Red Mosquito

New album finally coming out in May. Beyond stoked!
http://pitchfork.com/news/62408-fleet-f ... -and-video

I LOVE the new song and am so so so excited

Robin Pecknold is a treasure.

And a small tour was announced. Looks like pre-sale starts tomorrow for some venues.

and it looks like, once again, because of lollapalooza, chicago gets screwed out of another proper show

Great news, I assumed they were done.

Mike wrote:I LOVE the new song

Isn't it great? The song titles suggest some of the proggier tendencies from "Helplessness Blues."

I love this band so much.

i remember seeing them open for wilco about 10 years ago and coming away more impressed than wilco.

This is fantastic news.

It's a good song.

Kevin Davis wrote:

Mike wrote:I LOVE the new song

Isn't it great? The song titles suggest some of the proggier tendencies from "Helplessness Blues."

I love this band so much.

Oh yes it is. Seeing that my favorite song on Helplessness Blues is The Shrine / An Argument this makes me very happy.

Chris_H_2 wrote:i remember seeing them open for wilco about 10 years ago and coming away more impressed than wilco.

And Wilco are great live! I saw FF at the Metro when they were supporting their first album -- an absolutely stunning concert, most impressive being how little trickery it proved was on their LP. They pulled off all the harmonies, all the precise little instrumental parts, with note-perfect clarity. Can't wait to have them back.

Would be great if they played more US dates.

Kevin Davis wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:i remember seeing them open for wilco about 10 years ago and coming away more impressed than wilco.

And Wilco are great live! I saw FF at the Metro when they were supporting their first album -- an absolutely stunning concert, most impressive being how little trickery it proved was on their LP. They pulled off all the harmonies, all the precise little instrumental parts, with note-perfect clarity. Can't wait to have them back.

the show i saw at the chicago theatre in 2011 was brilliant (much better than when i saw them at pitchfork earlier that year). they were pitch perfect.

1. The Plains / Bitter Dancer
2. Mykonos
3. English House
4. Battery Kinzie
5. Bedouin Dress
6. Sim Sala Bim
7. Your Protector
8. White Winter Hymnal
9. Ragged Wood
10. Montezuma
11. He Doesn't Know Why
12. Lorelai
13. The Shrine / An Argument
14. Blue Spotted Tail
15. Grown Ocean

Encore:

16. I Let You
17. Sun It Rises
18. Blue Ridge Mountains
19. Helplessness Blues

I can't find the set from the show I attended (10/12/08 at the Metro) but it was basically all of the first album and EP (and some weird banter with the crowd about the historical accuracy of Disney's "Pocahontas" and whether an ear of corn would make a better president than John McCain). I do remember they opened with "Sun It Rises" off the EP, and the blending of their voices being the first sound you heard from them was just a foundation-rattling sonic experience.

finally listening to the third of may...man have i missed robin's voice

Can't wait to see these guys (along with Beach House) when they come to Phoenix in September. Should be a Hell if a 1-2 punch.

guys . . .

i saw that listed on youtube yesterday...will have to give it a listen

new album is streaming on npr

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/08/531099733 ... t=20170505