Well the eponymous album is here and deeply gorgeous affair it is too. It doesn’t outstay its welcome at around 40 minutes but is a joy from start to finish. Laiden with achingly lovely harmonies and subtely infectious songlines – Blue Ridge Mountains and Ragged Wood being current favourites. The curious but affecting habit that Fleet Foxes have of seeming to crash two songs into one provides a two-for-the-price-of-one formula. Robin Pecknold has a wonderfully sonorous vocal which he uses in a controlled but liberated style.

Oh dear, I am getting a bit over the top with this, but I have to say this, and the equally wonderful Sun Giant EP, provide some of the most affecting and genuinely beautiful music so far this year ( and indeed for some time)

Oh and there’s a neat little interview/piece about t their views on ‘transcendence’ on the 6 Music site to coincide with their rapturous reviews following their UK gigs (which I missed tickets for in Bristol 😦 )