In the album "Fools", Dan Croll finds himself at a crossroads, documenting recent events with warmth and humour to help him decide which direction to take. Five years after leaving his beloved Liverpool for sun-drenched L.A. - a move made on a whim that changed his sound - "Fools" asks a fundamental question: is it finally time to come home? 

The sumptuous "Fools", Dan's fourth album, follows 2020's "Grand Plan", a critical hit that captured his early experiences of living in L.A. and effortlessly swapped his synth-pop of the past for sepia-toned folk-rock with Laurel Canyon leanings. 

"Fools" jumps forward, via Covid to the end of an intense three-year relationship, the death of Dan's grandmother in the UK and rare trips home when restrictions were lifted. Sonically, the net is cast wider - country, disco and psychedelic sounds join the echoes of Carole King and James Taylor on "Grand Plan". 

Both albums were largely recorded live at the legendary Spacebomb Studios in Richmond, Virginia, with Matthew E. White (Natalie Prass, Flo Morrissey, Slow Club) and his four-piece house band. This time Dan was co-producer and tinkered with the sound late into the night to put his own stamp on the record.