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, CD and digital formats, ”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 self-titled 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.””
- 1 Wading in Waist-High Water (Solstice Version)
- 2 Sunblind (Solstice Version)
- 3 In the Morning (Solstice Version)
- 4 Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Solstice Version)
- 5 Maestranza (Solstice Version)
- 6 Helplessness Blues (Solstice Version)
- 7 Silver Dagger (Solstice Version)
- 8 Featherweight (Solstice Version)
- 9 A Long Way Past the Past (Solstice Version)
- 10 Blue Spotted Tail (Solstice Version)
- 11 If You Need to, Keep Time on Me (Solstice Version)
- 12 I”m Not My Season (Solstice Version)
- 13 Can I Believe You (Solstice Version)
