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Helplessness Blues (2011)Released 1 Jan 2011Robin Pecknold grounded Fleet Foxes in the soil of the Pacific Northwest, layering twelve-string acoustic guitars, zithers and resonant woodwinds. Helplessness Blues and Montezuma evoke orchard harvests, river valleys and mist rolling through Cascade mountain passes.0 - 2
For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)Released 1 Jan 2007Justin Vernon recorded his debut in a remote Wisconsin hunting cabin during a bitter winter. Flurries, Skinny Love and Re: Stacks carry the physical imprint of sub-zero isolation, with pine woodsmoke, frozen snowdrifts and woodstove creaks vibrating through every acoustic strum.0 - 3
Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)Released 1 Jan 2004Sam Beam evoked the sweltering humidity of rural Florida and Georgia through whispered vocals, slide guitar and gentle banjos. Sunset Soon Forgotten and Naked as We Came shimmer with cicada hum, Spanish moss and warm red-clay creek banks at dusk.0 - 4
Once I Was an Eagle (2013)Released 1 Jan 2013Laura Marling immersed herself in the dry chaparral and canyon winds of Southern California. Driven by open-tuned acoustic guitars, modal drones and Indian percussion, Take the Night Off and Devil's Resting Place radiate dry heat, bleached prairie grass and desert sun.0 - 5
Just Another Diamond Day (1970)Released 1 Jan 1970Vashti Bunyan composed these gentle songs during an eighteen-month journey by horse-drawn gypsy wagon from London to the Outer Hebrides. Framed by recorder, glockenspiel and acoustic guitar, Diamond Day and Glow Worms capture Scottish burn water, clover meadows and wild hedgerows.0 - 6
Lodestar (2016)Released 1 Jan 2016English traditional folk matriarch Shirley Collins recorded in her Sussex cottage, opening windows to let thrushes and blackbirds join the session. Lodestar breathes with the chalk downs, coastal sea winds and ancient flint churchyards of southern England.0 - 7
Not Even Happiness (2017)Released 1 Jan 2017Julie Byrne documented solitary cross-country travels with delicate fingerpicked nylon guitar and ambient synthesiser pads. Natural Light and Follow My Voice evoke mountain air, ocean gales cutting across Pacific bluffs and endless flat plains under sweeping skies.0 - 8
Clear Moon (2012)Released 1 Jan 2012Phil Elverum, recording as Mount Eerie, tracked acoustic guitars, analogue synths and woodwinds in an abandoned church in Anacortes, Washington. Through the Trees and Lone Bell smell of salt water, dripping western red cedar and cold grey Pacific fog.0 - 9
The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)Released 1 Jan 2006Midlake conjured a 19th-century mountain enclave living in harmony with seasonal rhythms. Roscoe and Head Home blend acoustic guitars, flutes and rich Laurel Canyon harmonies, painting portraits of stone chimneys, autumn timber harvesting and gathering winter firewood.0 - 10
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (2022)Released 1 Jan 2022Big Thief tracked this sprawling double album across four distinct geographic settings: upstate New York, Topanga Canyon, the Colorado Rockies and the Arizona desert. Certainty and Spud Infinity burst with mountain rain, desert dust, crickets and open-air vitality.0
