Album Rating: 4.5

hahahaha i've only listened 4 times but i already bumped from 4 to 4.5

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm kind of getting the opposite, I would say my first two listens were the best and now it's kind of settled at a 4. With that being said, I can see it growing again but can't see it getting lower

I love the sound, love the melodies, and love the instrumental flourishes, but at times it seems falsely lush. Those first two listens captivated me, but there are points where it starts to feel a little more hollow the more that I pay attention to it. I love the piano, the horns, and the accessibility, but also am with the people that miss some of the more earthly tones of HB. Curious to see how this continues to develop as I keep listening though, because I do for sure love it. Just maybe not as much as I thought I would at first listen

Album Rating: 4.3

love the feel-good nature of songs like "A Long Way Past The Past"

Album Rating: 4.5

Maestranza and Young Man's Game are two of the most underrated songs thus far at least in terms of early discussion

Album Rating: 3.0

going-to-the-sun road is my fav

Album Rating: 4.0

Gonna give this a 4 for now, listened to it twice and don't remember much other than Can I Believe You

Album Rating: 4.0

Oh and the last song was really fucking pretty

Album Rating: 4.0

lol that's such a FlagAsh reaction

Album Rating: 4.0

I enjoyed it both times! I just need to listen better!

Album Rating: 3.5

"never been as huge on this band as some others"

Same Atari, hope I enjoy it as much as you are!

Album Rating: 4.3

still can't stop listening as I type this so I hope so as well :] they've officially won me over with this album

Very excited to check this out. 'Sunny' is something I could continue to use more of.

Album Rating: 3.5

Helplessness Blues is still their masterpiece but this is a strong contender for second-best

I gotta be honest, I am not blown away by the first few songs.

Album Rating: 4.5

This is the logical successor to Helplessness Blues. The only thing I could see turning people off is its sleek outer shell (which I expounded upon in my review), which is a legitimate beef. It just happens to not bother me. In fact, as a standalone album, I adore it (I wouldn't want them to remain in this mode much longer though - it's an approach that would wear thin if repeated).

good review, i really liked that old music video they had awhile back, need to get into this today or tomorrow

Album Rating: 4.5

That's a fair criticism Colton and I think also probably the most common one. This has more embellishments than any other Fleet Foxes record, but at times the frills overlap and they're going for too much at once.



Mostly it's just breathtakingly beautiful, though.

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm with Colton 100% here. The way this is produced makes it feel so, weightless? I know that can be a good thing but nothing begs for repeated listens as a whole. It is a very beautiful album at points, just nowhere near as essential and boundary pushing as Crack Up was.

Album Rating: 3.5

Yo, nice sowing! Best review I've read of this yet. Quick question: will I enjoy this if Crack Up is the only release of theirs that I really like?



Couple things I picked up:

In para 3 I don't understand this fragment and how it fits into the sentence: "...and brass horns (they break ground on ‘A Long Way Past The Past’ and then flourish across the album’s back-end)."



And final para: "...they no longer sound[s] like bearded forest folk"

Album Rating: 4.5

First off, thanks! This is a pretty stark departure from Crack-Up...far more clean-cut in terms of consisting of shorter, more structured folk songs as opposed to multi-part suites. It's also got a noticeably shiny luster consistent with a lot of pop releases. Nothing about this is guaranteed from one's opinion of their previous work.



What I was trying to say in para 3 was that the brass first surfaces in the aforementioned song but then really comes alive across the back 1/3 or so of the record. In terms of its relationship to the rest of the sentence, it was the second part of a broader point that Fleet Foxes are introducing new sonic elements. It makes sense to me unless I'm missing something. The part about bearded forest folk is goofy at best, ha. I ought to consider changing that.