Fleet Foxes – a very lonely solstice

First time on vinyl!

Robin Pecknold brings light to the bleakest of winters with Fleet Foxes” A Very Lonely Solstice, a 13-track career-spanning collection recorded in December 2020 at Brookly, N.Y.”s St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church. The recording was originally broadcast as a live-stream event on the winter solstice of 2020, just days after New York declared a state of emergency tightening restrictions again in response to increasing COVID-19 cases. Pecknold describes the set as “”me by myself on the longest night of the year… honoring the loneliness of 2020 with a nylon string and some songs new and old.”” Fans worldwide tuned in while quarantined at home, finding solace and a sense of community in a period of extreme isolation.

Much of A Very Lonely Solstice showcases a solo focus on Pecknold who offers up acoustic arrangements of fan-favorite songs spanning Fleet Foxes” catalog. Selections cover all four of the band”s studio albums, including their 2008 self-titled debut album (“”Tiger Mountain Peasant Song””) to 2011”s Helplessness Blues (“”Blue Spotted Tail””) and 2017”s Crack-Up (“”If You Need To, Keep Time On Me””), all the way to their latest Grammy-nominated release, Shore. Resistance Revival Chorus joins Pecknold on Shore tracks “”Wading In Waist-High Water”” and “”Can I Believe You.”” Also featured: a cover of Nina Simone”s “”In The Morning”” and a rearrangement of the traditional “”Silver Dagger.””