Welcome back to Takeover Tuesday, where each week Billboard taps chart-topping artists to compile their very own playlist exclusive to Billboard‘s Spotify account. We give the artists free rein to base the list on whatever subject they choose. The only rule? Make it as creative and unique to them as possible.
This week, Fleet Foxes have shared a mix of the tracks that inspired their new album Crack-Up, which arrived last Friday (June 16) via Nonesuch Records. Their third full-length album and first new release in six years was written entirely by frontman Robin Pecknold, who also co-produced alongside longtime bandmate and childhood friend Skyler Skjelset. This Friday (June 23), Fleet Foxes will jet out on an international tour that follows a series of intimate shows in the Pacific Northwest and four sold out nights at the Sydney Opera House.
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For this edition of Takeover Tuesday (June 20), Fleet Foxes put together the below playlist, offering a lens into their rich, highly curated breadth of influences, featuring a diverse mix of artists from Curtis Mayfield and Radiohead to Duke Ellington and The Velvet Underground.
“From the outset of recording, we aspired to make an album that could stand alongside our previous work, venture into its own territory, and that would leave a clear horizon for us moving forward,” the band says of the LP’s inspiration. “We feel like we got it there, even if it took a while.”
Give the band’s Crack-Up album inspirations playlist a spin below and catch the band on tour dates through the end of the year.
Fleet Foxes 2017 International Tour Dates
June 23 — France, Lille at ‘Aéronef
June 24 — Netherlands, Ewijk at Down The Rabbit Hole
July 1 — Spain, Vilanova i la Geltrú at Vida Festival
July 3 — Italy, Ferrara at Bands Apart
July 4 — Switzerland, Montreux at Montreux Jazz Festival
July 7 — Spain, Bilbao at Bilbao BBK Live
July 8 — Portugal, Lisbon at NOS Alive Festival
July 11 — Ireland, Cork at Cork Opera House (SOLD OUT)
July 12 — Ireland, Cork at Cork Opera House
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
August 8 — Kansas City, MO at The Midland Theatre
August 11 — San Francisco, CA at Outside Lands
August 13 — Las Vegas, NV at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
August 14 — Tucson, AZ at Rialto Theatre
August 16 — Austin, TX at ACL Live at The Moody Theater (SOLD OUT)
August 17 — Austin, TX at ACL Live at The Moody Theater (SOLD OUT)
August 18 — Dallas, TX at The Bomb Factory
September 13 — Vancouver, BC at Malkin Bowl (SOLD OUT)
September 14 — Seattle, WA at Paramount Theatre (SOLD OUT)
September 15 — Seattle, WA at Paramount Theatre
September 16 — Troutdale, OR at Edgefield Concerts (SOLD OUT)
September 18 — Reno, NV at Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
September 20 — Santa Barbara, CA at The Arlington Theatre
September 21 — San Diego, CA at Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
September 23 — Los Angeles, CA at Hollywood Bowl w/ Beach House
September 24 — Phoenix, AZ at Comerica Theatre w/ Beach House
September 25 — Santa Fe, NM at Santa Fe Opera w/ Beach House
September 27 — Morrison, CO at Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Beach House (SOLD OUT)
September 29 — Omaha, NE at Waiting Room Outdoors
September 30 — St. Paul, MN at The Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT)
October 1 — St. Paul, MN at The Palace Theatre
October 3 — Chicago, IL at Chicago Theatre (SOLD OUT)
October 4 — Chicago IL at Chicago Theatre
November 1-5 — Reykjavik, Iceland at Iceland Airwaves
November 7 — Switzerland, Zurich at X-tra
November 8 — Austria, Vienna at Gasometer
November 9 — Croatia, Zagreb at Tvornica Kulture
November 12 — Germany, Hamburg at Docks
November 13 — Germany, Berlin at Columbiahalle
November 17 — Belgium, Brussels at Ancienne Belgique
November 18 — Belgium, Brussels at Ancienne Belgique
November 20 — France, Paris at Le Trianon (SOLD OUT)
November 21 — France, Paris at Le Trianon
November 23 — United Kingdom, Manchester at Apollo Manchester
November 26 — United Kingdom, London at Academy Brixton
December 01 — Germany, Köln at Palladium
December 03 — Sweden, Stockholm at Annexet (SOLD OUT)
December 04 — Sweden, Stockholm at Annexet
December 05 — Norway, Oslo at Sentrum Scene (SOLD OUT)
December 06 — Norway, Oslo at Sentrum Scene