Credit: Kelly O

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  • Kelly O

To find out if Robin Pecknold‘s voice and face could effectively seduce and/or sedate members of the animal kingdom like his band Fleet Foxes has already done to millions of human beings, Grant Brissey and Kelly O went to the Woodland Park Zoo armed with a portable device playing Fleet Foxes’ new full-length, Helplessness Blues; the May 2011 issue of Spin with Pecknold on the cover; and a camera. Here are the results of their investigation.

First comment: “This is the dumbest thing The Stranger has ever done (and you’ve hired Kathleen Wilson!)”

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...