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A short-lived project from garage-psych mastermind <a href="spotify:artist:58XGUNsRNu3cVOIOYk5chx">Ty Segall</a>, the Traditional Fools existed during a brief window after the breakup of his early group <a href="spotify:artist:3PYmjKStjI9Cf4PSq3ZIek">the Epsilons</a> and before his solo career took hold. The Traditional Fools played a cheerfully lo-fi cocktail of old-school punk, '60s garage rock, and reverb-drenched surf music. The group featured <a href="spotify:artist:58XGUNsRNu3cVOIOYk5chx">Segall</a> on guitar and vocals, <a href="spotify:artist:6pIVvIteYgXed5ku2puJlu">Andrew Luttrell</a> on bass, and David Fox on drums. The combo played some live dates, and dropped a four-song 7" EP on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Chocolate+Covered+Records%22">Chocolate Covered Records</a> in 2007. They also released a limited-edition cassette-only project, Live at Wizard Mountain, that same year. The Traditional Fools recorded their first and only studio album, a self-titled affair released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22In+the+Red%22">In the Red</a>, in 2008. However, while the group played occasional reunion shows, for practical purposes they disbanded not long after the album appeared. Given the impressive arc of <a href="spotify:artist:58XGUNsRNu3cVOIOYk5chx">Segall</a>'s career, there's been a lingering interest in the Traditional Fools' joyous and chaotic attack among fans and collectors. In 2016, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22In+the+Red%22">In the Red</a> rewarded them with a compilation, Fools Gold, which included the rare <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Chocolate+Covered%22">Chocolate Covered</a> EP as well as 13 previously unreleased tracks. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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