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1. bmorr7

   Sep 26, 2020

   10

   Wonderful album. Combination of the complexity of Crack Up with the accessibility of their debut. Highly recommended.

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2. Mcfly24

   Sep 23, 2020

   10

   Stunning! This is an awesome album all the way through. I'm loved Robin Pecknold's incredible vocals and soaring melodies, they felt like aStunning! This is an awesome album all the way through. I'm loved Robin Pecknold's incredible vocals and soaring melodies, they felt like a hug in these difficult times. I feel like it's a step up from crack up which I enjoyed but didn't love.… Expand

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4. Tony_AJ

   Sep 22, 2020

   10

   A great experience that I'll heard over and over again. Way ahead of its time!

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5. Lurchbox

   Sep 23, 2020

   9

   Listen with headphones & find yourself in the organic rich layers of beauty. Honestly, the best album of 2020 and I will leave out “so far”.Listen with headphones & find yourself in the organic rich layers of beauty. Honestly, the best album of 2020 and I will leave out “so far”.
   
   Amazing work Robin… Expand

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6. PurelyAnecdotal

   Sep 24, 2020

   8

   I am heartened that Robin has decided to move away from all the perplexing heaviness and sometimes distressingly abstruse sound characterisingI am heartened that Robin has decided to move away from all the perplexing heaviness and sometimes distressingly abstruse sound characterising songs in "Crack-up". This is a much more accessible, for the lack of a better word, record than the last one, easier in approach and more immediate, and hence, engaging in nature. Many tracks in this album lean towards a modern rock-pop sound, with a lot fewer folkish elements relative to their debut album, and some unexpected sprinklings of trumpet and synths here and there. Although the highlights from this album, such as the adventurous synth-preceded "Jara", "Can I Believe You" with its monumental choral bed sound and meaningful rumination on trust, and "Sunblind", a delightfully breezy and pastoral tribute lionizing Robin's influences, do not evoke the same creative rapture, magical landscapes and emotional highs as tracks like "White Winter Hymnal", "Ragged Wood", "Blue Ridge Mountains" and "Mykonos" of their debut 'Fleet Foxes', their best album in my books, this one is still very winsome. The outro portion of "Cradling Mother, Cradling Woman", with its relentless yet euphoric, trumpeting cascade caught my attention and rekindled my faith in the band's capacity for affecting inventiveness. I also found myself liking a few of Robin's more novel ideas, like the last quarter of "Going-to-the-Sun Road" where the synths and trumpets enter as a riveting backdrop to some tender Portuguese soliloquy delivered expectantly by, to my surprise, a male - not female - Brazilian singer by the name of Tim Bernardes. It would have been a stellar track through and through, in my humble opinion, if only the first half of the track didn't meander for a bit. More exactly, some songs fall flat in their execution with great ideas not being fleshed out fully.
   
   That said, there is not one track here that succeeds in completely transporting me to a different realm of imagination or offering an otherworldly, almost spiritual, listening experience like "White Winter Hymnal" does for me. I have been pining for years, in hopes that they would one day produce a track like that, i.e. "White Winter Hymnal", replete with some of the most amazing vocal build-ups, vocal harmonies, melodic identity and breadth of instrumental textures. That one song was put together so immaculately and sets the bar so high, I reckon it would be one that Robin finds hard-pressed to beat. Nevertheless, I am thankful for as long as he's still producing enjoyable music like this record, despite not necessarily being extraordinarily memorable like their debut, and that he is doing things that makes his career an enjoyable and sustainable one for him.
   
   It is rather amusing to note that there are others who feel the same way as me about the relative success of Robin's recent efforts. I can definitely see where they are coming from, as my thoughts do resonate with them as a long-time follower of the band. They have expressed their thoughts in a tactful manner, but all of them seemed to have been downvoted by arguably blind or very new followers to the band's discography. It is important to note that this album is invariably a delectable fruit of Robin's labor, notwithstanding the fact that there are areas deserving of criticism.
   
   Incidentally, if you enjoy "Sunblind", I will suggest you check out the band's cover of the Bee Gee's "In the Morning". The vibes given off by the latter track is not quite unlike the former, and there is an undeniably pastoral charm to both of them.… Expand

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7. Kimm1219

   Dec 28, 2020

   8

   Anyone who became a Fleet Foxes fan probably found them on there debut or EP album and have looked for anything to bring them back to thatAnyone who became a Fleet Foxes fan probably found them on there debut or EP album and have looked for anything to bring them back to that beautiful feel of melodies and feeling that those albums created. While this is not as fulfilling as the debut album it is surprisingly close to recreating the the original with its own (new) soothing feel and takes the positives from the lesser albums to make a new but beautifully balanced album all in itself.… Expand

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8. Mccusky

   Sep 23, 2020

   5

   Doesn't seem as genuine, inventive or in the moment as their first two albums, no hooks or harmonies, vocals and lyrics are lost in theDoesn't seem as genuine, inventive or in the moment as their first two albums, no hooks or harmonies, vocals and lyrics are lost in the instruments, different production to their first two albums, ended up quite flat. Disappointed.… Expand

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