Support was The Bees who were a bit dull. The songs just lacked any interest - what more can I say? I know - they droned on a bit.
Fleet Foxes started with about 20 minutes of material from the new album which in my view is not as good as their stunning first album. It was also the weaker songs from the album so wasn't as exhilerating as it might have been. However they then did a session of songs from the first album and that was when I really started to enjoy the gig. 'Your Protector' was memorable and 'Tiger Mountain Peasant Song' is just such a great song. There was however a problem in that the sound quality was not good enough. Fleet Foxes are subtle musicians singing harmony and they deserve a good sound system. The Civic Hall at Wolverhampton was not providing same. After about 30 minutes of older stuff they then moved onto the stronger songs from the new album including the excellent 'The Shrine/An Argument'with its manic sax solo.
The encore featured Robin on his own singing 'Oliver James' which is stunning.
Overall it wasn't the memorable ocassion that ny first Fleet Foxes gig was in 2009. The sound wasn't good enough, the delivery wasn't dynamic enough, but it had its moments.
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