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Fleet Foxes – Ragged Wood
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[Intro] / Woah-ho-oh / Woah-ho-oh / [Verse 1] / Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long / The spring is upon us, follow my ornate song / Settle down with me by the
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Fleet Foxes – Ragged Wood (Transition Basement Sketch)
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[Chorus] / Lie to me if you will / At the top of Perringer Hill / Tell me anything you want / Any old lie will do / Call me back to, back to you / Lie to me if you will / At the
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Fleet Foxes – Icicle Tusk
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This is from the Fleet Foxes early beginnings as a band, their first Debut EP. Around these times they had more of a rock-induced sound, as can be heard from the more prominent
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Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
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“Mykonos” doesn’t travel as far as its title suggests, but thrives on the tension between Robin Pecknold’s wordless vocal intro and the band’s intricate harmonies. Of course, it
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Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
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“White Winter Hymnal” is the first single from Fleet Foxes’s debut 2008 self-titled album. The B-side is the non-album track “Isles”.
Time critic Josh Tyrangiel named this the #5
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Fleet Foxes – Silver Dagger
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[Verse 1] / Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother / She's sleeping here, right by my side / And in her right hand, a silver dagger / She says that I can't be your bride / [
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Fleet Foxes – Hot Air (basement sketch)
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[Instrumental]
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Fleet Foxes – Anyone Who's Anyone
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[Verse 1] / Charlie never let it get too hot / Just try sticking with the girl you got / Other women they would seem secure / They're just as fragile as her / [Verse 2] / I heard
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Fleet Foxes – In The Hot, Hot Rays
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[Verse 1] / Heat like a dead weight / Still covering the street outside / So heavy that the dogs can't hide / In the hot, hot rays / [Verse 2] / Out on the sidewalk / It's a river
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Fleet Foxes – Innocent Son
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The Sun Giant EP ends with Lester Freamon Toe-Taps the Blues alone once more, singing Innocent Son with only a few brusque strums as accompaniment.
With only the sparsest elements
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Fleet Foxes – English House (basement demo)
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(Illegible)
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Fleet Foxes – English House
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English House is the longest and most obviously rock songs, which comprises the EP’s rising action and reveal more of Fleet Foxes' range.
It is a graceful downward rush of guitars
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Fleet Foxes – So Long to the Headstrong
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[Verse 1] / This morning I received airmail letter three / From my connection overseas / I pulled the paper back / You begin your attack and it reads: / [Pre-Chorus] / "Of all the
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Fleet Foxes – White Lace Regretfully
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[Chorus 1] / White lake lightening lace / And caught in my widest dream / Old kind night after night / I'd wait to be strung to me / [Verse 1] / Only man why older / No light would
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Fleet Foxes – She Got Dressed
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[Verse 1] / He's made of sand / Not flesh and not bone / He's as good as the seeds he's sown / But he loves you so / Like no one else, you know could do / Put your wedding dress on
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Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant
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The opening track on Fleet Foxes‘ EP is the perfect introduction to this Seattle band, whose carefully fashioned songs reward more active listening than your typical indie-roots
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Fleet Foxes – Textbook Love
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Track 4 on The Fleet Foxes EP (2006)
“Textbook Love” can either relate to:
- the fact that the story’s imagery revolves around a high school environment, in which to fall in love
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Fleet Foxes – Drops in the River
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After the quiet title track comes Drops in the River, which builds gradually as the band patiently add instruments– strange ambient clattering in the background and simple floor
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Fleet Foxes – Isles
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[Verse 1] / Everyone stares when you walk in the room / They stare when you go / You've got so much control / How could anyone say no? / They rarely do / That's why you're you
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Fleet Foxes – False Knight on the Road
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A traditional folk song, where a child is steadfast in his/her faith and resolve against the false knight, who is the devil in disguise.
Originally a ballad written by Scottish
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Fleet Foxes – Blue Ridge Mountains
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[Intro] / Lie down with me my dear, lie down / Under stormy night, tell nobody / [Verse 1] / My brother, where do you intend to go tonight? / I heard that you missed your
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Fleet Foxes – Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
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[Verse 1] / Wanderers this morning came by / Where did they go, graceful in the morning light? / To banner fair, to follow you softly / In the cold mountain air / [Verse 2
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Fleet Foxes – Your Protector
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A flute, half-submerged in the mix, adds lurking menace to Fleet Foxes' most intense jam, Your Protector.
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Fleet Foxes – Oliver James
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Fleet Foxes ends with Oliver James, another nearly a cappella showcase for Pecknold’s solo vocals. As he thumps out a soft rhythm on his Martin acoustic, he sings about handmade
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Fleet Foxes – Meadowlarks
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Vocals play such a primary role in Fleet Foxes' music that Robin Pecknold’s lyrics at times sound like merely a delivery system for harmonies, with references to meadowlarks
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Fleet Foxes – Sun It Rises
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Smartly enough, the album opener is a song about a sunrise. It begins with a short tune (titled Red Squirrel on early leaks but not listed on the CD) that could be a field
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Fleet Foxes – Quiet Houses
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[Verse 1] / Lay me down, lay me down / Lay me down, lay me down / Darkening, darkening / Darkening, darkening / Darkening, darkening / Darkening, darkening / [Verse 2] / Come to me
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Fleet Foxes – He Doesn't Know Why (basement demo)
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(Illegible)
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Fleet Foxes – Oliver James Samples
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See all of “Oliver James” by Fleet Foxes’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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