Fleet Foxes- Helplessness BluesReleased: May 3, 2011
I am having a love affair. It is with this album. Perhaps it is due to the recent Ottawa weather, but I find myself feeling extra reflective while listening to Helplessness Blues.
On the bands third studio album they dig much deeper than their last, portraying a vulnerability that was lacking on their last, self-titled album.This album is stunning. There is a special sadness masked in sheer beauty. It is a flawless folk album. I detect that Helplessness Blues was under the influence of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, though embodying a more triumphant, all-conquering sound. Rolling Stone classified the sound as "sounding like a troubled Joni Mitchell and ends with [Robin Pecknold] sounding like a Utopian Graham Nash".
The name, Helplessness Blues could not be more accurate of a title. These words with this music is the ultimate. This album flows very intricately. Fleet Foxes have created a methodical, intriguing piece of work.
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