Artist of the Week

As i had previously mentioned in my past post i am gonna keep you updated with my artist of the week stuff based upon what i listen to the most. and i have to say im jumping on the indie kid bandwagon here with this week's choice

Fleet Foxes is a Seattle band signed to the labels Sub Pop and Bella Union. The band consists of Robin Pecknold, Skyler Skjelset, Casey Wescott, Christian Wargo, and Josh Tillman.

Fleet Foxes released the six-track Fleet Foxes EP in 2006, a five-track EP, Sun Giant on April 8, 2008, and their debut full-length self-titled album, Fleet Foxes on June 3, 2008. It was given 4 stars by Rolling Stone, and compared to the likes of The Beach Boys, Animal Collective, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. On June 6, 2008, they received a 9.0 out of 10 in a review by Pitchfork for their self-titled LP, and on December 19th, the Sun Giant Ep and the self titled LP together shared the title of Pitchfork’s #1 album(s) of 2008.

The quintet describe their music as “baroque harmonic pop jams.” They have played at major venues such as the Bumbershoot Music Festival in Seattle, Washington, South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas and Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in May 2008. On June 24, 2008, Fleet Foxes went #1 on the CMJ Radio 200 Chart.

Albums

• Fleet Foxes (2008) #67 US, #11 UK, #51 Germany, #51 Italy, #14 Norway

EPs

• Fleet Foxes (2006)
• Sun Giant (2008) #38 UK Budget Albums Chart