Fleet Foxes - Drops In The River live from The Basement

What this video is

Recorded in 2008 during Fleet Foxes' breakthrough year following the Sun Giant EP and their acclaimed self-titled debut on Sub Pop, this From The Basement session captures the band at the precise moment of their critical ascent. 'Drops In The River' was performed as part of a medley opening the session, alongside 'Sun Giant' and 'Sun It Rises.' From The Basement, created by Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, was…

Why it matters

Represents a canonical document of the 2008 indie folk revival's aesthetic philosophy: acoustic warmth, vocal harmony, and deliberate rejection of pop-era production gloss. The From The Basement format amplified these values by stripping away all televisual artifice. Fleet Foxes' Sun Giant…

The director

Nigel Godrich (born 1971, Westminster, London) is a British record producer, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the primary producer of Radiohead's catalogue from OK Computer (1997) onward. He won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered…