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1ST JULY

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.

‘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 The Performance 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.”

TRACKLISTING:
1. Wading In Waist-High Water
2. Sunblind
3. In The Morning
4. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
5. Maestranza
6. Helplessness Blues
7. Silver Dagger
1. Featherweight
2. A Long Way Past The Past
3. Blue Spotted Tail
4. If You Need To, Keep Time On Me
5. I’m Not My Season
6. Can I Believe You