Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant⧸Sun It Rises live In The Basement

What this video is

This performance captures Fleet Foxes at the apex of their 2008 breakthrough, when the Sun Giant EP and self-titled debut LP were jointly named Pitchfork's Album of the Year — a rare double distinction. The BBC 'In The Basement' format amplified the band's core artistic identity: unadorned acoustic performance, rich vocal harmonies, and a deliberate rejection of visual spectacle. The extreme darkness and warmth of…

Why it matters

Fleet Foxes were the defining architects of the late-2000s indie folk revival. Their 2008 debut received a 9.0 from Pitchfork, five stars from The Guardian (declared 'a landmark in American music'), and four stars from Rolling Stone, which compared them to the Beach Boys, Animal Collective, and…