After a few sites reported a purported Fleet Foxes (@fleetfoxes) cover of Robyn’s Dancing on My Own, the Swedish singer (@robynkonichiwa) tweeted her disappointment in learning the track was counterfeit. Turns out Fleet Foxes Sings isn’t, in fact, the Robin Pecknold led Fleet Foxes singing. It’s a parody/homage/mocking website dedicated to reverb heavy sound-alike takes on pop songs in the Pacific Northwest band’s style.

Robin and Robyn cleared things up and it may lead to a real Fleet Foxes cover of a Robyn song which if the fake is any indication would be fantastic.

hehe, "Fleet Foxes Sing" sure fooled me. I though it was some weird live moment with @ on radio 1 or something. Bummer.
Monday, January 16, 2012 6:28 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@ Robyn! Even though FF Sings was fake we WILL cover something! I'm obsessed with you and think you're the greatest!
Monday, January 16, 2012 9:11 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@rpecknold
Robin Pecknold

@ I was so exited about the cover because im a big fan of @! Your melodies and the hummingbird vocals.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:32 am via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@ THANK YOU! You are the coolest of all time
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:15 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@rpecknold
Robin Pecknold

This wasn’t the first time the band had to address a FFS copycat track on Twitter, when they sent this last July.

We didn't do that Whitney Houston cover. Funny though!
Thursday, July 21, 2011 5:03 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
@fleetfoxes
Fleet Foxes

Andy Kahn

Research and Development Editor and Executive Producer, Andy Kahn, currently lives in Seattle (via Chicago) where he works in digital music. He helped start Chicago music blog Loud Loop Press before joining HT.

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