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Fleet Foxes ends with Oliver James, another nearly a cappella showcase for Pecknold’s solo vocals. As he thumps out a soft rhythm on his Martin acoustic, he sings about handmade tables and long-gone grandparents, howling the chorus Oliver James, washed in the rain/ No longer. The brief snippet of Red Squirrel and Sun It Rises invites you into Fleet Foxes' debut, but Oliver James doesn’t shoo you out the door. Instead, Fleet Foxes let you linger for a few more bars, leaning forward to catch Pecknold’s last syllable as it fades into the air. They don’t seem to want the record to end any more than you will.

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