Ever listen to
Jacopo Peri? Yes, he is from the 1600's or something, but four part baroque harmony is definitely being channeled on
Fleet Foxes new album,
Ragged Wood (
Sub Pop)... that is, if Peri was also influenced by the old American west and folk songs. Other influences include a love of nature, simplicity, flowers, trees, the 1960's, and many of their contemporaries. But hey, it's some pretty solid stuff.
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joe puglisi