Fleet Foxes Take The Stage At Sasquatch

I’ll be the first to admit it.

When it comes to smooth vocal harmonies, I am a complete and utter sucker.

The Beach Boys, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Simon & Garfunkel, etc. — you name it.

So when I, like many other music junkies out there, heard Fleet Foxes for the first time a few months back on the bright stage of “Saturday Night Live,” I was truly amazed and, at the same time, mightily disappointed I hadn’t discovered them sooner. The five-piece, Seattle-based band quite literally stole the spotlight from an otherwise mediocre SNL showing with two flawless performances, which included the folksy “Mykonos” and the mesmerizing “Blue Ridge Mountains.”

The short set propelled the group to sudden indie recognition and their self-titled debut album soared as high as 36 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, while selling more than 200,000 copies in the United States alone.

On Monday, the Foxes played the annual Sasquatch! Festival in George, Washington on a day when such acts as Ben Harper, Erykah Badu and Silversun Pickups also took the stage. It was their first stop on a North American tour that will last through September and includes three gigs in the UK and a few other trips through Europe.

Below is the first decent video that has surfaced of their performance at Sasquatch! — a four-plus minute rendition of “Ragged Wood.” Though the audio quality fluctuates from good to horrible, you really can’t complain when you hear the breakdown halfway in and the consequential build up to the swoons of “Lie to me if you will.”

Plus, the guy in the back of front man Robin Pecknold attempting the air drums is worthy of the watch.