Fleet Foxes
Live at SXSW, 2008
Background information
Origin	Seattle, Washington,  United States
Genre(s)	Indie rock Folk-pop
Label(s)	Sub Pop Bella Union
Website	MySpace Page
Members
Robin Pecknold Skye Skjelset J Tillman Casey Wescott Christian Wargo

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Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 EPs 2 References 3 External links

Discography

Albums

• Fleet Foxes (June 3, 2008)

EPs

• Fleet Foxes (2006)
• Sun Giant (February 25, 2008)

References

External links

• Fleet Foxes at MySpace
• Fleet Foxes at Last.fm
• Bumbershoot 2007 interview with the band
• Sub Pop band page
• Fleet Foxes Are Not Hippies
• DiScover: Fleet Foxes introductory feature
• Fleet Foxes live show review from Neumo's
• "Sun Giant" EP review
• "Fleet Foxes" LP Review, Knockout Music Blog
• "Sun Giant" EP Review, Knockout Music Blog

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