Shore by Fleet Foxes

Shore, the fourth Fleet Foxes album, arrived on Anti- on September 22, 2020, announced just a day ahead and timed to land right on the autumnal equinox. It's really Robin Pecknold's record: he started writing it in September 2018, recorded it from September 2019 to September 2020, pandemic and all, at studios including Long Pond and Electric Lady, and produced it himself with engineer Beatriz Artola, without the rest of the band.

The Seattle group's harmony-rich folk opens up into something brighter here, with guest singers along for the ride, and Pecknold has called it a celebration of "life in the face of death". It follows 2017's Crack-Up, their second album since regrouping after a three-year break. Critics loved it, it turned up on several year-end lists, and it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.

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