Comments on: Listening Booth: Fleet Foxes, “Fleet Foxes” http://popdose.com/listening-booth-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes/ your daily dose of pop culture Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:33:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: GrayFlannelSuit http://popdose.com/listening-booth-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes/comment-page-1/#comment-40921 GrayFlannelSuit Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:39:40 +0000 http://popdose.com/listening-booth-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes/#comment-40921 I have no idea about the buzz - I hadn't heard of FF until I saw a review on the AV Club. But I like the album, that's for sure. I have no idea about the buzz – I hadn't heard of FF until I saw a review on the AV Club. But I like the album, that's for sure.

]]> By: GrayFlannelSuit http://popdose.com/listening-booth-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes/comment-page-1/#comment-19413 GrayFlannelSuit Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:39:40 +0000 http://popdose.com/listening-booth-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes/#comment-19413 I have no idea about the buzz - I hadn't heard of FF until I saw a review on the AV Club. But I like the album, that's for sure. I have no idea about the buzz – I hadn't heard of FF until I saw a review on the AV Club. But I like the album, that's for sure.

]]> By: DwDunphy http://popdose.com/listening-booth-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes/comment-page-1/#comment-19412 DwDunphy Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:40:21 +0000 http://popdose.com/listening-booth-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes/#comment-19412 Spot-on. I've been trying to get into both this and MMJ's "Evil Urges", but neither are grabbing me. Spot-on. I've been trying to get into both this and MMJ's “Evil Urges”, but neither are grabbing me.

]]> By: Jack Feerick http://popdose.com/listening-booth-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes/comment-page-1/#comment-19411 Jack Feerick Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:21:39 +0000 http://popdose.com/listening-booth-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes/#comment-19411 I like the reverb on the vox, myself: it makes the group sound less like a rock band with harmonies, and more like a choir with instrumentation, if you get my meaning. Rather than backgrounding the vocals, I think it tends to spotlight them—it's the sound of a small vocal ensemble in a big concert hall; the instrumentation, as good as it is, is definitely in a supporting role.<br><br>That's how it works in my ears, anyway—and if anything it reinforces those Beach Boys comparisons. I heard somewhere that the Beach Boys were one of the first groups to record in a 16-track studio—and their method was to bounce the instruments down to a single track, and use the other 15 for harmonies. A choir with instruments. I like the reverb on the vox, myself: it makes the group sound less like a rock band with harmonies, and more like a choir with instrumentation, if you get my meaning. Rather than backgrounding the vocals, I think it tends to spotlight them—it's the sound of a small vocal ensemble in a big concert hall; the instrumentation, as good as it is, is definitely in a supporting role.

That's how it works in my ears, anyway—and if anything it reinforces those Beach Boys comparisons. I heard somewhere that the Beach Boys were one of the first groups to record in a 16-track studio—and their method was to bounce the instruments down to a single track, and use the other 15 for harmonies. A choir with instruments.

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