About this episode

The episode features a live discussion about Fleet Foxes' debut album with guest Aoife Barry.

A live recording from The Big Romance about a 2008 Sub Pop-released classic album of the 2000s. Listen on Apple | Android | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed | Podlink Step into a world of misty melodies and cavernous echoes with Seattle band Fleet Foxes’ landmark debut – a defining record of the late-2000s indie folk revival. Led by Robin Pecknold, the album blends the lush, pastoral harmonies of the 1960s with a haunting baroque-pop sensibility and lyrical themes rooted in nature, tradition, and introspection. Like the Bruegel painting on its cover, every track reveals a dense, beautiful world that evokes a timeless – almost mythic Americana sound. This podcast episode is a live recording from our listening party in The Big Romance in April, with guest journalist and Fleet Foxes fan Aoife Barry. Our next Listening Party is Smashing Pumpkins later this month and it's sold out. Listen Closely: Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (2008) A Nialler9 listening party, hosted by Niall Byrne with guest Aoife Barry. Before the album Niall: Hello everyone, how are you? Welcome to the Listen Closely album listening party. I'm Niall, and this is Aoife Barry. Aoife…

People in this episode

Host: Niall Byrne

Guest: Aoife Barry

Topics covered

• Fleet Foxes
• indie folk
• album review
• music history
• live recording

Keywords

• Fleet Foxes
• debut album
• indie folk revival
• live recording
• music podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fleet Foxes, Sub Pop

Books & works: Fleet Foxes, Jeff Buckley, My Bloody Valentine

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