Fleet Foxes

In a time where i feel that music has been watered down, this band with their debut album appeared out of nowhere in 2008. So far this decade all I have seen talked about is rap, hip-hop and Green Day. While out of those three options I would have to say Green Day is the best, i find them highly overrated and their music to be rather lackluster. As opposed to the seemingly “popular” music that has become artists like Justin Timberlake, Rhianna, Lil Wayne and Usher, which I find to be highly repetitive and having no real soul to it.

That all said in one nice little paragraph, let’s focus back on Fleet Foxes. The sound the Fleet Foxes have, at least for this album, is one that transcends many genres, as I would find it hard to label it just one style of music. The vocals are soothing and warm, I would even go as far as saying they are comforting. Mix these vocals in with some stellar lyrics and it is just pure magic. There is nothing fancy on this album in terms of how the instruments are played, when you listen to any of the songs the instruments provide a gentle and embracing background for the powerful and  soothing vocals. Yet, when the vocals are indeed removed, and the instruments must stand alone, it is quite the magical experience. When you close your eyes during a song off this album (to me at least it really does not matter what song) you get a clear picture of the vocals being sung, and a wonderful picture painted in your head. Even on a song such as, Heard Them Stirring, when there are no words being  sung, when you close your eyes and imagine, this sets the perfect backdrop for a peaceful, and maybe even romantic setting. I feel what truly stands out in this album, is nothing is competing with something else. You do not have to struggle to hear the drums over the guitar, the bass over the vocals, for examples, everything just kind of flows, as reference to the point I made early about how the instruments were being played.