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Track Listing
1. The Dive
2. Wild Window
3. Street Clothes
4. Leave No Trace
5. Balmy
6. Narrow Sun
7. Tel Aviv
8. Mammal
9. Bark and Bite
10. Lantern

Feel good guitar-pop collective Fool’s Gold release their second full-length Leave No Trace on IAMSOUND today. Director Andrew Gura does his part to force people to use words other than “sunny” to describe their music with his video for the (sunny) single “Wild Window” — the band’s wearing shades but otherwise indoors, cast under colored lights, holding blank placards, dancing. – Stereogum

This full-length is a stunner, ready to carry you from August to 2012 (& way beyond), and album standout, “Street Clothes,” shows the LA band at the top of their game. Complete with driving beats, warm synths intertwined with slashing guitar lines, & a sax solo we can all get behind, this first taste of Fool’s Gold’s finest, presents a more confident, focused group that has blossomed, redefined & sculpted their sound. Just wait until you hear the rest!

The other day, I announced that afro-beat collective Fool’s Gold would return in 2011 with their second studio-effort ‘Leave No Trace’. You can find out all about it here. Well now, the band have uploaded a track from the LP to their label’s Soundcloud. The new track is called ‘Street Clothes’, and you can check it out here.

This is a track with a more retro feel that the first Fool’s Gold record. Where before they had the latino rhythms of South America, they now have a more disco feel to them. It still sounds kind of Santana, which is great, but it’s a much more 80s feel to it than previously. The wet-phaser sound of the ripping lead guitar is a forceful presence throughout the track, and it’s soaring lines take this track to psychedelic places. This track contains a lot of cool production on it, with a lot of reverb used on the drums to give it that extra bounce, and the vocals are almost hidden by the power of the lead-guitar. There’s a lot of synths floating around on this track, which is something that wasn’t that common on their self-titled debut, but it works a treat. It adds a great sense of excitement with it’s odd little synth drum hits. Have a listen for yourself, and if you weren’t a fan of Fool’s Gold to begin with, then hopefully this will change your mind a lot.

For more info on Fool’s Gold, visit: http://www.foolsgoldmusic.com/. ‘Leave No Trace’ is out August 15th via IAMSOUND.