Shore
by Fleet Foxes

From HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/22/2020 20:14 | #258546 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This year has been so shitty. And while an album like Fetch the Bolt Cutters recognizes our turmoil and frustration, Shore is a great complement. This is a work of love, joy, and hope that has come at not a moment too soon.

But even musically, it's making a strong claim as the best Fleet Foxes album. It encapsulates the excitement and accessibility of their self-titled, matches the scope and consistency of Helplessness Blues, while pushing the sound and songwriting with similar adventurousness as Crack-Up.

It remains to be seen whether it captures thee same adoration for me as those first two records, given that I've had a decade with them, and at such a formative age. But I gotta say, Shore does not disappoint.

This album proves how powerful production quality can be. The result is a beatifully composed batch of songs that could all have been the, say, 7th track of every album the foxes released before. In other words, no song stands out, but also no song is terrible. I personally hoped for a more ambitious album, but still enjoyed the ride. I hope it grows on me a bit more!

My God this is gorgeous! Fleet Foxes have developed their sound from Crack-Up into a more digestible and refined package, taking cues from their older works like the Self Titled and Helplessness Blues album. Sounds like a wonderful mixture of Crack-Up and Self-Titled blended into a sleek, new, smooth package. This is the good stuff!

From Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/22/2020 06:25 | #261220 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

A new Fleet Foxes album is a big deal in my world and once again Robin Pecknold and crew has graced us with another simply gorgeous platter that sparkles and pops with beautiful harmonies. Technically this album presents a masterclass in texture, dynamics, timing and tamber all perfectly manipulated by an artist at the top of their collective game

I’ve had Fiona Apple as my AOTY since April and it remains my number 1 but only just .. the gap is closing fast with this wonderful release

From poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/04/2020 16:47 | #260186 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

May genuinely be my favorite Fleet Foxes record. More accessible than the previous release Crack-Up, but in some ways more mature than their early work. The earlier albums had a lot of genius but occasionally I felt like you could see through the magic, that the group was trying a bit too hard to fashion a certain kind of sound and image. Here I really feel like Pecknold sounds confident enough to let his talent flow, and the music feels extremely natural. Very impressed how many of the great staples of his songwriting are still intact even with changes in music culture over the last decade.

Great album to throw on to relax yourself and drown in the beautiful harmonies.