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20. FLEET FOXES, "Helplessness Blues"
An earnest orphan raised by '60s wolves turns up on the doorstep of 2011, tries to write a generational folk anthem, muddles allegiances, imagines he owns a frickin' orchard — poignant confusion reigns.
