Fools Gold

Fools Gold is Streetside Philosophy’s first album, the introduction to our world, and includes some of the earliest recorded work. This album was officially released on August 17th, 2024; however, it’s content was written over the course of 16 years. Conceptually, the beginning of our discography dives into the nature of our existence on earth together. Each song reflects universal sentiments and understandings. Lyrically, all content in this collection focuses on shared elements in life that we all in some ways have in common. Although this is the first installment of Streetside Philosophy; all songs ironically focus on retrospection.

Album Fun Facts

  • This album was recorded in two different recording environments over the course of 2 years.

  • The songs Eyes, Tattletale, Almost Home and Innocence were written when writer John was a teenager.

  • Originally the album consisted of ten songs, however, two were cut before release and planned to be included on a later album.

  • The song Eyes was planned to be on Streetside’s second album initially but was moved to Fools at the end of production.

  • An old cassette tape’s noise was recorded through SSL preamps and a Neve Master Buss Processor and used in all songs.

  • The ukulele piece on the song Crazy took almost 200 takes to perfect.

  • There was a metal bucket used as a hi hat in many songs, along with wrapping paper, toy bongo drums, cassette tape cases, toy microphones, and many other unconventional instruments.

  • Old preserved tape recordings of writer John as a child were placed in the song Innocence.

  • The entire project Crazy was thrown away by writer John because he originally disliked the concept.

  • The songs Almost Home and Chicken were included on the album only per request of family and friends.