Fleet Foxes frontman and lead songwriter Robin Pecknold has confirmed the band will release two albums within 24 months of each other, as well as confirming that his own solo album is well on the way to completion, according to The Line Of Best Fit.
Fleet Foxes have yet even to officially announce the name of their third album, but have now confirmed that a fourth will follow it. Per, The Line Of Best Fit, Pecknold confirmed that their third album would promptly be followed by a fourth, ‘within 24 months … according to contract.’ Fans shouldn’t get ahead of themselves, however, as Pecknold added, ‘LP4 not written at all.’ His explanation was that ‘everything has gone into LP3, which should at least bode well for fans in the short term. Also in the reasonably short term, if Pecknold is to be believed, will be his own solo debut. In the same interview he also confirmed that, ‘a solo album is pretty [much] written,’ although he does seem keen to downplay the significance of this venture, adding that it will be ‘so casual’ and that he’s ‘not trying to stir the pot with that at all.’ As for that mysterious fourth LP he promised that the band ‘will be working on four as soon as three is done.’ All in all then, it seems to be good news for Foxes fans; they will get two albums from the band in the next two years or so, as well as a bonus album from Pecknold, without the risk that he will decide to go it alone on a permanent basis.
Although we don’t have an official title for their upcoming album, last week Pecknold did post a quickly deleted Instagram picture which seemed to let slip the title and cover art of a forthcoming album. The post, suggested the title of the album, to be released on Nonesuch records, will be ‘Ylajali’ – a name which speculation on Reddit argues is a reference to a character in an 1860 Norwegian novel, Hunger, by Knut Hamsun. In November, the band updated fans via Facebook, replying to a comment asking about their new album with ‘alllllmost done.’ It will be the band’s first album since 2011’s Helplessness Blues, and will reportedly feature Neal Morgan on drums as replacement for Joshua Tillman, now more widely known by the moniker Father John Misty, who left the band in 2012.
In addition, Fleet Foxes have also revealed the outline of a tour schedule for next year. Spanish website Binaural has reported that the band will join Two Door Cinema Club, Depeche Mode and Die Antwoord on the bill for Bilbao BBK Live festival which will take place between the 6th and the 8th July next year. Pecknold then seemed to confirm the news on Instagram before following up on the site with even more news about impending tour plans, writing, ‘So far – Australia in May, EU in July, US Aug, US October, EU November.’
