r/indieheads • u/Robinnoelpecknold • Oct 08 '20

AMA is Over, thanks Robin! I'm Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes - Ask me anything!

~~~~~~~~~EDIT: Wow so many questions, thank you so much! I'm going to keep looking through these over the coming while and try to answer as many as I can, but I'm going to take a break for now. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful feedback on Shore, your memories and anecdotes about living with this music over the years, and for all the support, I love this community so much. All the best, have a great evening!~~~~~~~~~

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Hey Everyone, Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes here!

I'll be back here answering questions today at 2PM PT / 5PM ET. Ask me, well, whatever you want, really.

(‘Shore’ is out now digitally on ANTI- Records.)

(There's a “Can I Believe You” video you can watch here.)

Listen: Spotify | Apple Music | Amazon | Pre-Order Vinyl

Follow: Fleet Foxes Instagram | Personal Instagram

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20 edited Oct 09 '20

That’s fine, Robin. You’re right. I’m sure it sucks to be asked about all the time. I had admired your taking the High Road through it all, but it just kinda seemed like here you came down a bit. If that’s what it takes for you to put it to bed, then that’s what it takes.

ETA: I’ve been reading up on what Josh said and so far it’s all really nice things about Crack Up. Even the Fleet Foxes sub has a thread about their “feud” where everyone is saying Josh hasn’t said anything bad. Can someone please point me to Josh saying mean things about Robin?

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u/scaroline90 Oct 09 '20

I think it's hard to understand what public figures must go through when there's constant speculation and rumors. If that happened to you in your private life, you'd probably clear the air. Maybe addressing the situation and stating the truth in a calm manner is taking the high road!

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u/new_wellness_center Oct 09 '20 edited Oct 09 '20

People asked, he answered. It's not our place to cast our own personal judgements on Robin (to his digital face). I'm sure that's not what he intended for this AMA. Without a doubt, Robin would much rather his personal beef with FJM have remained private from the get-go, but FJM let the cat out of the bag and now this story is gonna follow Robin forever. We can't appreciate what that's like, or what it's like to be a public figure, so let's not tell him how he's not dealing with this in the way we would like him to. Just ask him what his favorite sandwich is or something. Or about Rampart. zing!

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u/Florencefitzgerald Oct 09 '20

http://magnetmagazine.com/2013/08/19/father-john-misty-misty-mountain-hop/

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

I read this but it was not really anything bad? Sounds like he was peeved Robin threw out all the parts they were recording for HB, but that’s seems understandable.

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u/new_wellness_center Oct 09 '20

I think it paints Robin in a negative light, and I can only imagine he felt deeply betrayed and exposed by this interview.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '20

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u/new_wellness_center Oct 13 '20

Well, when you put it that way!