1. RelaxThereIsNoG

   10

   NME need to throw in the towel, a 7 for Britney Spears, but a 4 for Fleet Foxes? Was this written by some guy who someone keeps locked away in a basement somewhere? Perhaps they don't allow him sharp objects, so instead of pencils, he writes his reviews with his own fecal matter? Regardless, Helplessness Blues is an instant classic,it also translates really well live. There really isn't anything else that needs to be said, this album will go down in history.… Expand

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2. hydrawithears

   4

   If you haven’t heard of Fleet Foxes, it means that you’ve got no idea what’s cool in music right now. These critical darlings released a debut album in 2008 to an overwhelming acclaim (Pitchfork’s album of the year, together with Sun Giant EP by… Fleet Foxes). Three years have passed and there is a feeling that it’s still 2008 as the band sounds exactly the same. No progress, no good. Foxes are short of ideas and even if they sporadically touch the sublime (like on Grown Ocean), an overwhelming boredom dominates.… Expand

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3. dartagnan

   2

   oh dear it would help if they wrote actual songs here but instead we' re are mistreated to song treatments, fragments if you will instead of the actual thing, all done in the inimitable style of CSN. hey deja vu all over again, it was bad the first time around, it's not getting any better this time.… Expand

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