Fleet Foxes

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The level of their musicianship and in particular the beautiful, soaring vocal harmonies are what carry their performance. They are just so talented and that shines through all the time. Fleet Foxes are all about the music and feel no need to put on a show with any special effects. Robin Pecknold only ever really speaks to the crowd to thank them and ask if everything's OK. There's no need to announce the titles of the songs as it seems everyone knows them anyway. It was a shame that there were some problems with the sound. I thought the bass guitar sounded way too loud where I was standing. The Bees had the same problem too. I liked it that the band members were very careful to keep their instruments in tune all the time, which must have been tricky with the temperature rising all the time. I saw them play once before at a festival and it was so much harder for them to get their sound across in a windswept field. So I'm grateful for having had the chance to see them indoors. Having only had the new album for a few weeks it is hard to make fair comparisons between the two in terms of which I prefer. But I think last night showed that their debut is just so much stronger in terms of the songs on it. 'Helplessness Blues' is a lot deeper and more thoughtful than their first album, where more of the songs seem to tell stories.

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amazing concert