Luke Top got a wonderful mention in the Fool’s Gold review on CMJ.  They said of our boy,

“Luke Top, who also just put out a warm solo album, Friends, three months ago, shares Zach Condon’s Morrissey-inspired warbling and love of sweeping orchestrations of traditional instruments&mdashin this case drawn from African styles combined with Western pop conventions.”

Read the full article HERE

Nipples out the Waz in this one.  Here is Fool’s Gold’s first video “Surprise Hotel.”  If you read this blog, and google analytics tells me you don’t, you may have seen pictures from the shoot on CatCakes (director Matt Lessner’s blog).  Well here it is all put together in hot weather.  Enjoy

Fool’s Gold is making a hot new video for their hit, “Surprise Hotel.”  The director of this madness is Matthew Lessner–the man responsible for Dirty Projectors’ video, Stillness is the move.  IFC did a little writeup with photos HERE, which I think you’ll find is an article about nothing.  The stills, however, indicate pastel-infused freshness.  More pics HERE.

Two-timing Luke Top has received high-honors for his band, Fool’s Gold. Their bombastic song, “Surprise Hotel” garnered an 8 out of 10 from Pitchfork. We here at Slow Death congratulate LT and the fellas. Read the review and listen to the track here