Fleet Foxes touring Crack-Up, London Brixton Academy (Alberto Pezzali / Live4ever)
Fleet Foxes have been in the California desert recording a short film for I Am All That I Need/Arroyo Seco/Thumbprint Scar – the opening suite from last year’s Crack-Up album.
Robin Pecknold’s older brother Sean was directing traffic behind the camera, and says of the ‘four day shoot’:
“With the film I wanted to visualize the struggle within the song through the story of a fictional character trying to escape from his house and reach an ever elusive mythical place only to be brought back to the start by the pull of a mysterious red cube. At the start of the film it’s as if we have happened upon a man tired from a repetitive struggle that has been going on for weeks, months, even years.”
“There becomes a frustrating sense of repetition as he attempts to reach these metaphorical end goals and fails time after time. It’s something I can relate to, and hopefully others can too.”
