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An excerpt of the story is online now. Judging from the cover,

Published 7:00 am Tuesday, April 12, 2011

An excerpt of the story is online now. Judging from the cover, and the tenor of the excerpt, it appears to be exceedingly friendly, while exploring frontman Robin Pecknold’s self-consciousness and the struggles he went through while recording the new record, Helplessness Blues, out May 3.”He and I would go for lunch and it was the only thing he could think about,” says guitarist Skye Skjelset. “He’d be like, ‘What do you think about this? Really? You sure?’ I’ve had this same conversation with him so many times through the process: ‘Calm down. It’s good. Go for it.’ When he got stressed out, I’d just see him close his eyes and watch his eyes just scatter like this [Skjelset flutters his fingers across his eyelids].” Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.