Fleet Foxes reveal second album, free download

A slice of really exciting news for you all this already dark Monday afternoon, Fleet Foxes have revealed details of their second album and are offering the title track up for free via their website. The greatly anticipated follow up to 2008’s critically acclaimed eponymous debut; Helplessness Blues is due for release on May 2 via Bella Union. Recorded over the course of a year, their sophomore twelve-track is set to coincide with a tour on both sides of the Atlantic. You can listen to the effortlessly stunning forthcoming title track below.

April
30 – The Vogue Theatre, Vancouver

May
1 – Crystal Ballroom, Portland
3 – Moore Theatre, Seatlle
5 – Fox Theatre, Oakland
6 – Spreckels Theatre, San Diego
7 – Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood
8 – Rialto Theatre, Tuscon
10 – Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheatre, Austin
11 – Palladium Ballroom, Dallas
13 – Ryman Auditorium, Nashville
14 – The Tabernacle, Atlanta
15 – DAR Constitutional Hall, Washington DC
17 – Orpheum Theatre, Boston
18 – The United Palace Theatre, New York
21 – Tower Theatre, Upper Darby
25 – Astra, Berlin
26 – Dachau Summer of Music, Munich
28 – Primavera Sound, Barcelona
30 – Bataclan, Paris
31 – Hammersmith Apollo, London

Tickets for the Hammersmith Apollo will go on-sale at 9am on Friday 4 February.