Monday, August 9, 2021

The 1980 Listening Post - The Fools - Sold Out

 The Fools - Sold Out


February 1980

The Fools

Sold Out

Genre: Rock

4 out of 5




Highlights:

Night Out

Sold Out



Requisite 80s Cover: “I Won’t Grow Up”. You rarely hear a cover that fits a band quite so perfectly. 


The Fools’ debut opens with a Pop Rocker that’s relentless and from there…

It’s a slew of Power Pop rockers that play out like a concert set. 

It’s a thing in 1980: The shadow of The Knack before the hangover of the Knacklash. 

If these guys aren’t the spiritual predecessors of, say, Bowling for Soup, then it’s Nerf Herder. They write really well. They have a wicked senses of humor. They bring it. Tracks like “Mutual of Omaha” and “It’s a Night for Beautiful Girls” might not be classics but they make me want to see that band live. 



https://music.apple.com/us/album/sold-out-heavy-mental/716333214

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