The second stop on the band’s U.S tour delivered lush harmonies, horn enhancements and plenty of fan favorites on Wednesday at GLC Live at 20 Monroe.
Harmony-Laden Set: Fleet Foxes on stage Wednesday. (Photo/Jamie Geysbeek)
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From “Sun Giant,” the 2018 track that opened Wednesday’s show, to a resplendent rendition of “Helplessness Blues,” the title track from 2011’s Grammy-nominated release, Fleet Foxes proved to be in exceptionally fine vocal form.
With more than 2,000 fans on hand, the Seattle folk-rock/pop band’s second stop on its U.S. tour at Grand Rapids’ GLC Live at 20 Monroe rolled out plenty of fan favorites with the band’s signature, multi-part harmonies enhanced by horns and lush arrangements.
Opening act Uwade (a Nigerian-born, New York-based singer-songwriter) even joined Fleet Foxes during the encore, adding to the emotional power and harmony-laden beauty of the performance that one fan described as “mind-blowing” and another as “fantastic” and “spot-on.”
Coming just two days before a much-anticipated set at the sprawling Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee, the eight-piece band on its summer “Shore” tour gave enthused Grand Rapids fans everything from a multi-instrumentalist doing double- and triple-duty (including playing two tambourines at once), frontman Robin Pecknold bringing the audience to silence for a solo performance and a mesmerizing trippiness — apropos as a warm-up to Bonnaroo.
PHOTO GALLERY: Fleet Foxes, Uwade at GLC Live at 20 Monroe
Photos by Jamie Geysbeek
