Fleet Foxes
Originally posted April 22nd, 2008
THE OPENING ACT
It is not so rare that a person finds themselves in a bar watching a band. The crowd flocks to the stage as the first chord is struck and conversation dies down momentarily. It is obvious that only a lucky third of the people here actually know who is sitting in front of them. Forcing my way through to the edge of the stage I am reminded of the fortunate few who went to see Rick James and the Mynah Birds in Toronto and were greeted by a 20 year old Neil Young, recently free of the Squires and forming a sound that would help shape the best music of the next decade. That was 1965 but the unexpected realization of what I was seeing would have to be comparable. Within a few notes of “White Winter Hymnal” there is a hush drawn over the crowd.
Frontman Robin Pecknold sits on his stool jolted back as he emphatically carols every note through the long hall of the Media Club. Pecknold is a young Bob Welch, a more tailored David Crosby (Byrds Crosby more than “If I Could Only Remember My Name”) or a near perfect collaboration of Brian Wilson and Woody Guthrie. It is obvious to me now that the feeling of awe that has come over me was sent out amongst the crowd like a river as 21 year old Skye unleashed the mind-lodging riff that foreshadows the songs main verse.
It is so rare that a person finds themselves in a bar listening to a band and feels a part of history. To romanticize one show in a dingy Vancouver club seems folly in type. It lacks the reactionary faces of the unassuming club-goers who clamoured outside after the set to congratulate the band as they loaded up their u-haul. This serves as prelude to an indie movement that is growing increasingly strong and the minor labels are bringing in the harvest. Asthmatic Kitty, SubPop, Frenchkiss, Arts and Crafts, here is where my future dollars lie.
The self titled Fleet Foxes disc that debuted before the arrival of incredible harmonist and current bass-player Christian Wargo finds itself eclipsed with a new richness and direction of Sun Giant. The full length Ragged Wood (which can be found online) is set for a mid June release through Sub Pop.
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