Fleet Foxes – A Very Lonely Solstice (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 Brooklyn, NY’s St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church. Now being released for the first time on vinyl, CD and digital formats, ‘A Very Lonely Solstice’ captures a poignant moment in time. The recording was originally broadcasted 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 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.”Tracklist

1Wading in Waist-High Water (Solstice Version)
2Sunblind (Solstice Version)
3In the Morning (Solstice Version)
4Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Solstice Version)
5Maestranza (Solstice Version)
6Helplessness Blues (Solstice Version)
7Silver Dagger (Solstice Version)
8Featherweight (Solstice Version)
9A Long Way Past the Past (Solstice Version)
10Blue Spotted Tail (Solstice Version)
11If You Need to, Keep Time on Me (Solstice Version)
12I’m Not My Season (Solstice Version)
13Can I Believe You (Solstice Version)