Fleet Foxes Concerts Setlist

Fleet Foxes is an American folk band. They were formed in 2006 in Seattle, Washington. The founding members were lead singer Robin Pecknold (born in 1986 in Seattle, Washington), guitarist Skyler Skjelset (1986, Seattle, Washington), keyboardist Casey Wescott, drummer Nicholas Peterson, and bassist Bryn Lumsden.

Pecknold and Skjelset attended the same high school in the suburb of Seattle. Sharing a love for the music of Bob Dylan and Neil Young, it was natural that they ended up forming a band. Originally, they wanted to name that band “The Pineapples”, but that name was taken. So, they switched it to “Fleet Foxes”, to “evocative of some weird English activity like fox hunting”, as co-founder Pecknold explained in a 2008 interview with The Independent. The two guys, both 20 at the time, recruited the band's original line-up, as listed above. Bassist Lumsden was the first to go. Within a year, he was replaced by Craig Curran, who was better at singing backing harmonies.

While doing early Fleet Foxes concert shows in local venues, the fresh band was discovered by music producer Phil Ek. He helped the boys produce their first demo tape. As they kept doing live shows, they also got favorable coverage by the local press, including The Seattle Times. In the meantime, they built up a sizable following on the late social media site MySpace as well. This all led to them releasing their debut album, the self-titled “Fleet Foxes”, in June 2008. It was published by the labels Sub Pop and Bella Union. The record became quite a hit, peaking at #36 on the famous Billboard 200 chart in the US, while also reaching #3 on the OCC chart over in the UK.

The Seattle-based folk band went on to release one more album, “Helplessness Blues”, in May 2011, before going into a hiatus in 2013. The break-up happened because their drummer at the time, Josh Tillman, left the band to start his solo career under the stage name “Father John Misty”. Meanwhile, frontman and founder Robin Pecknold started doing his college degree at Columbia University (majoring in liberal arts). However, in 2016, Pecknold revealed in answer to a fan question on his Instagram account that his band are back together, working on new material. This led to the release of a new Fleet Foxes album, “Crack-Up” in June 2017; as well as an international Fleet Foxes concert tour, also in 2017. The band has put out one more album since: their 4th and last LP is titled “Shore” and came out in September 2020.

The biggest hits in the Fleet Foxes setlist to date are “White Winter Hymnal” (2008), “Mykonos” (also 2008), “Helplessness Blues” (2011, same title as their album), and “Third of May / Ōdaigahara” (2017). After some changes, the band’s current line-up is made up of three of the five co-founders, lead singer Pecknold, guitarist Skjelset, keyboardist Wescott; as well as bassist Christian Wargo, and upright bassist and percussionist Morgan Henderson.