Stalwart indie label Sub Pop has been on a particular roll of late, and that continues with local Seattle group Fleet Foxes. The group makes a strangely sublime sort of country-pop, one built around antique arrangements, soulful lyrics, and gauzy gospel-folk harmonies.
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