Fleet Foxes’ Third Doesn’t “Crack-Up”, Nor Shine

Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up  Nonesuch Records – out June 16 3.5 / 5   Fleet Foxes can’t seem to get out from the shadow of their debut self-titled LP. But don’t despair: their third LP Crack-Up is still a solid offering from the Seattle-based “baroque pop” quintet. While Crack-Up doesn’t rely as heavily on the whiskey smooth harmonies unleashed in 2008’s Fleet Foxes, the latest release does something that we greatly appreciate from a band: Crack-Up experiments, it expands. Most of the waters the F...