"The synthesizer is the greatest addition to The Beach Boys sound to come along.'" - Brian Wilson, Modern Recording (June/July 1976)
"All I wanted to do was to make a person feel they were free to call at any time - if they felt the world was upside down, they could call and I could correct their world. In other words, I wanted to feel like I can call somebody and tell them, 'Look, I'm swamped, I'm scared, I got all these emotions deep inside of me.'" - Brian Wilson, Record Collector (January 1995)
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