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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, recording as Iron & Wine, moved from home recordings to a fuller band here, and the album breathes the slow, humid feel of the American South where he grew up. Whispered vocals, slide guitar and gentle banjo give Sunset Soon Forgotten and Naked as We Came the drowsy pace of a warm evening…0 - 4
Once I Was an Eagle (2013)Released 1 Jan 2013Laura Marling and producer Ethan Johns built this around open-tuned guitar, modal drones and hand percussion, with the first songs running into one another like a long walk. The outdoors here is wild and mythic rather than mapped, full of birds of prey, storms and lonely roads; Take the Night Off…0 - 5
Just Another Diamond Day (1970)Released 1 Jan 1970Vashti Bunyan wrote these gentle songs during a long journey by horse and wagon from London towards the Hebrides, and the album is effectively a travel diary. Recorder, glockenspiel and acoustic guitar frame Diamond Day and Glow Worms, songs of meadows, hedgerows and open sky made by someone who…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's second album draws on years of travelling and working outdoors, and it sounds like open air: delicate fingerpicked guitar, soft synth and strings, and a voice that seems to carry over long distances. Follow My Voice and Natural Blue evoke coastlines, mountains and wide skies with a…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
