Fool's Gold, 'Nadine' -- Video Premiere

Posted on Mar 30th 2010 12:15PM by Benjy Eisen
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Although their musical stylings may reveal their Israeli, Iraqi, Argentinean, Brazilian and Mexican heritages, Fool's Gold are actually a Los Angeles band. Thus, when they went to shoot the video for their latest single, 'Nadine,' they took to a distinctly local landmark. "This video was shot inside a mausoleum at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on one of those rare rainy nights in Los Angeles, where we were able to perform for a few dozen our close friends," lead singer Luke Top tells Spinner.

"The song itself is a trance-inducing nod to early American R&B and Ethiopian soul music," he explains. "When playing it live, sometimes the simplicity and repetition of this song allows my consciousness to become altered ... for the better."

Directed by Adria Petty (Tom Petty's daughter) and filmed in stylish black and white, the video itself almost suggests a certain elevated consciousness, as achieved through music, even if the musicians themselves (including members of We Are Scientists, Foreign Born and the Fall) are surrounded by, you know, dead people.