Anticipation is strong for Fleet Foxes difficult third album.
Anticipation is strong for Fleet Foxes' "difficult" third album. Shawn Brackbill

Hugely popular, partially Seattle-based folk-pop band Fleet Foxes are playing a handful of Pacific Northwest shows in "intimate" (for them) venues, including a May 19 date at Showbox at the Market. (More info here, and you can purchase tickets, which go on sale at 10 am PDT on March 31, here; a pre-sale kicks off at 10 am PDT tomorrow—March 29.) Led by former Stranger intern and golden-toned vocalist/guitarist Robin Pecknold, Fleet Foxes will be supporting their third album, Crack-Up, out June 16 on Nonesuch Records. After the jump, check out the group's new single, "Third of May/Ōdaigahara," which is one of their best and most ambitious compositions yet, and bodes well for the new full-length.

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TRACKLIST
1. I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar
2. Cassius, -
3. - Naiads, Cassadies
4. Kept Woman
5. Third of May / ĹŚdaigahara
6. If You Need To, Keep Time on Me
7. Mearcstapa
8. On Another Ocean (January / June)
9. Fool's Errand
10. I Should See Memphis
11. Crack-Up

May 15 | Missoula, MT at The Wilma
May 16 | Spokane, WA at Knitting Factory
May 18 | Portland, OR at Crystal Ballroom
May 19 | Seattle, WA at The Showbox at the Market
May 26 | Sydney, Australia at Sydney Opera House
May 27 | Sydney, Australia at Sydney Opera House
May 28 | Sydney, Australia at Sydney Opera House
May 29 | Sydney, Australia at Sydney Opera House
July 1 | Spain, Vilanova i la GeltrĂş at Vida Festival
July 3 | Italy, Ferrara at Bands Apart
July 7 | Spain, Bilbao at Bilbao BBK Live
July 13 | Ireland, Dublin at The Iveagh Gardens
July 14 | Ireland, Dublin at The Iveagh Gardens (SOLD OUT)
July 16 | United Kingdom, Southwold at Latitude Festival
July 27 | Portland, ME at Thompson's Point
July 28 | Newport, RI at Newport Folk Festival (SOLD OUT)
July 29 | Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion w/ Animal Collective
July 31 | Philadelphia, PA at Mann Center for the Performing Arts w/ Animal Collective
August 1 | Brooklyn, NY at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at the Prospect Park Bandshell (SOLD OUT)
August 2 | Brooklyn, NY at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at the Prospect Park Bandshell
August 4 | Toronto, ON at Massey Hall (SOLD OUT)
August 5 | Toronto, ON at Massey Hall (SOLD OUT)
August 6 | Detroit, MI at The Masonic
September 13 | Vancouver, BC at Malkin Bowl - tickets
September 23 | Los Angeles, CA at Hollywood Bowl w/ Beach House
September 27 | Morrison, CO at Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Beach House