Fleet Foxes Announce Debut Album

Sun Giant EP hitting stores soon
Fleet Foxes Announce Debut Album

Photo by Nilina Mason-Campbell

Hot on the heels of their recent, Best New Music'd Sun Giant EP, Seattle's Fleet Foxes have announced the details of their debut LP. The self-titled affair (known for a time as Ragged Wood, though now officially eponymous) sports 11 tracks from the up-and-comers, including the recently Forkcasted (and totally gorgeous) "White Winter Hymnal". The Phil Ek-produced set is due June 3 from Sub Pop.

Oh, and Sun Giant, which has been available exclusively through Sub Pop's website since late February, arrives in stores April 8.

The Foxes recently launched a tour alongside another pack of Pac Northwesterners: Blitzen Trapper. Once the two are done stalking North America in late April, Fleet Foxes hit Sasquatch! and the Pitchfork Music Festival this summer.

Fleet Foxes:

01 Sun It Rises
02 White Winter Hymnal
03 Ragged Wood
04 Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
05 Quiet Houses
06 He Doesn't Know Why
07 Heard Them Stirring
08 Your Protector
09 Meadowlarks
10 Blue Ridge Mountains
11 Oliver James

Foxes, fleetly:

03-25 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
03-26 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
03-27 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs *
03-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
03-30 Worcester, MA - The Grind at Clark University *
04-01 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
04-02 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo *
04-03 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place *
04-04 Cleveland Heights, OH - The Grog Shop *
04-05 Detroit, MI - The Magic Stick *
04-06 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
04-08 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon *
04-09 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
04-10 Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College *
04-11 Omaha, NE - Slowdown *
04-12 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot *
04-14 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
04-15 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
04-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club *
04-18 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
04-19 Portland, OR - Holocene *
04-25 Bellingham, WA - WWU Underground
05-24 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)
07-19 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) ^

* with Blitzen Trapper
^ with Animal Collective, !!!, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, No Age, Atlas Sound

Posted by Paul Thompson on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:10am