Helplessness Blues / Battery Kinzie

Fleet Foxes' “Helplessness Blues” single on Bella Union captures the Seattle band at their most introspective, layering crystalline vocal harmonies over fingerpicked acoustic guitars that echo late-60s folk rock. “Battery Kinzie,” the B-side, offers a more skeletal arrangement—sparse and haunting—that underscores the group’s gift for restraint amid their otherwise lush indie rock textures. Both tracks showcase the meticulous craft that defined their era of contemporary folk revival.