November 5th, 2009 | by taylor fife | published in etheopian, west african, world music | 2 comments
Fool’s Gold belts out their compositions with confidence surprising and refreshing for a group taking on a borrowed aesthetic. The lead guitar soars over the percussion-heavy beats. The Hebrew and English vocals fit in amazingly—rather than leading the group they fall into the mix as just another one of the nine or so instruments jamming together. The songs don’t feel as if they were crafted, but instead as if they fell together naturally or developed slowly through jamming and collective input.
