I'm not a backlash person at all (I'm going to see the Black Kids TONIGHT fercryinoutloud) and I think the Fleet Foxes are fine actually. I don't wish any malice on them or anything and am happy for their success. There are TONS of bands in Seattle that really excite me and the Fleet Foxes just aren't one of them. But that's okay, too. You can listen to the Fleet Foxes and I'll listen to the Cops or Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground and the world is big enough for all of us. Maybe I'm just biased against guys with beards. I dunno.
Funny FF story, though: when I was at the Beach House show last month, it was right after SXSW and Throw Me The Statue was opening. During TMTS's set one of the guys said (and I'm paraphrasing because it was over a month ago) that it was nice to be back in Seattle because people wear scarves here because it's cold. In Austin, if someone is wearing a scarf it means that he's a jerk. Or in the Fleet Foxes.
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ChrisB said on April 30, 2008:
I'm not a backlash person at all (I'm going to see the Black Kids TONIGHT fercryinoutloud) and I think the Fleet Foxes are fine actually. I don't wish any malice on them or anything and am happy for their success. There are TONS of bands in Seattle that really excite me and the Fleet Foxes just aren't one of them. But that's okay, too. You can listen to the Fleet Foxes and I'll listen to the Cops or Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground and the world is big enough for all of us. Maybe I'm just biased against guys with beards. I dunno.
Funny FF story, though: when I was at the Beach House show last month, it was right after SXSW and Throw Me The Statue was opening. During TMTS's set one of the guys said (and I'm paraphrasing because it was over a month ago) that it was nice to be back in Seattle because people wear scarves here because it's cold. In Austin, if someone is wearing a scarf it means that he's a jerk. Or in the Fleet Foxes.