Luke Top - Lucky Penny

1. Who is this cruiser?

Luke Top is a solo artist and frontman for the Fool's Gold band. Lucky Penny (Jan'16) is the second single that sashays off his first solo long player Suspect High (March'16). Mr Top calls Los Angeles home.

2. What kind of tune is Luke Top peddling?

Lucky Penny is not quite white boy reggae but it is close. Organ to the fore in a quirky piece of nonsense. Rolls by like the breeze through your car window on a sunny day. 

3. Who does Luke Top sound like?

Foster The People's cover of Machu Picchu comes to mind. The Kooks, She Moves In Her Own Way.

Bootleg Theater nails it comparing Luke Top to Beirut, Al Bairre, Trails and Ways and Vampire Weekend. Austin Town Hall were feeling Albert Hammond Jr.

4. What is the good word from the cut and paste bandits?

“Organ-drenched sway in a tropical breeze” - Buzzbands.

“A tropical pop, perky Afropop, and drafty bossa nova suffused chamber pop” - Bootleg Theater.

“Smoothing out vocal notes with pop doses; there’s a nice bounce coming in too from the organ” - Austin Town Hall.

5. Who are this champs influences?

Luke Top has expressed love for African music, Krautrock and 1980's dance pop.

6. Why should I give Lucky Penny a swish past the ears?

The organ chords supplying the ska feel. They just don't get old. A free floating, happy go lucky feeling.

7. Does  the good man have any other ripping tunes?

Yes.

8. Any more pearls of wisdom?

The lass who did the production on the new album Suspect High is Ariana Morgenstern and she has put nose to grind for Jimmy Cliff, Guster and Continental Drifters in recent years.

 

“You talk about it plenty,

But at the time there’s nothing to be known,

I’m sure you’re a lucky penny”

The double dip is from euphoric indie folk pop Eliza and The Bear. They sprung out of London town in 2011 and Lions Heart (July'15) is the first single from their debut self-titled album Eliza and The Bear (April'16). Lions Heart  is a tune Clash Music said has “a triumphant, euphoric air.”