{"id":2249,"date":"2017-06-22T03:28:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T10:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T20:30:10","slug":"fleet-foxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/fleet-foxes","title":{"rendered":"Episode 109: Fleet Foxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Mearcstapa&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2237\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SongExploder109-FleetFoxes-600x420.png\" alt=\"SongExploder108-FleetFoxes\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=d4d814377b3ca9bbe4da379312a397ac\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/ee371cd3-d648-4c9b-af51-47b2ac4030c3\/SongExploder109-FleetFoxes-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fleetfoxes.co\/crack-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fleet Foxes<\/a> formed in Seattle, Washington in 2006. In 2011, they put out their second record, which was nominated for a Grammy; and then, the band went on hiatus. The lead singer and songwriter, Robin Pecknold, moved to New York to go to Columbia University. In 2017, the band returned with their third album, <em>Crack-Up<\/em>. And in this episode, Robin breaks down a song from that record called \u201cMearcstapa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can get <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/mearcstapa\/id1209098746?i=1209098769&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Mearcstapa&#8221; on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/fleet-foxes-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vy1eMx8txxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Farka Tour\u00e9 &#8211; &#8220;Petenere&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Moitessier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernard Moitessier<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bp_8GKcNvdQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beach Boys &#8211; &#8220;Feel Flows&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9a1NhRbNJ_Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can &#8211; &#8220;Vitamin C&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LWNO1UFtdDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahmoud Guinia &#8211; &#8220;Makawyahy&#8221; (using the krakeb)<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mearcstapa&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Fleet Foxes formed in Seattle, Washington in 2006. In 2011, they put out their second record, which was nominated for a Grammy; and then, the band went on hiatus. The lead singer and songwriter, Robin Pecknold, moved to New York to go to Columbia University. 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