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Filed under: News , Exclusive Jason Merritt, FilmMagic When discussing Heaven , the seventh full-length from New York rockers The Walkmen , it's difficult to ignore the ever-present influence of indie-folk rockers Fleet Foxes . Prior to even meeting the Foxes, Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser was a fan. Then The Walkmen opened for Fleet Foxes in 2011, playing cushy theaters he says his band could have never filled on their own. [...]

Before their new album Heaven was released, The Walkmen dropped a bunch of songs from it to promote its release. Now we're on video number two, after the memory-lane-walkin' "Heaven" came out in May. "The Love You Love" is the next single from the band's fantastic new album Heaven and was directed by Sean Pecknold, the brother of Fleet Foxes main dude [...]

American indie rock band The Walkmen have released their 7th studio album Heaven , and with it 13 new tracks with which to beckon both long-time fans and newbies. If you're new to The Walkmen, you'll find they've a different kind of rock sound that harkens back to 60s music, surfers…something indefinable bearing a sweet touch of yesteryear. The new release opens with the band crooning the subdued, highly listenable "We Can't Be Beat." With its simple, likable harmonies, it has a retro sound and tasteful electric guitar to finish out. [...]

The Walkmen - Heaven Over the course of 6 studio albums, The Walkmen have always managed to reinvent themselves with each release. Their latest,   Heaven , is certainly a departure from the rest. This is no group of young, messy rockers. They're dads now. Reliable. Consistent. The guys have mellowed out. This is the new Walkmen sound, and it works. There is no shortage of beautiful and surprising moments on this album. The first track off the album,  We Can't Be Beat , is a slow starting track that you almost think is over before it picks [...]

• The Walkmen - Heaven

Okay, the first thing I absolutely have to talk about before anything else is this darn cover. I believe the idea was to have a classy cover that complements this  Frank-Sinatra -influenced album. This album artwork is so trashy; it looks like a little girl did it on Word. It isn’t even properly centred. Look at the word 'Walk': the 'K' barely fits on and the 'W' has a whole load of space. And, have they changed their name to 'The Walk Men'? Why on earth is their name broken in to two words? I don’t [...]

The Fleet Foxes frontman is keeping himself busy with projects like this, which are quite evidently at the top of his street. -James Godwin, May 10th, 2012 Related articles Robin Pecknold - 'Olivia, In A Seperate Bed' (flick-thru.com) Filed under: Music Tagged: Fleet Foxes , Phil Ek , Robin Pecknold , Walkmen

I'm really liking the production on these new Walkmen songs for the upcoming album Heaven , has a great live feeling to it. Leithauser and Pecknold should do more songs together, the mix of the rough and the smooth goes well together.

Here's another taste of the Walkmen's upcoming album Heaven. This time around the track features a contribution from Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold. It's a lot more folky thank we're used to expecting from the Walkmen. In fact they may have out Edward Sharped Edward Sharpe on 2012 albums. [via 24B]

Pictured above, that's Seth "Hunx" Bogart embracing his buddy Kyle "King Tuff" Thomas and Walkmen guitarist Paul Maroon hanging out with his family. They look happy. We are too. Because in just a few weeks, on May 29th, the two bands will release Everybody Taste's two most highly anticipated records of the year: King Tuff's eponymous follow-up to his cult classic debut—the devilishly fun Was Dead— and The Walkmen's attempt to extend their perfect album streak to three with Heaven . Both bands recently dished out extra tasty and promising morsels from their records: Kyle Thomas with the [...]

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• The Walkmen - "We Can't Be Beat"

Como ya hemos venido platicándoles, los muchachos de The Walkmen están prácticamente a semanas de publicar Heaven , su séptimo álbum de estudio (sí, séptimo ya), del que hemos tenido algunos buenos adelantos y muchas fotos hogareñas, pues la banda ha decidido utilizar foto "familiares" para los promocionales del mismo, algo que no suena tan alocado si pensamos que una de las influencias de este material fue su reciente paternidad y los cambios que esto ha traído a sus vidas. De la placa ya tuvimos oportunidad de oír el tema que le [...]

Indie rock vets The Walkmen have announced their seventh studio album, Heaven . The new collection is out June 5 on the great Fat Possum Records. The album was produced by Philip Elk, who in the past has worked with Modest Mouse , The Shins and Fleet Foxes . It's probably not a coincidence then, that Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold was called in to lay some vocals for a track called "No One Ever Sleeps." Continue reading: The Walkmen Announce Heaven Album [...]

Apenas llevamos 3 tres meses del 2012 y ya podemos decir que este sin duda será un año de grandes regresos. Y es que a la (ya) larga lista de nuevos álbumes programados para salir en este año se le ha añadido el de una banda que nos ha entregado, de manera consistente, excelentes producciones. La última vez que escuchamos de The Walkmen fue hace dos años con Lisbon , un álbum que si bien no era perfecto sí tenía muy buenas cosas y que incluso logró colarse en [...]

Featuring guest vocals from Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold.

Rose Chaffee-Cohen via Smooth Atonal Sound If I count the dozens of times I have listened to the numerous NPR recordings of Fleet Foxes' shows - in Austin , at the Newport Folk Festival and in Washington D.C. - I might have thought that I had an idea of what their performance at the Williamsburg Waterfront on Saturday would  be like.  My expectations of and optimism for their performance were such that it would have been easy to have been disappointed, but after their final song, I was left [...]

• Robin Pecknold - "I Let You" (New Song, Live in Seattle)

Two indie powerhouses came together for a pair of shows at Seattle's Paramount Theatre.