim Bernardes’ verses on Going to the Sun Road just blew me away. Far and away my favorite track on the album
You didn’t like Quiet Air?? For shame
Right? I thought it was a really pretty track and all of the ways that the vocals played off of each other were really interesting
Brown Nosey the guitar in the first half and Robin’s vocals in the second half are lovely! It’s also a known fact that any FF song with a “/“ in it will be one of the best on the album
I totaly agree, Quiet Air is one of the better songs on Shore ....... for shure
Bro that’s literally one of the best songs I dunno what Melon is on about
The Quiet Air part was really lovely, but the second, Gioia, part didn't do too much to me tbh
For me:
Sun giant/ self titled: 9/10
Helplessness blues: 10/10
Crack up: 8.5/10
Shore: 9/10
agree with the 9 for shore
Same except Crack Up is 9 and Shore is 6.5
Nah Crack Up is better than Shore
I agree 100%
Except Crack Up is def a 9 or 9.5
Is this a good album? For "shore"
Hey Anthony, screaming "I WAS FOLLOWING THE" for the entire review was kinda disrespectful. 100% agree tho
But you have to admit, the backing vocals from Cal Chucesta on the back-end was pretty sweet
😂
I hope he does Nectar soon. I missed his stream on it, so I don’t know his opinion on the whole thing.
its out on youtube now
his live reaction
Wading in Waist High Water is fucking beautiful.
"Rocking kind of politely" is the perfect description of this album.
Now I feel compelled to listen to Fleet Foxes because their fanbase in the comments seem like such nice people even if they disagree with the review
I was surprised honestly that he didn’t talk about the beautiful vocals in Wading in waist-high water. Definitely my favorite track.
I haven't stopped listening to this thing for the last week. I definitely prefer the first half - but so glad you share my opinion on Young Man's Game. Always a fan of FF's "polite rock-ing."
I agree ☝️
idk about y’all, but i am so glad that after over ten years, tim buckley’s starsailor was finally even mentioned on this channel🥰
Day 27 of asking fantano to review the cats soundtrack
Hi josh
Can we cancel the divorce please, I miss u babe
Memories was good ngl
What!?!?!? I haven’t heard of this omg
Bruh it’s everywhere🗿
hi bandstand
Lmao
To be fair, it kind of came out of nowhere for a lot of people
Every Sample from Fleet Foxes' Shore
Fleet Foxes is therapy for the soul. Helplessness Blues is one of the most impactful albums I've ever heard. All the other ones are really great as well
Please vote indeed especially for CONGRESS and the SENATE!
Edit: as someone pointed out, that should be the house of representatives and the senate. Yes, I am a dumbass.
🤣
Congress includes the Senate; they aren’t mutually exclusive. I think what you meant is the House of Representatives.
Don’t forget local elections. Make sure to research your local congresspeople and their opponents, and get a grasp on the significance of each of the elected roles. Your tax money is contributing to all of them.
Voting right all the way lmao
@@666slateran666 thats cringey. yeah don't put any thought into politics or research who you're voting for what so ever just vote for your team. Very mature.
I have to listen to this, I just saw the album on youtube was 6 hours long and thought that was the actual length.
Quiet Air is my 2nd favorite track off of Shores but ok
Day 2 of asking Melon to review Sufjan Steven's new album
I watched the video at 84.1x speed and I can’t disagree more
Never thought I'd see someone compare a song to "The Reason" by Hoobastank as a compliment, let alone Fantano. 2020 really has been weird.
1:52 Fleet Foxes Disco Folk Album when?
With all the talk about drums on this album, it should be noted that Chris Bear from Grizzly Bear played drums on most of the tracks for this album so that would explain a lot of the more forward movement drums
Surprised he didn’t mention the fact that this ISN’T Fleet Foxes. It’s basically a Robin Pecknold side project cause none of the rest of the band played a note on this.
I didn’t know that, it would explain a lot actually because something feels off about this album.
But they all didn't play that much on Crack-Up either.
Robin said that’s how it’s pretty much always been
@@TheBeatles986 Where did he say this? Interested having also been struck by there other members' non-involvement in this project
Basically Robin Pecknold is Fleet Foxes and always was from day one
agreeable take, i adore fleet foxes (and this is more like robin w/ friends, i think several band members don't feature at all), but i think it's their weakest overall. really enjoyed the opening track a bunch, sad you didn't talk about it and spotlight Uwade's vocals. fav tracks: young man's game, featherweight, cradling mother/cradling woman, wading in waist-high water
I agree with your take on it, definitely more of a Robin Pecknold album... but then again I guess Robin Pecknold is Fleet Foxes!
Wasn't going to vote but then you said "Please" and now I'm registered, voting early and convincing friends to do so as well. Please is a big word people.
I am very particular about music and expect way too much from artists, but this is the best album from top to bottom that I have heard since OK Computer.
Hats off to Fantano. It’d be really easy to give Robin a high score simply for the reason that he’s doing an interview and Robin has talked to him personally on a few occasions. Regardless, he sticks to his opinion and delivers a professional analysis of the artistic work. Thank you for not shaking Mr Votetano.
Sunblind was the song I needed for this year. First time I’ve smiled in days
Fleet Foxes' Shore: "rocking kinda politely"
Probably my favorite album of all time. It's my happy place
My Perfect Fleet Foxes Album
Side A:
1.) Sun It Rises
2.) Sunblind
3.) Can I Believe You
4.) Jara
5.) Featherweight
6.) The Plains/Bitter Dancer
Side B:
7.) The Cascades
8.) White Winter Hymnal
9.) Sim Sala Bim
10.) Blue Ridge Mountains
11.) Third of May
12.) Grown Ocean
Imo
Self-tilted = 10, my favorite album ever
Helplessness Blues = Strong 9
Crack Up = Strong 8
Shore = I think it is to early to say but for now I give it a 9
In the robin pecknold interview, anthony was talking about this album like he gave it a 9 or a 10
I really miss those mountain harmonies of the first few records. I love Berman though and I was happy to hear one of my favorite songwriters singing about him.
HOW IS GOING-TO-THE-SUN-ROAD NOT ON FAV TRACKS
While I acknowledge that this album is very different, I still think it grows worth every listen. Robin seems to want to change the sound on each album so as not to remain stale and outdated.
I’m flabbergasted. I think the latest FLEET FOXES ALBUM (yes, Fleet Foxes) is genuinely underrated.
Sometimes I’m glad I’m not proficient in the technical side of music, cause that makes it so much easier to just enjoy a song.
Sunblind, wading in waist high water, and can I believe you, are actually excellent pieces
people complain that these days no one talks about the music in the comment section. Depends on the artist i guess.
Stop saying ‘the band’, this is really a Pecknold solo album with a few collaborators. Wish you’d done a bit more research tbh.
I think Antnees prolly sweating the reviews he's trying to keep up with. I mean, IDLES, O Sees, Sufjan, Fleet Foxes, Tim Heidecker. DEFTONES all in one week? All with pretty substantial records. I don't review for a living, and I'm having a hard time keeping up with it all. He's prolly trying to keep things short and condensed as possible
How can one not like Quiet Air / Gioia? I'm genuinely confused. It's super experimental and catchy.
Overall I genuinely think this album is a 10/10, I like it even better than Crack-up, and is about on par with Helplessness Blues. Its uplifting vibes is definitely what all of us needed during this time. Been listening to it non-stop ever since release!
You keep talking about the band but a glance at the liner notes, shows that fleet foxes isn't really a band any more its basically Robin inviting different musicians to collaborate with him (notably cristopher bear who is now playing drums on most tracks), but it seems to be just his project now as I don't see any returning band members on this one. This was overall a pretty good album It doesn't have my favorite songs but the way robin is composing on this and crack up I just find extremely interesting and satisfying to detail and pick apart.
Looking forward to seeing ohms on yunoreview
i really hope he's gonna review it, hopefully this time around there's gonna be some tracks he likes. i suspect he might be a fan of Error, The Spell Of Mathematics, Ohms, and Pomeji
I think he’s gonna give it a decent 6
He just seems to not like deftones so i suspect a 5 or 6. To me its an 8 though.
@@Dan-ji4db yeah its definitely at least an 8. There isn't really a bad song on it. I wish he would take off his shit tinted glasses and try to review it as just an album instead of a Deftones album of that makes any sense
Too late to influence my opinion on this record Melon, it's already a 9/10 in my heart
no ones talking about how Tim Bernardes comes out of nowhere on Going-to-the-Sun Road!!! One of my fave Brazilian singers and honestly if you like Fleet Foxes, you have to check out Tim’s album Recomeçar as well as Tim’s band O Terno.
Fleet Foxes 2020: 7
Father John Misty 2022: 4
Robin’s new subdued vocal approach, fewer ecstatic harmonies, and duller songwriting left me feeling “ho-hum”.
It felt too safe. I was hopping for crack up 2, not crack up but for your friends who don’t live in constant anguish
Yeah, the whole thing felt a little flat to me. His vocals aren't as unique and compelling as they used to be and the instrumentals are a lot more straightforward and dull overall.
@@itsKyble Yeah, I tested it on the road three times, and never loved it. I tried it on headphones last night, and while it was a better experience, I'm disappointed by the songwriting. At a certain point, I wondered if Josh Tillman's presence in the band was more impactful that I thought.
itsKyble they hinted at a new album coming very soon with 9 tracks, and he also said that the “whole band” will be in tow. That makes sense because shore sounded like a robin pecknold solo album
@@mike-0451 if this is true, then you will have gained my trust
This album is a hard 8 maybe even 9
I'm feeling a chunky 8 to.a thicc 9
I think the surprise release really helped it, a lot of the releases I was super hyped for (Tame Impala, Sufjan, Phoebe) all let me down to different extents, and this just coming out of nowhere has been great.
This whole album made me live the same emotional vibe as Pet Sounds. Loved this.
*See’s thumbnail*
Me: “Please don’t tear this apart”
Melon: “Feeling a strong 7 to a light 8 on this one”
Me: “Whew”
I'd say that it's a strong 8 to a light 9, their second best record behind Helplessness Blues. It feels so much more focused and cohesive than Crack-Up and there's this positive levity to it all that we all really needed to hear right now.
I see you're interviewing Robin tomorrow. Can you please ask him if the song sequence holds any special meaning. Some have postulated that the song sequence follows the Star Wars Ring Theory with each song matching a song later in the album (1-15, 2-14, 3-13, etc.) to form a sort of symmetric ring construction. Any truth to that?
Nice video Melon, but you can't really call 'a 7 point argument that Robin should start a cult so you can join it' a review.
You do know that Robin Pecknold is the only member of the band that plays and sings on this album, right? The rest of the players are session musicians.
yeah this struck me right away when I looked at the song credits. Should almost be labelled as a Robin Pecknold solo album. Has this always been the case with the FF or does the band normally have more creative involvement musically in production or does it just tour with the finished music? I always suspected Robin was behind most of the creative process based on many of his solo works from the past. Perhaps it changed a little after Helplessness Blues? Anyway, 12 years after first hearing and falling in love with their first record I'm still a huge fan. Probably my favourite band. Robin Pecknold is on a whole different level!
@@imOdenwald The regular band members normally play on the albums. For some reason this time around, Robin didn't use any of them to record Shore.
funny thing is, the 'band' isnt involved in this record. its just Robin collabarating with other musicians under the 'Fleet Foxes' name, which is lowkey baffling to me
You mean *Fleet Fox* 🦊
That would explain a lot. Something feels off about this album.
That's the way it has been for past FF projects, he's just been more open about it on this one. The other guys more or less are for touring, but he said on the next project he's going to try to collaborate with them on songwriting which I'm stoked for
@@johnkibler2459 honestly that'd explain why Josh Tillman left after 1 studio album with them. I thought the band had more involvement in the studio and songwriting
@@brandonleeweihan he left because he was dating robins sister and then they broke up. So it was hella awkward considering she is Fleet Foxes manager
only in an anthony fantano review will you find someone comparing Fleet Foxes to Hoobastank
I’m happy you did a video on this given they’ve been my favorite band for a decade now... which is why I’m gonna have to stop watching because hearing anything less than a 10/10 will boggle my mind, to each their own, have a great day!
This isn't Sufjan Steven's Ascension ????
Not yet...
Curious to hear Melon's take on it
Probably my album of the year
The beginning of this record is great, and Maestranza is nice, but for me it was a real struggle getting through this one. Lots of duds throughout. Not a FF record that will produce much of any call backs in a concert setting. I could see diehards giving this an occasional listen in the future, but Helplessness Blues is still king. Strong 5 on this one.
While this isn't my favorite Fleet Foxes album, "For a Week or Two" is easily one of my new favorite songs by the band. The vocal harmony is so damn hypnotic & emotional!
Just checking to see if the Joji review was mislabeled. I’ll see myself out.
didnt take enough risks but overall a great album, i agree with Anthony on the score
most based comment here
A great album is a great album, why do bands need to take risks? In Rainbows doesn't take risks but that's one of Radiohead's best.
@@23lFrench this is not a great album
0:54 - "On the nose" - Smelly, malodorous; often used figuratively.
'That bucket of raw prawns you left in the sun is a bit on the nose.'
In 9/10 cases nowadays it just means precise, exact or unsubtle with zero associations of smell.
@@swandivemori not where i'm from.
Godbless Robin for calling you on the Hoobastank bullshit during your interview
WHEN IS THE NECTAR ALBUM REVIEW MELON.
personal scores:
self titled: 7/10
helplessness blues : 10/10
crack-up: 9.5/10
shore: 9/10
Probably the ratings I agree with most
Nailed it
I’d honestly give Self Titled a 8-8.5 just for what it means to me, and how it affected me at the time I first heard it. Otherwise your reviews are spot on.
I'd rank the debut higher and Crack-Up lower.
Self-Titled: 8.5/10
Helplessness Blues: 9/10
Crack-Up: 7/10
Shore: 8/10
H. S. Sapien yeah i missed the train with the self titled considering i was born in 2002 and i only heard helplessness when i was 13, so i had no connection with the self titled at all. it sounds to me like very well done folk but with none of the nuance of the later albums, but i know a large percentage of FF fans have a super strong emotional tether to the album so i think my ratings are a relatively warm take
I can just listen to Wading through Waist-High Water on repeat. I don't think I'll often listen to this one straight through like the last two.
Getting called out for loving Jara, but that's just what I'm here for. 8/10
Wading in waist-high water made me cry for some reason