52. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2008)
I'm a fan of ignoring hype. The buzz around this folk debut was phenomenal, so I avoided it. Silly thing to do really as it's such a great accomplishment for the band from Seattle. You just have to simply let it in. There's a hilarious comment on a Metacritic forum by a guy who calls himself Joe Blow and Mr. Blow gave it 0/10. Have a chuckle:
"Just another perfect example of the oldest misconception in the world, if everyone likes it that much, it must be good. Wrong. The way I see it, if everybody likes it that much, it probably means that it's suited for the masses, meaning, common, saturated ideas that are more than likely being done better elsewhere, not en-masse"
Joe takes his own rigid idea and applies it to everything. He himself suffers from misconception disorder. Seeing as I seem to be filling this entry with quotes, I'll let this nice desciption from Entertainment Weekly do the talking:
"Hushed and wistful, Foxes evokes the itinerant days of yore...you know, before gas cost four bucks a gallon"
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