FLEET FOXES

The six-year gap between Fleet Foxes’ second album Helplessness Blues and this third has brought a change in outlook. The prog-folk arrangements can be ponderous and meandering, the dreamy harmonies which made the band’s reputation remain a focus but the album has an insular and self-reflective mood. The precious If You Need To, Keep Time On Me and lofty scholarly references – the result of Robin Pecknold’s time out at University – ensure swot rock credentials.