Fleet Foxes updates: new interview (listen), new song soon
We’re still a little over a month out from the release of Fleet Foxes’ highly anticipated third album, Crack-Up. So far the band has shared the sprawling, nine-minute prog-folk journey “Third of May / Ōdaigahara,” and a short teaser video. It looks like we can expect to hear another song from Crack Up soon, though. Robin Pecknold said in instagram comments yesterday (5/3) that something else would be released on May 10. Stay tuned.
Pecknold spoke about the making of Crack-Up in an interview with Julia Cunningham and Kyle Anderson on Entertainment Weekly Radio’s show LA Daily. Turns out the album’s title refers more to losing ones mind than to laughing; Pecknold saw a collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald essays by the same title, and chose it for the album title. Going to a Joanna Newsom concert helped kickstart the recording of Crack-Up, and Pecknold added it wound up being the most fun album to make of Fleet Foxes’ discography so far. He also discussed this album’s connection to Japan, and the literal continuity between Helplessness Blues and Crack-Up. He even admitted, “I think I’m too active on Instagram.” Stream the full interview below.
Speaking of being too active on Instagram, Pecknold used an app to determine who liked and commented on his Instagram posts the most, and rewarded them with signed test pressings of the Crack-Up LPs.
“You all are the 20 most frequent commenters on this page, and you’ve been really funny / kind / supportive through this whole process of writing, recording, and now releasing Crack-Up. As a way of expressing my gratitude for that, we’ve made 20 test pressings of the Crack-Up 2x vinyl LP and all signed them; we’d like to send one your way around release week. This is the only way anyone anywhere could get this particular thing. So: DM me some physical addresses and thank you again ya lovable freaks and thank you to everybody else who checks in here as well – love you all! (via)
He also used Instagram to arrange a listening session for 20 fans:
If you’re free the afternoon of this Sunday the 7th, can make it to downtown LA, and want to listen to ‘Crack-Up’ in full, DM me and I’ll send you the details and put your name on the list. Limited to 20 ppl (via)
Fleet Foxes’ tour kicks off later this month with some intimate Pacific Northwest shows. They also play a pair of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival shows August 1 & 2 in Prospect Park. Night 1 is sold out, but tickets are still on sale for night 2. Other notable shows for Fleet Foxes are July 29 at Merriweather Post Pavilion with Animal Collective (tickets) and September 23 at Hollywood Bowl with Beach House (tickets). They also play some festivals, like Newport Folk Festival and Outside Lands. See below for a full list of Fleet Foxes’ upcoming tour dates.
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Fleet Foxes – 2017 Tour
May 15 The Wilma Missoula, MT
May 16 Knitting Factory Spokane, WA
May 18 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
May 19 The Showbox Seattle, WA
May 26 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
May 27 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
May 28 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
May 29 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
May 30 Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
Jun 23 L’Aeronef Lille, France
Jun 24 Down The Rabbit Hole Ewijk, Netherlands
Jul 01 Vida Festival Vilanova I La Geltru, Spain
Jul 03 Piazza Castello Ferrara, Italy
Jul 04 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland
Jul 07 Bilboa BBK Live Bilboa, Spain
Jul 08 NOS Alive Festival Lisbon, Portugal
Jul 13 Iveagh Gardens Dublin, Ireland
Jul 14 Iveagh Gardens Dublin, Ireland
Jul 16 Latitude Festival Suffolk, United Kingdom
Jul 27 Thompson’s Point Portland, ME
Jul 28 Newport Folk Festval Newport, RI
Jul 29 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, MD
Jul 31 Mann Center for Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA
Aug 01 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell Brooklyn, NY
Aug 02 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell Brooklyn, NY
Aug 04 Massey Hall Toronto, Canada
Aug 05 Massey Hall Toronto, Canada
Aug 06 Masonic Temple Theatre Detroit, MI
Aug 08 THE MIDLAND Kansas City, MO
Aug 11 Aug 11-13 Outside Lands Music Festival San Francisco, CA
Aug 13 The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, NV
Aug 14 Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
Aug 16 ACL Live at the Moody Theater Austin, TX
Aug 17 ACL Live at the Moody Theater Austin, TX
Aug 18 The Bomb Factory Dallas, TX
Sep 13 Malkin Bowl Vancouver, Canada
Sep 14 Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA
Sep 15 The Paramount Seattle, WA
Sep 16 Edgefield Concerts Troutdale, OR
Sep 18 Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
Sep 20 The Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara, CA
Sep 21 Observatory North Park San Diego, CA
Sep 23 Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA
Sep 27 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO
Sep 29 Waiting Room Outdoors Omaha, NE
Sep 30 The Palace Theatre St Paul, MN
Oct 01 The Palace Theatre St Paul, MN
Oct 03 Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL
Oct 04 Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL
Nov 01 Nov 1-5 Iceland Airwaves Reykjavik, Iceland
Nov 07 X-TRA Zurich, Switzerland
Nov 08 gasometer Vienna, Austria
Nov 09 Tvornica kulture Zagreb, Croatia
Nov 12 Docks Hamburg, Germany
Nov 13 Columbiahalle Berlin, Germany
Nov 17 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium
Nov 18 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium
Nov 20 La Trianon Paris, France
Dec 01 Live Music Hall Cologne, Germany
Dec 03 annexet Stockholm, Sweden
Dec 05 Sentrum Scene Oslo, Norway
