![]() They were too easy to like, and lost their credibility that way.įrom about 2008 to 2011, the last time Fleet Foxes were active, Americana was the reverb-laden sound of the alternative world. It's a common indie-music trope, and it would be easy to say that the backlash against Fleet Foxes (on the internet and in conversation) is because of this mentality-they got too popular, too big. ![]() The Northwest, like many regional music scenes, tends to kill its darlings. One friend told me they were "like Band of Horses but bad." I could probably write a dissertation trying to figure out what that sentence even means, but I have a life to live. ![]() When I would ask people in the Northwest about Fleet Foxes, I was met with responses ranging from "Oh my god they suck" to "I used to like them, but they're so derivative."
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