Fleet Foxes (house, albums, review, myspace, tracks)

Alfred · 12-22-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad Stengel

It's trendy, but the music wasn't made to be trendy on purpose, like a Killers or Coldplay album. Regardless though, every blog and magazine blowing Fleet Foxes all year makes them quite trendy.

Ahh, this is hard to explain...

What I meant was, just because every blog and magazine is blowing it like you say (on top of you not liking it), doesn't mean it's just flavor of the month indie trash.

Brad Stengel · 12-25-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfred

Ahh, this is hard to explain...

What I meant was, just because every blog and magazine is blowing it like you say (on top of you not liking it), doesn't mean it's just flavor of the month indie trash.

Right. I don't think the music was made to fit into any current trends (like, for example, The Black Kids). It's very different. But it's still trendy in the sense that it's popular. I agree with you though, despite my distaste for it, it was reasonably unique to hear.

Rainard Jalen · 12-27-2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad Stengel

Right. I don't think the music was made to fit into any current trends (like, for example, The Black Kids). It's very different. But it's still trendy in the sense that it's popular. I agree with you though, despite my distaste for it, it was reasonably unique to hear.

I don't think so. To me, it fits in totally with the whole primativist neo-folk thing going on - a movement I have very little patience or taste for. I group Fleet Foxes with outfits like The Ruby Suns, Dodos, High Places... in fact, at least 2 out of 3 of those bands are undoubtedly more innovative and "cutting edge" than Fleet Foxes. Fleet Foxes are just more accessible.

Anteater · 12-27-2008, 06:02 PM

Fleet Foxes is one of those *shrug* groups for me (at-least after listening through their EP and buying the S/T at my local Starbucks three months ago). Pretty at times, but far from jaw-dropping compared to groups in the past who did the acoustic guitar/layered vocal harmonizing schtick.