Seraphina Lotkhamnga on April 8th, 2011

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It took Fleet Foxes three years to announce a new album to follow-up their self-titled debut. Will “Helplessness Blues” (due May 3 via Sub Pop) be worth the wait? Depends on your appetite for the Seattle band’s lush harmonies. The title track and “Grown Ocean” both continue to reflect folk-rock inspirations from the ’60s and ’70s. However, new instruments such as the slide guitar have shown up in these songs, which take the band’s sound more into Americana territory.

||| Download: “Grown Ocean”

||| Also: “Helplessness Blues” (Previously posted)

||| Live: Fleet Foxes plays a sold-out Hollywood Palladium on May 7.