A Very Lonely Solstice (IEX) (Clear) (Colored Vinyl, Clear Vinyl, Indie Exclusive)

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.”

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