I was alone, I was finally home / in the fields with the stars and the corn, /
the old clothes and the photographs of the children when they were born
I turned on my radio and / dialled into the old world / and the old sound...
who who who who
I stayed out late with the barn cats, /
til the barn cats were all full grown. /
I fell in love with a haystack, / it was
a place I could call my own
I turned on my radio, I dialled into
the old world / and the old sound...
who who who who
I’ll climb into my old red truck, / I’ll drive towards that old world, / towards my sound, / then I’ll drive drive drive drive away away from this town!
Lalala lalala lalala
credits
from Quiet River of Dust Vol 1,
released September 21, 2018
Richard Reed Parry [voice, guitar, casio, drum waves]
Laurel Sprengelmeyer [voice, keyboard, bass synth]
Stefan Schneider [drums drum waves]
This is undoubtedly my single favorite album of all time. It feels like such a perfect culmination of all the themes and ideas Fleet Foxes has been working with since 2008. It answers many of the questions found on both Helplessness Blues and Crack-Up, and represents an incredible maturation and growth in Robin Pecknold's perspective. Their other albums are certainly masterpieces, but this, in my opinion, is their magnum opus. I doubt it will be recognized as such in its time. isaiah_stuart