Leave No Trace
by Fool's Gold
  • Record Label: Iamsound
  • Release Date: Aug 16, 2011
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. The Observer (UK)
    Sep 6, 2011
    80
    Throughout, Fool's Gold lollop along confidently, Top's husky croon offset by Lewis Pesacov's guitar lines, like dewy spider's web.
  2. The Guardian
    Sep 6, 2011
    80
    Throughout, Fool's Gold lollop along confidently, Top's husky croon offset by Lewis Pesacov's guitar lines, like dewy spider's web.
  3. Uncut
    Aug 18, 2011
    80
    These 10 supple, radiant songs blur the boundaries between African pop an funky American new wave with the same glorious ease as Talking Heads' Speaking in Tongues. [Sep 2011, p.84]
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  5. Austin Chronicle
    Sep 12, 2011
    78
    Refined into a quintet after two years of touring, the band broadens its appeal on Leave No Trace, threading the needle between the Sahara and the synth-heavy romanticism of 1980s New Wave.
  6. The Quietus
    Sep 2, 2011
    70
    Leave No Trace favours synths over horns – in fact, it's not until about ten minutes in that we get our first taste of brass - and whilst the sound is still impressively full-bodied, without the continuous stream of interwoven saxophone and trumpet solos that made its predecessor such a joyous affair it feels pretty empty in comparison.
  7. Consequence
    Aug 18, 2011
    70
    Leave No Trace exemplifies Fool's Gold's versatility, a trend that will hopefully continue on future albums.
  8. CMJ
    Aug 17, 2011
    70
    Maybe Vampire Weekend is African-inspired indie rock and Fool's Gold is indie rock-inspired Afro-pop, but it's hard to deny their similarities.
  9. Clash Music
    Aug 17, 2011
    70
    The result is a joyous and soulful collection of summery pop songs and urgent sun-drenched ditties that grow with you over time.
  10. Prefix Magazine
    Aug 24, 2011
    65
    There's a lot more discipline present on the band's second album, Leave No Trace, but it's not clear if that's an encouraging development.
  11. Filter
    Aug 17, 2011
    64
    Fool's Gold knot their songs up in Lewis Pesacov's elastic guitar, and when they let it go-as in the closing moments of "Bark & Bite"-everything unwinds into bliss.
  12. Pitchfork
    Aug 22, 2011
    62
    In other words, Fool's Gold made a Foreign Born record.

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