Free Poor Moon Download

Our friends Christian Wargo, Casey Wescott of the Fleet Foxes have a side project Poor Moon.  You can get a free download of their track "Holiday" on their website for this week only to promote their new self titled album dropping in August!  Very solid side project, and certainly worth more then they're asking for.

Track of the Moment-Grown Ocean by Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes garnished some really well deserved respect after their debut self titled album. Its no wonder then that the world was watching with close eyes as the Seattle based folk outfit recorded and released their follow up, Helplessness Blues. Let me say right off the bat that Helplessness Blues is a different type of album than Fleet Foxes. Where Fleet Foxes favors the song, the instantly catchy folk toe tapper, Helplessness Blues favors the emotionality that folk can often bring, it contrasts folks musical simplicity and the simplicity of folk characters with complex themes lyrics and emotionality. Not to say that the self titled album doesn’t do that, its just that Helplessness Blues does it better, and while it may not be as much fun to listen to as Fleet Foxes it is a departure that the band had to make. The tracks that really knocked me over were the intro Montezuma, the title track, and the final two tracks Blue Spotted Tail and Grown Ocean. Of those four that I mentioned the one that for me does the best job of capturing really what the album is about is the closer Grown Ocean. It pits the naivety of a dreamer and the dream that he swears “all my life I will try to attain it” against the ocean, vast and mystifying, complex and deep

Track of the Moment- Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings by Father John Misty

Fleet Foxes=Fantastic. They are a talented bunch with a knack for lyrics and vocal harmonies to accompany their great indie folk sound. Basically everything they have put out, ep’s and albums alike have been met with rave reviews. That being said, when I heard that former drummer and vocalist for this group, Joshua Tillman, was putting out some solo material, I figured that maybe a few people would be interested.

This new album will be released under his stage name Father John Misty and will be called “Fear Fun.” If you’re itching for a little Father John Misty in your life, but don’t want to wait for the 3 months or so before the album drops, WELL THE YOU’RE IN LUCK. A recent single release entitled “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings” will give you a taste of what the new album has to offer.

The song to me has a very definitive drive to it. With the pulsing percussion, and distorted guitar, this song is going somewhere and it’s taking you with it. With the melancholy lyrics and Tillman’s delivery, it’s pretty clear that where this song is going isn’t the happiest of places.

This tantalizing peak at the album is enough to get this writer excited for the release date (May 1^st.) Check out the music video I posted above that also features Aubrey Plaza from “Park and Recreations”