Fleet Foxes: First Attempt At New Album Was ‘Not Where We Want To Be’

Fleet Foxes have revealed they were forced to ‘re-tool’ their first attempt at mixing forthcoming album ‘Helplessness Blues’.

Speaking to Uncut, singer Robin Pecknold explained the band weren’t happy with the sound of their first effort.

‘When we did the first mix of the album it was like, ‘This is where we’re at, not where we want to be’,’ he said.

‘I felt there were things that could be improved. I wasn’t being precious about it. I wanted the album finished and out as much as anyone. But as soon as we started re-tooling one or two of the tracks, that opened the floodgates.

‘There was absolutely no chance I was going to ever put out something that I wasn’t totally convinced was as good as it could possibly be. I didn’t care how many times we had to re-record stuff.’

The follow up to Fleet Foxes’ self titled debut is released on March 2nd.