Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

 

Today we continue with a little bit more folk rock tones from Seattle the band Fleet Foxes who last week visited Stockholm, Annexet, once again a sold out house in this genre. Fleet Foxes that are known for their uses of refined lyrics and vocal harmonies.

Lead singer and head songwriter Robin Pecknold makes an intimate and quiet performance, a little to calm for me, works for a couple songs, then I get a little restless and find it difficult to stand still. Sure this is beautiful, well played but a little sleepy. However, they will go well with the fans, after each song the band gets massive applause and if anyone happens to talk a little loud then you hear a "Sch" almost immediately.

The rig used is quite frugal and very folkish, old school if I may say :) The instruments are very old, saw an old Haglövs guitar with some extra accessories that I've never seen before.

Here are some photos:

Todays tune "Mykonos", is the third single from their 2008 EP Sun Giant. It was released in the UK on January 27, 2009 in the format of 7" vinyl.

"[The]... video imagines a fluid universe filled with triangles, castles and barbershop mustaches. It's a little playful... and a little creepy."



Setlist from the evening.

01. The Plains / Bitter Dancer
02. Mykonos
03. English House
04. Battery Kinzie
05. Bedouin Dress
06. Sim Sala Bim
07. Your Protector
08. White Winter Hymnal
09. Ragged Wood
10. Montezuma
11. He Doesn't Know Why
12. Lorelai
13. The Shrine / An Argument
14. Blue Spotted Tail
15. Grown Ocean

Encore:
16. I Let You
17. Sun It Rises
18. Blue Ridge Mountains
19. Helplessness Blues

Nov 15, 2011, MuseumsQuartier / Vienna, Austria w/ Alela Diane
Nov 17, 2011, Atlantico / Rome, Italy, w/ Alela Diane
Nov 19, 2011, Estragon / Bologna, Italy, w/ Alela Diane
Nov 20, 2011, Teatro Smeraldo / Milan, Italy, w/ Alela Diane
Nov 21, 2011, Komplex / Zurich, Switzerland, w/ Vetiver
Nov 22, 2011, Fri-Son / Fribourg, Switzerland, w/ Vetiver
Nov 24, 2011, Santana 27/ Bilbao, Spain, w/ Vetiver
Nov 25, 2011, La Riviera - Primavera Club / Madrid, Spain, w/ Vetiver
Nov 26, 2011, Auditorio de Cartagena - Cartagena Jazz Festival / Spain, w/ Vetiver
Nov 27, 2011, L’Auditori - Primavera Club / Barcelona, Spain, w/ Vetiver
Nov 29, 2011, Heineken Music Hall / Amsterdam, Holland, w/ Vetiver
Nov 30, 2011, Forest National Club / Brussels, Belgium, w/ Vetiver
Dec 01, 2011, O2 Academy / Leeds, UK, w/ Vetiver Sold Out!
Dec 29, 2011, Falls Festival / Lorne, Vic & Marion Bay, Taz, Australia
Jan 02, 2012, Sydney Opera House / Sydney, Australia
Jan 03, 2012, Sydney Opera House / Sydney, Australia
Jan 04, 2012, Sydney Opera House / Sydney, Australia
Jan 06, 2012, Palais Theatre / Melbourne, Australia Sold Out!
Jan 07, 2012, Southbound Festival / Busselton, WA, Australia
Jan 10, 2012, Tivoli / Brisbane, Australia
Jan 11, 2012, Tivoli / Brisbane, Australia Sold Out!
Jan 13, 2012, Wellington Town Hall / Wellington, New Zealand
Jan 14, 2012, Town Hall / Auckland, New Zealand
Jan 17, 2012, Big Cat / Osaka, Japan
Jan 18, 2012, Club Quatro / Nagoya, Japan
Jan 20, 2012, Studio Coast / Tokyo, Japan

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