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Fleet Foxes play Melbourne and Brisbane

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By Sound Republic
4 October 2011

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Fleet Foxes

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Falls Festival (2011)

Hitting our shores this December for Falls Festival, Fleet Foxes today announce they will be playing sideshows in Brisbane and Melbourne.

Fleet Foxes is Robin Pecknold, Skye Skjelset, Josh Tillman, Casey Wescott, Christian Wargo and Morgan Henderson. Drawing influence and inspiration from popular music and folk rock of the mid ‘60s to the early ‘70s, the band site their musical heroes as the likes of Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Neil Young, The Zombies, Brian Wilson and Van Morrison.

Helplessness Blues is the second full-length Fleet Foxes album to be released through iconic labels Bella Union and Sub Pop Records. Described by the band as a synthesis of country, folk rock, traditional folk and psychedelic pop, they brought a number of new instruments to the recording process including a 12-string guitar, a hammered dulcimer, an upright bass, wood flute, tympani, Moog synthesizer, a tamboura, the fiddle, clarinet, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, Tibetan singing bowls and a vibraphone. The result is spellbinding.

Live, Fleet Foxes are captivating. In addition to performances at Falls and Southbound festivals, the six-piece will bring their earthy, harmony-rich sounds to the Palais in Melbourne and the Tivoli in Brisbane.

Friday 6th January - Palais, Melbourne

Wednesday 11th January - Tivoli, Brisbane

Also appearing at:
Falls Festival Victoria: 28 Dec - 1 Jan - www.fallsfestival.com
Falls Festival Tasmania: 29 Dec - 1 Jan - www.fallsfestival.com
Sydney Opera House: 2 - 3 January - www.sydneyoperahouse.com
Southbound: 7 - 8 Jan - www.southboundfestival.com.au