Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

On May 3rd, Fleet Foxes’ stunning second album, Helplessness Blues is finally available. People who write articles for popular magazines seem to like it: SPIN 9/10, MOJO 5 stars, Rolling Stone 4 stars…. We hope you love it too. The CD and Double-LP come with a fold-out poster and the vinyl has a download code for a high quality mp3 version of the album.

A dizzying number of our nation’s finest independent record stores are celebrating the release of Fleet Foxes’ Helplessness Blues with midnight sales, listening parties and special giveaways. Each of these stores has a single copy of Helplessness Blues on white vinyl (one of only 200 pressed), as well as silk-screened posters, the sold-out Record Store Day 12-inch single, (Below) and some Sub Pop goodies. Contact the stores listed below to learn more about their individual plans and how you can attend and win special prizes.

Here’s the full list of participating stores:

Amoeba Music 2455 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704 http://www.amoeba.com
Boo Boo Records 978 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401 http://www.booboorecords.com
Bull Moose, ME (all locations!) http://www.bullmoose.com
Cactus Music, 2110 Portsmouth, Houston, TX, 77098 http://www.cactusmusictx.com
CD Central, 377 South Limestone, Lexington, KY, 40508 http://www.cdcentralmusic.com
Criminal Records, 1154-A Euclid Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA http://www.crinimalatl.com
Crooked Beat, 2116 18th Street NW, Washington DC http://www.crookedbeat.com
Dearborn Music, 22000 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI http://www.dearbornmusic.com
Decatur CD, 356 West Ponce De Leon Ave, Decatur, GA http://www.decaturcd.com
Dimple Records, CA (all locations!) http://www.dimple.com
Disc Exchange, 2615 Chapman Hwy, Knoxville, TN, 37920 http://www.discexchange.com
Ear X-tacy, 2226 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, KY, 40205 http://www.earx-tacy.com
Earshot, 1418 Laurens Road, Greenville, SC, 29607 http://www.earshot.com
Easy Street Records, (Queen Anne and West Seattle) http://www.easystreetonline.com
Electric Fetus, 2000 4th Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, 55404 http://www.electricfetus.com
Flat Black and Circular, 541 E Grand River, East Lansing, MI, 48823 http://www.flatblackandcircular.com
Good Records, 1808 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX, 75206 http://www.goodrecords.com
Graywhale, UT (all locations) http://www.fatfin.com
Homer’s Music, 1210 Howard St, Omaha, NE, 68102 http://www.homersmusic.com
J&R, 23 Park Row, New York, NY, 10038 http://www.jr.com
Jack’s Music, 30 Bank St., Red Bank, NJ, 07701 http://www.jacksmusicshoppe.com
Looney Tunes, 31 Brookvale Ave, West Babylon, NJ, 11704 http://www.looneytunescds.com
Luna Music, 5202 N. College Ave, Indianapolis, IN, 46220 http://www.lunamusic.net
Magnolia Thunderpussy, 1155 N High St, Cols, OH, 43201 http://www.thunderpussy.com
Monster, 946 Orleans Rd #4, Charleston, SC, 29407 http://www.monstermusicandmovies.com
M-Theory, 915 W. Washington St, San Diego, CA, 92103 http://www.mtheorymusic.com
Music Millennium, 3158 East Burnside, Portland, OR, 972103 http://www.musicmillennium.com
Other Music, 15 E. 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003 http://www.othermusic.com
Park Ave, 2916 Corrine Drive, Orlando, FL, 32803 http://www.parkavecds.com
Pure Pop, 115 S Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT, 05401 http://www.purepoponline.com
Rasputin Music, 2401 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, 94704 http://www.rasputinmusic.com
Record Exchange, 1105 W. Idaho St, Boise, ID, 83702 http://www.therecordexchange.com
Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St, Rochester, NY, 14610 http://www.recordarchive.com
Record Theatre, Amherst, and Buffalo, NY http://www.recordtheatre.com
Repo Music, 538 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19147 http://www.reporecords.com
Salzer’s Records, 5777 Valentine Road, Ventura, CA, 93003 http://www.salzers.com
Schoolkids, Raleigh NC and Athens, GA http://www.facebook.com/schoolkids
Silver Platters, 704 5th Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109 http://www.silverplatters.com
Sonic Boom (Ballard and Capitol Hill) http://www.sonicboomrecords.com
Stinkweeds, 12 West Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013 http://www.stinkweeds.com
Strictly Discs, 1900 Monroe St, Madison, WI, 53711 http://www.strictlydiscs.com
The Groove, 1103 Calvin Ave, Nashville, TN, 37206 http://www.thegroovenashville.com
The Sound Garden, 1616 Thames St, Baltimore, MD, 21231 http://www.cdjoint.com
Twist and Shout, 2508 E. Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206 http://www.twistandshout.com
Uncle Sam’s, 1141 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139 http://www.unclesamsmusic.net
Vintage Vinyl, 51 Lafayette Rd., Fords, NJ, 08863 http://www.vvinyl.com
Vintage Vinyl, 6610 Delmar Blvd, St Louis, 63130 http://www.vintagevinyl.com
Waterloo Records, 600-A N Lamar, Austi, TX, 78703 http://www.waterloorecords.com
Wax’n’Facts, 432 Moreland Ave, Atlanta, GA, 30307 http://www.waxnfacts.com
Zia Records, AZ and NV (all locations) http://www.ziarecords.com

Taken from Sub Pop Records.