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Robin Pecknold was born in Seattle in 1986, the youngest of three children. His maternal great-grandfather, Theodor Valaas, immigrated to Seattle from Norway in 1905. Pecknold's father, Greg, [2] played in Seattle-based soul band The Fathoms in the 1960s and has since worked as a film editor. Both of Pecknold's siblings work closely with Fleet ...
Fleet Foxes are an American indie folk band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2006.The band currently consists of Robin Pecknold (vocals, guitar), Skyler Skjelset (guitar, mandolin, backing vocals), Casey Wescott (keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals), Christian Wargo (bass, guitar, backing vocals), and Morgan Henderson (upright bass, guitar, woodwinds, violin, percussion, saxophone).
Crack-Up is the third studio album by American band Fleet Foxes, released on June 16, 2017, by Nonesuch Records. [5] Loosely inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald's essay collection of the same name, it is the follow-up to their 2011 album Helplessness Blues, following the band's three-year hiatus from 2013 to 2016. [6]
Pecknold began writing Shore in September 2018, immediately after touring Crack-Up.He wanted to find a "new, brighter way" of writing songs. He created playlists of hundreds of "warm" songs, immersing himself in the music of Arthur Russell, Curtis Mayfield, Nina Simone, Michael Nau, Van Morrison, Sam Cooke, The Roches, João Gilberto, Piero Piccioni, Tim Bernardes, Tim Maia, Jai Paul, and ...
All songs written by Robin Pecknold. "White Winter Hymnal" – 2:27 ... Pitchfork Media ranked it the #2 song of 2008 and #66 on their decade end list. [4]
The discography of Fleet Foxes, a Seattle-based indie folk and folk rock band, consists of four studio albums, three extended plays (EP), and nine singles.Fleet Foxes was formed in 2006 by vocalist Robin Pecknold and guitarist Skyler Skjelset, [1] and were then joined by keyboardist Casey Wescott, bassist Bryn Lumsden, and drummer Nicholas Peterson.
The Hanseroth Twins played guitar and bass, Blake Mills and Robin Pecknold shared still more guitar duties, Jacob Collier held down the initial keyboard work, and Abe Rounds was on drums. For Part ...
For Pecknold, the success of the tour helped to cover existing credit card debt he ensued in the making of the album. [12] Fleet Foxes drew wide praise, and was quickly applauded as a modern classic. For Pecknold, the reaction was surprising: "Disbelief is the only sane reaction," he told an interviewer. [12]