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Album Review

Release date: 02 February 2009

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes

When Seattle’s Fleet Foxes played outdoors in the drunken Texas sun at South By Southwest earlier this year, it was impossible not to be stirred by their harmonies, which were so sweet they sounded holy. With their heady gumbo of alt.country, gothic Americana and gospel spirituals, we took to calling them “My Morning Jacket singing madrigals” at the time. We weren’t the only ones...

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Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes: Wikipedia Album Entry

The full length self-titled album was released on June 3, 2008, selling over 141,000 records in North America and 100,000 in the UK. Gained fan recognition through myspace page, collecting over a quarter million plays in over two months in 2007. Plays as a soothing, baroque, folk harmonic album.

Five-piece band based out of Seattle.


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Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes Lyrics

Fleet Foxes - Oliver James Lyrics

On the way to your brother's house in the valley, dear,
By the river bridge a cradle floating beside me.
In the whitest water on the banks against the stone
You will lift his body from the shore and bring him home

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Fleet Foxes - Meadowlarks Lyrics

Meadowlark, fly your way down.
I hold a cornucopia and a golden crown
For you to wear upon your fleecy down.

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Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood Lyrics

Whoa-oh-oh

Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long
The spring is upon us, follow my only song

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Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains Lyrics

Lie down with me, my dear.
Lie down
Under stormy night.
Tell nobody.

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Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why Lyrics

Penniless & tired with your hair grown long
I was looking at you there and your face looked wrong
memory is a fickle siren's song I didn't understand
In the gentle light as the morning nears

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Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal Lyrics

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

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Fleet Foxes - Quiet Houses Lyrics

Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down

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Fleet Foxes - Sun it Rises Lyrics

Red squirrel in the morning
Red squirrel in the evening
Red squirrel in the morning
I'm comin to take you home.

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Fleet Foxes - Your Protector Lyrics

She left a week to roam
Your protector's coming home
Keep your secrets with you
Safe from the outside

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Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song Lyrics

Wanderers this morning came by
Where did they go
Graceful in the morning light
To banner fair

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