Fleet Foxes Share First New Song In Six Years, Announce Forthcoming Album

After much anticipation and rumor, the Fleet Foxes have finally made the announcement we’ve all been waiting for. The popular indie band has revealed plans to release a new album, Crack-Up, on June 16th, marking their first official release since 2011. Not only that, but the announcement has come with the release of the first single from the new LP.

Titled “Third of May / Ōdaigahara,” the nine minute offering shows a newly energized Fleet Foxes, eager to bring new music to their fans. Watch the lyric video below.

After releasing Helplessness Blues in 2011, the band remained quiet while frontman and principle songwriter Robin Pecknold worked on other projects. He scored a Broadway musical, composed his own solo music, and even graduated from college during the band’s hiatus. After six years, it seems Pecknold has found himself working on music for the Fleet Foxes again, and we couldn’t be happier.

The band’s current lineup includes Pecknold, Skyler Skjelset, Casey Wescott, Christian Wargo, and Morgan Henderson. Details about the new album can be seen below, and pre-orders can be found here. We can’t wait!

Crack-Up Tracklisting:

01 I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar
02 Cassius, –
03 – Naiads, Cassadies
04 Kept Woman
05 Third of May / Ōdaigahara
06 If You Need To, Keep Time on Me
07 Mearcstapa
08 On Another Ocean (January / June)
09 Fool’s Errand
10 I Should See Memphis
11 Crack-Up

Upcoming Tour Dates

05-26-29 Sydney, Australia – Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
07-01 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain – Vida Festival
07-03 Ferrara, Italy – Piazza Castello
07-07 Bilbao, Spain – Bilboa BBK Live
07-13 Dublin, Ireland – Iveagh Gardens
07-14 Dublin, Ireland – Iveagh Gardens
07-16 Southwold, England – Latitude Festival
07-27 Portland, ME – Thompson’s Point
07-28 Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival
07-29 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion *
07-31 Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts *
08-01 Brooklyn, NY – BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival (Prospect Park Bandshell)
08-04 Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall
08-06 Detroit, MI – The Detroit Masonic Temple
09-23 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl @
09-27 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre @

* with Animal Collective
@ with Beach House

[H/T Pitchfork]