Slow and steady wins the race, the tortoise infamously told the hare, and it appears that Fleet Foxes have also learned that lesson. Apologising to fans on the band’s Facebook page, Robin Peckhold has contradicted earlier statements from the band that the album was in the can and that they were about to begin the process of mastering and mixing it in New York.

“I guess I spoke too soon,” Pecknold commented. “The record, while close to being done, still has a ways to go. Would have been nice to have realized this before flying to New York to finish it, but so it goes.” He continued: “This is how the first record went too, I think two songs were kept from the first batch of 12 we recorded for that album. Back into the cave. Thanks for waiting/caring, we just want it to be really great.”

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