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Fleet Foxes announce new album, Helplessness Blues

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    If you hadn’t noticed, the pressure is on for Fleet Foxes. Along with this next record putting them head-to-head against the monster that is the sophomore slump, we’re already calling this LP one of the 50 most important records of 2011. Soon we’ll actually find out whether or not the band sink or swim as their second album, Helplessness Blues, hits stores May 3rd (via Sub Pop). Recorded over one year in four different studios (Avast Recording, Bear Creek Studios, Dreamland Studios, and Reciprocal Recording), the album sees the band reunited with producer Phil Ek. No word yet on a tracklist, but you can stream one of the LP’s 12 songs, the title track, below. Also be sure to check out the band on tour in North America and Europe starting April 30th (full dates are below).

     

    Fleet Foxes 2011 Tour Dates:
    04/30 – Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue Theatre
    05/01 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
    05/03 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
    05/05 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
    05/06 – San Diego, CA @ Spreckels Theatre
    05/07 – Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
    05/08 – Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
    05/10 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
    05/11 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
    05/13 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
    05/14 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
    05/15 – Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall
    05/17 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
    05/18 – New York, NY @ The United Palace Theatr
    05/21 – Upper Darby, PA @ Tower Theatre
    05/25 – Berlin, DE @ Astra
    05/26 – Munich, DE @ Dachau Summer of Music
    05/28 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
    05/30 – Paris, FR @ Bataclan
    05/31 – London, UK @ Hammersmith Apollo

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