Fleet Foxes - Shore (September 22, 2020) Album • Page 7

if I'm not listening to this album it's playing in my head anyways. Woke up with "Can I Believe You" in my head and instantly had to put the album on.

 

Listening to this on the way home from work
last night, I hit a foggy patch that lasted nearly the entire duration of I’m Not My Season, and I think it’s going to prove to be THE music moment of 2020 for me.

 

the drums on "Cradling Mother, Cradling Woman" are so sick

 

Chris Bear is one of the best drummers in indie rock, no doubt.

That song is essentially Fleet Foxes ft Grizzly Bear.

 

Another amazing FF x GB track

 

This is such a peaceful, beautiful album to usher in the fall season. I can’t get over it.

Took it on a walk with coffee this AM and it was perfect.

 

After a few days I think this is my “least” favorite FF album.....and it’ll probably make my top 10 year end list. They are just insanely consistent. I think the P4K alluded to it the best but this record is the beautiful balmy sandy beach and Crack-Up was the craggy windswept coast on the other side of the same island. I prefer the complexities And song suites of Crack-Up, but this one fills a different need. The other 2 inhabit the wilderness that separates those two coasts.

 

Have you anyone watched that set from p4k fest a couple years ago? This is one of the best vocal performances I’ve ever heard

 

I’ve definitely seen parts of it. Not sure if I’ve seen the entire thing. I saw them in Indy a few years ago (same year as P4K) and it was one of the worst sounding sets I’ve ever heard. Not their fault. The venue was trash.

 

I feel like there's an extent to which you're just describing the album art here

Also resisted the urge to make a shore pun in this post but don't test me

 

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this album just completely surprised me, it's extremely good.

 

this album is such an instant bad mood cure, I'm really starting to love it

belting out the chorus to "Young Man's Game" >>>>

 

Agreed. Shore is a bit too sugary and Beach Boys for my taste. Still good overall, but doesn't feel as fresh as FF did and not as challenging as Helplessness Blue or Crack Up.

 

I’m really liking this so far, I love the vocal harmonies and how warm everything sounds

 

Quiet Air/Gioia is so cool

 

Yes possibly. But really it comes down to one being the complex, darker, moodier record and the other being the balmy, pretty, poppier record. Probably why the respective album art reflects those polarities.

 

This one is a mood elevator for sure.

 

I think this is my favourite FF album?

 

Might be mine too, though I'm a super casual fan. I loved self-titled back in the day, but skipped out on the other two after that for reasons unknown. But I played self-titled today for the first time in awhile and it felt so flat compared to this.

 

I definitely like this better than Crack-Up after spending some time with it this weekend. I don't love it on the level of their first two yet, though.

 

This might be my favorite album since 22AM.

 

Yeah think I'm ready to say Shore is already my favorite of theirs, and I say that as someone who feels "Montezuma" is one of the greatest album openers ever.

 

It’s time!

1. Crack-Up
2. Fleet Foxes
3. Helplessness Blues
4. Shore

 

Love “Montezuma”. That opening couplet is just the best.

 

Helplessness Blues
Shore
Fleet Foxes
Crack-Up

I love all of these albums dearly. Wouldn't argue with anyone's ranking..