Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
The new album came out yesterday, and all in all, I'm quite pleased with it. It's a slight departure from their more soft and calm self titled album but they've still held on to most of their original sound. They've said this album is more "groove based." Everything's a lot more rhythmic and there seems more interesting melody writing. And of course, they've not let go of their signature close vocal harmony.
Things I don't like: some of the songs are quite repetitive. Usually the song is good enough to get away with excessive repetition, but sometimes it's a bit grating after a bit. Also, why does every band get violins in once they start developing? It's always bloody violins. There's one song which has a fiddle jig sort of thing in it, which was played on guitar live. The guitar sounded better.
Anyway, here's the title track.
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