Three years after Robin Pecknold lead his band in a charge of "I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats", Seattle folkies Fleet Foxes are back with a new album, Helplessness Blues.
The 12-track, 50-minute album comes after the kind of relentless touring that often accompanies a successful debut album. As a result of this hectic schedule, the recording of Helplessness Blues was heavily delayed. As Alexis Petridis wrote in the Guardian last week, the album may betray a certain "weariness with life", but the music is almost "laughably beautiful".
Well, Helplessness Blues is embedded above, so have a listen and let us know your thoughts.
