Fleet Foxes Announce 'Crack-Up' LP, Share New Song

BY Sarah MurphyPublished Mar 7, 2017

One of our most anticipated albums of 2017 has finally been officially announced. Despite previous rumours about an album titled Ylajali, Fleet Foxes will actually release Crack-Up on June 16 through Nonesuch Records.
 
The album marks the band's first full-length since 2011's Helplessness Blues. It was entirely written by bandleader Robin Pecknold and co-produced by Pecknold and his longtime bandmate, collaborator and childhood friend Skyler Skjelset. When it came time for actual playing, they were joined by fellow bandmates (all multi-instrumentalists) Casey Wescott, Christian Wargo and Morgan Henderson.
 
The full tracklist for Crack-Up can be found below, while the scenic album artwork is pictured above.
 
The first sample of the new material has arrived with lead single "Third of May / Ōdaigahara" — an epic nine-minute ode to the titular Japanese mountain, bolstered by piano, electric 12-string guitar, a string quartet and the group's signature vocal harmonies. Give it a listen below.
 
The band have also announced a slew of world tour dates, including two shows at Massey Hall in Toronto on August 4 and 5. See the band's full itinerary below.

UPDATE (3/28, 1:40 p.m. EDT): Fleet Foxes have now added a Vancouver show, which will take place on September 13 at the Malkin Bowl. Tickets go on sale Friday (March 31) at 10 a.m. PDT. The band have also announced a string of more intimate Pacific Northwest shows in the U.S. for mid-May. You can see the updated schedule below.
 
Crack-Up:
 
1. I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar
2. Cassius, -
3. Naiads, Cassadies
4. Kept Woman
5. Third of May / Ōdaigahara
6. If You Need To, Keep Time on Me
7. Mearcstapa
8. On Another Ocean (January / June)
9. Fool's Errand
10. I Should See Memphis
11. Crack-Up

Tour dates:
 
05/15 Missoula, MT - The Wilma
05/16 Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
05/18 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
05/19 Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market
05/26 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House
05/27 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House
05/28 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House
05/29 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House
07/01 Vilanova, Spain - Vida Festival
07/03 Ferrara, Italy - Bands Apart
07/07 Bilbao, Spain - Bilbao BBK Live
07/13 Dublin, Ireland - The Iveagh Gardens
07/14 Dublin, Ireland - The Iveagh Gardens
07/16 Southwold, UK - Latitude Festival
07/27 Portland, ME - Thompson's Point
07/28 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
07/29 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion *
07/31 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts *
08/01 Brooklyn, NY - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
08/04 Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
08/05 Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
08/06 Detroit, MI - The Masonic
09/13 Vancouver, BC - Malkin Bowl
09/23 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl ^
09/27 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre ^
 
* with Animal Collective
^ with Beach House
 

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