Robin Pecknold brings light to the bleakest of winters with Fleet Foxes A Very Lonely Solstice, a 13-track career-spanning collection recorded in December 2020, at Brooklyn, NY s St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church.

Now being released for the first time on vinyl, A Very Lonely Solstice captures a poignant moment in time. The recording was originally broadcasted as a live-stream event on the winter solstice of 2020, just days after New York declared a state of emergency tightening restrictions again in response to increasing COVID-19 cases. Pecknold describes the set as me by myself on the longest night of the year… honoring the loneliness of 2020 with a nylon string and some songs new and old. Fans worldwide tuned in while quarantined at home, finding solace and a sense of community in a period of extreme isolation.

Much of A Very Lonely Solstice showcases a solo focus on Pecknold who offers up acoustic arrangements of fan-favorite songs spanning Fleet Foxes catalog. Selections cover all four of the band s studio albums, including their 2008 self-titled debut album ( Tiger Mountain Peasant Song ) to 2011 s Helplessness Blues ( Blue Spotted Tail ) and 2017 s Crack-Up ( If You Need To, Keep Time On Me ), all the way to their latest release, Shore. Resistance Revival Chorus joins Pecknold on Shore tracks Wading In Waist-High Water and Can I Believe You. Also featured: a cover of Nina Simone s In The Morning and a rearrangement of the traditional Silver Dagger.

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