Description
Robin Pecknold brings light to the bleakest of winters with Fleet Foxes’ ‘A Very
Lonely Solstice,’ a 13-track career spanning collection recorded in December 2020,
at Brooklyn, NY’s St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church.
Now being released for the first time on vinyl, ‘A Very
Lonely Solstice’ captures a poignant moment in time. The recording was originally
broadcasted as a live-stream event on the winter solstice of 2020, just days after
New York declared a state of emergency tightening restrictions again in response
to increasing COVID-19 cases. Pecknold describes the set as “me by myself on the
longest night of the year... honoring the loneliness of 2020 with a nylon string
and some songs new and old.” Fans worldwide tuned in while quarantined at home,
finding solace and a sense of community in a period of extreme isolation.
Much of ‘A Very Lonely Solstice’ showcases a solo focus on Pecknold who offers up
acoustic arrangements of fan-favorite songs spanning Fleet Foxes’ catalog.
Selections cover all four of the band’s studio albums, including their 2008 selftitled debut album (“Tiger Mountain Peasant Song”) to 2011’s Helplessness Blues
(“Blue Spotted Tail”) and 2017’s Crack-Up (“If You Need To, Keep Time On Me”), all
the way to their latest release, Shore. Resistance Revival Chorus joins Pecknold
on Shore tracks “Wading In Waist-High Water” and “Can I Believe You.”
Also featured: a cover of Nina Simone’s “In The Morning” and a rearrangement of
the traditional “Silver Dagger.”
TRACKLIST:
1. WADING IN WAIST-HIGH WATER
2. SUNBLIND
3. IN THE MORNING
4. TIGER MOUNTAIN PEASANT SONG
5. MAESTRANZA
6. HELPLESSNESS BLUES
7. SILVER DAGGER
8. FEATHERWEIGHT
9. A LONG WAY PAST THE PAST
10. BLUE SPOTTED TAIL
11. IF YOU NEED TO, KEEP TIME
ON ME
12. I’M NOT MY SEASON
13. CAN I BELIEVE YOU
