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Fleet Foxes Perform ‘Can I Believe You’ On ‘Colbert’
Fleet Foxes appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert from St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn on Thursday to perform their song Can I Believe You.
Filmed in a Brooklyn Church
In September Fleet Foxes surprise released via ANTI- a new album,
Shore, only a day after it was officially announced. Last night the band were the musical guest on
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert where they performed the album’s “Can I Believe In You” in a church with Resistance Revival Chorus. It was filmed at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, NY, although frontman Robin Pecknold wears a mask the whole time, with his vocals filmed separately in black & white and edited in. Watch the performance below.
Fleet Foxes previously announced “A Very Lonely Solstice Livestream,” a new livestream performance that will take place on December 21st at 6 p.m. PST / 9 p.m. EST, which coincides with the Winter Solstice. Pecknold will deliver a solo acoustic performance, along with a one-song appearance by Resistance Revival Chorus.
Pick of the Week: Fleet Foxes “Can I Believe You”
Pick of the Week: Fleet Foxes “Can I Believe You”
At a time of such uncertainty, Fleet Foxes perfectly capture the difficulty of finding faith in “Can I Believe You.” The song comes off of the band’s fourth album,
Shore, which was released this past September. “Can I Believe You” begins with a choir singing angelic harmonies before picking up with strong guitar strumming and drums. With hurt in his voice, lead singer Robin Pecknold sings emotional lyrics, questioning his ability to trust. And with religious undertones, the song seems to touch on the idea of faith in a spiritual sense as well as from a relationship standpoint. While being vulnerable is difficult, Pecknold realizes that it is necessary for growth as he sings “if I don t, well, nothing will change.” Towards the end of the song, the tempo slows dramatically and the vocals become soft, but a powerful chord progression leads into the final vers
Since her first album, 2016’s
Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, Margo Price has often been positioned in outlaw country, flanked by comparisons to Bobbie Gentry and Loretta Lynn. But on her third LP,
That’s How Rumors Get Started, Price veers closer to classic rock and away from the honky-tonk that once echoed through the Nashville songwriter’s music. While her debut was charged with drinking tropes and her sophomore effort (2017’s
All American Made)
steeped in political consciousness,
Rumors focuses on the more vulnerable stories of touring life: being away from home, surviving relationships and the anxiety of stillness. Price is at her most stunning on the gospel-tinged confessional “Prisoner of the Highway,” in which she reflects on the cost of being an artist on the road while in love and starting a family. The same goes for power ballad “I’d Die For You,” where she parallels a soaring Stevie Nicks. A little bit of Nashville and Southern rock seems to ha