Today, Fleet Foxes made their Tiny Desk Concert debut with a four-song set performed by frontman and songwriter Robin Pecknold. The acoustic set features tracks from the band’s fourth studio album, Shore, including “Going-to-the-Sun-Road”, “Sunblind”, “Featherweight” and “I’m Not My Season”. Watch HERE. In addition, Shore, which was released digitally last fall via Anti-, will be released on all physical formats (vinyl, CD and cassette) on March 19, 2021. Preorder the album HERE.
Shore was released on physical formats in the UK/Europe last month, securing Top 5 album chart positions in the UK, Germany and Belgium and Top 20 in Switzerland, Netherlands and Ireland. Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold will commemorate the release of ‘Shore’ at independent record stores with a virtual in-store performance, streaming at NoonChorus on Wednesday, March 24th at 6pm PT / 9pm ET. Fans can get access to the mini solo set by pre-ordering the album now at their local indie retailer, or by purchasing ‘Shore’ in the store or curbside on the weekend of its release, March 19th. The album is available on an exclusive crystal clear 2LP vinyl set at independent record stores only. A limited edition Fleet Foxes art print by Bailey Elder will also be available as a free gift-with-purchase while supplies last.
Praised by critics upon release, Shore topped year-end lists securing spots in the top 5 in Uncut, 6Music and Mojo, Uproxx, and placing on numerous lists including The New Yorker, NPR, Pitchfork, USA Today, Stereogum, Rolling Stone, and more stateside. Shore is also finding strong support from non-comm radio having secured #1 on JBE non-comm chart for 14 weeks in a row.
NPR Tiny Desk Setlist:
- Going-to-the-Sun-Road
- Sunblind
- Featherweight
- I’m Not My Season
ACCLAIM FOR SHORE:
“Shore looks to the world and realizes there is already enough, as if staring into a darkness and responding with beauty, acceptance, and light.” – PITCHFORK (BEST NEW MUSIC)
“A gorgeous folk-rock song cycle about life, death, and art, full of deep mourning and glimmers of relief on the other side. Track for track, Shore is the most immediately rewarding Fleet Foxes record since their brilliant 2008 debut.” – ROLLING STONE (? STARS)
“You soothe our worried minds and fraying souls with some gorgeous-as-fuck artisanal splendor.” – ROLLING STONE (? STARS)
“When you’ve got a song on your album called “Quiet Air/Gioia,” and it’s every bit as pretentious as that title suggests and yet in no way sucks, you’ve done your artistic betters proud.” – ROLLING STONE (? STARS)
“The gorgeous record found tonal balance amid the chaos of recent months, when the project suddenly seemed inconsequential to its creators and, therefore, more like a refuge. Though still primarily the creation of the band’s front man, Robin Pecknold, “Shore” is a collective effort that includes many contributors, and its glistening arrangements are reflective of the unburdening that collaboration fosters. ” THE NEW YORKER
“A warm blanket of an album from modern folk-rock royalty.” USA TODAY
“The album is uniformly gorgeous, sometimes overwhelmingly so when taken in all at once…Every now and then there’s a moment of brightness, an actual good thing, that alleviates the darkness of the wretched year that is 2020. This is one of those good things.” – STEREOGUM
“Fleet Foxes made the perfect album for this moment.” – VULTURE
“Filled with epic, sweeping songs.”- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“These 15 tracks are the work of an artist taking in everything dark and corrupt about this year, and choosing to craft an artifact of hope.” – UPROXX
“An absolute tour de force of rich melodies, heavenly hooks, luxurious production and songs packed to the brim with key/tempo/mood shifts that keep you constantly on your toes, it’s one of the most formidable albums we’ve heard this year, full stop.” – GUITAR WORLD
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