2010 was the first year of the new decade, and as the rest of the world speeds up for the impending future, we decided to take one last dip in the warm, settling waters of the last decade, and seal its lips with a salty kiss. Here, Luke Top from Fool’s Gold indulges his favorite [...]

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American rock critics, after their oft-coldblooded fashion, took note of the battered heart of frontman Finn Andrews—son of XTC keyboardist Barry Andrews—since The Runaway Found first blipped the indie radar back in 2004. In this interview with Ron Garmon, Finn gives up a glimpse of characteristic romanticism while putting discreet end to some rumors.

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I cursed my choice of drink: whiskey; it was all wrong. In the middle of the empty dance floor, some dude in black contorted his torso indolently. The music doesn’t seem meant for this type of response, though. It wants to inspire palm-trees swaying, or feet dangling out a window on desert roads, or smoking pot on the porch while discussing succulents. Sly or uncomfortable, maybe, Luke Top calls the dude out, simultaneously encouraging and admonishing him.

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Do you love your friends “more than lightning?” Are they “much more than a passing storm?” If so, perhaps they are also Friends with Luke Top and you can all connect for brunch, or form another band. It seems that everything Luke Top does seats a party of at least ten, be it with Fool’s Gold or this project, which also involves Fool’s Lewis Pesacov, Giant Drag’s Micah Calabrese, Cass McCombs, and Matt Popieluch and Ariel Rechtshaid of Foreign Born, to name a few—almost like a disease, each of these guys spreads his germs around town in different bands and projects. But rather than bring us any closer to swine flu, Luke Top’s music wants to make happy.

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Download: Luke Top “Friends” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Friends out June 23 on Slow Death) From the solo album Friends by Luke Top (of Fool’s Gold and more!) out next week on Slow Death!

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