Robin Pecknold - "Olivia, In A Separate Bed"

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A Song From The Attic

Robin from Fleet Foxes just moved into a new place (yes, I stalk him on Twitter) and apparently the attic has some amazing acoustics with lots of reverb, so he was kind enough to record just under a minute of a new song he's working on in that very attic. It's pretty amazing. I swear the man cannot write a bad song. I tried to host it here on my blog but it wouldn't take, so click here to have a listen. It's well worth your time. Here are the lyrics, though I can't figure out what the last line is, so if you can, let me know!

I still think of you all the time
you were like a lion in the water
I was like an Indian lead to slaughter
half an hour from the border now
half a mile past the exit that I used to take
after soon some in that I needed this year

New Music From Robin Pecknold

An Interview With Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold

If you're like me and you're counting the seconds until the new Fleet Foxes album is released, you'll probably enjoy this interview from Pitchfork with Robin Pecknold, the lead singer of Fleet Foxes.

A few parts of the interview that stood out to me:

"I want the recording to be like two weeks. I want it to be really fast. I want to do all the vocal takes in one go, so even if there are fuck-ups, I want them to be on there. I want there to be guitar mistakes. I want there to be not totally flawless vocals. I want to record it and have that kind of cohesive sound."

"That's the other thing about the new record; it's mostly the 12-string guitar. Not chords, but I'm mostly playing the 12-string guitar, so that will be like the primary sonic distancing from the last record."

"There are definitely super-upbeat songs that are being worked on for the new record. But as a whole, it's probably a little bit less upbeat. Not darker-- some of it has a more exuberant feeling to it. But some of it is just more realistic. When I was listening to the first album, it was kind of like research. I was listening to the record for the first time in a really long time. When I was listening to it, I felt like I didn't get a chance to breathe. There was a lot of "too upbeat." I guess people think we're already kind of a mellow band, so maybe the next album will be pretty boring to most people."

"I think John Mayer's Twitter is entertaining, for sure. You get a different opinion on that guy from reading his world-wise Tweets."

"I just don't think we are really needed right now; there's a lot of really great music coming out, this year especially, so I think there isn't really anyone who's waiting for us to release anything."

Oh Robin, you have no idea just how wrong you are about that last sentiment.