Listen: Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold Talks "Crack-Up" With NPR's "All Things Considered"

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Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold was a guest on NPR's All Things Considered. He discusses the band's new album, Crack-Up, and shares some of the experiences he had in the years since the release of the group's previous album. "Anything can teach you a lesson that you apply to what you make," says Pecknold. "And I still feel that way. I still feel like the more experience I have outside music, the closer my music is to what I want it to be. And it's just about chasing those experiences." You can hear what else he has to say in the interview here.

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Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold was a guest on NPR's All Things Considered on Saturday. He discusses the band's new album, Crack-Up, and shares some of the experiences he had in the six years since the release of the group's previous album, Helplessness Blues.

"Anything can teach you a lesson that you apply to what you make," says Pecknold. "And I still feel that way. I still feel like the more experience I have outside music, the closer my music is to what I want it to be. And it's just about chasing those experiences."

You can hear what else he has to say in the All Things Considered interview below.

To pick up a copy of Crack-Up, head to iTunes, Amazon, or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout; the album can also be heard on Apple Music and Spotify.

The band closed out the current leg of its North American tour in Dallas this weekend and returns to the road in Vancouver on September 13. The North American tour continues through October 4 and will be followed by a tour of Europe and the UK in November and December. For all the details, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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  • Monday, August 21, 2017
    Listen: Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold Talks "Crack-Up" With NPR's "All Things Considered"
    Shawn Brackbill

    Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold was a guest on NPR's All Things Considered on Saturday. He discusses the band's new album, Crack-Up, and shares some of the experiences he had in the six years since the release of the group's previous album, Helplessness Blues.

    "Anything can teach you a lesson that you apply to what you make," says Pecknold. "And I still feel that way. I still feel like the more experience I have outside music, the closer my music is to what I want it to be. And it's just about chasing those experiences."

    You can hear what else he has to say in the All Things Considered interview below.

    To pick up a copy of Crack-Up, head to iTunes, Amazon, or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout; the album can also be heard on Apple Music and Spotify.

    The band closed out the current leg of its North American tour in Dallas this weekend and returns to the road in Vancouver on September 13. The North American tour continues through October 4 and will be followed by a tour of Europe and the UK in November and December. For all the details, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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