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Artist: Fleet Foxes

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• Personnel: Robin Pecknold (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hammer dulcimer, harp, mandolin, fiddle, piano, harmonium, Moog synthesizer); Christian Wargo (vocals, bass guitar); Josh Tillman (vocals, drums, percussion); Skyler Skjelset (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harp, mandolin); Morgan Henderson (woodwinds, upright bass); Casey Wescott (piano, harpsichord, harmonium, pump organ, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, music box).
  
• Audio Mixer: Phil Ek.
  
• Recording information: Avast Recording, Seattle, WA (01/2010-12/2010); Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, WA (01/2010-12/2010); Dreamland Studios, West Hurley, NY (01/2010-12/2010); Fort Warden Water Cistern, Port Townsend, WA (01/2010-12/2010); Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, WA (01/2010-12/2010); Avast Recording, Seattle, WA (04/2010); Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, WA (04/2010); Dreamland Studios, West Hurley, NY (04/2010); Fort Warden Water Cistern, Port Townsend, WA (04/2010); Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, WA (04/2010); Avast Recording, Seattle, WA (07/2010); Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, WA (07/2010); Dreamland Studios, West Hurley, NY (07/2010); Fort Warden Water Cistern, Port Townsend, WA (07/2010); Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, WA (07/2010); Avast Recording, Seattle, WA (2010); Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, WA (2010); Dreamland Studios, West Hurley, NY (2010); Fort Warden Water Cistern, Port Townsend, WA (2010); Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, WA (2010).
  
• Photographer: Sean Pecknold.
  
• Arrangers: Fleet Foxes; Casey Wescott.
  
• Helplessness Blues is the anticipated follow-up to Fleet Foxes' 2008 debut. Recorded and co-produced by fellow Seattleite Phil Ek, it expands the band's baroque folk songs by focusing heavily on rhythm and groove, although Fleet Foxes' signature harmonies are also on full display.
  

Rolling Stone (p.68) - Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "A monument to folk-rock beauty..."

Spin (p.68) - "Musically, the hooks are softer, the arrangements more ambitious, and 1960s British psychedelic folk a far more palpable influence than the Americana that fueled the band's 2008 debut."

Spin (p.23) - Ranked #33 in Spin's 'The Top 40 Albums Of 2011' -- "[A] sinewy, often stormy album of '70s-centric folk rock that sparkles even when cast in shadows."

Entertainment Weekly (p.74) - "On their second disc of intimate, obsessively crafted folk, the bearded Seattleites take a giant step forward in their quest to turn the clock backward."

Entertainment Weekly (p.99) - Ranked #2 in Entertainment Weekly's 'The Top 10 Albums Of 2011' -- "Blessed with epic harmonies, these Seattleites recall folk legends from the golden age of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young."

CMJ - "In between the soul-searching, Fleet Foxes cranks out some pretty great singalong songs."

Down Beat (p.54) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Bandleader Robin Pecknold displays welcome growth as a songsmith, writing more personally and, at the same time, more universally than on the Foxes' self-titled debut."

Billboard (p.32) - "[I]t might be the year's airiest outing so far, with a natural melodic grace that recalls prime-era Simon & Garfunkel."

Clash (magazine) - "The dreamlike beginning of 'Montezuma', with its tender, subdued melody and singer Robin Pecknold's delicate vocals, is a gentle reintroduction into the world of Fleet Foxes and their ethereal, endless summer vibes."

Uncut (magazine) (p.34) - Ranked #12 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "[W]ith a discreet expansion of the band's sound, and an increased focus -- beneath those gorgeous and dense harmonies..."

Producer:	Fleet Foxes; Phil Ek
Format:	CD
Country:	USA
UPC:	0098787088823
Studio/Live:	Studio
Release Date:	3 May, 2011