Fog lifting off San Francisco’s Victorian rooftops, twelve-string guitars catching the morning light, and the ghost of a California that exists somewhere between memory and myth. A curated sampler spanning Skygreen Leopards’ 2001–2014 catalogue, tracing Glenn Donaldson and Donovan Quinn’s journey from lo-fi jangle-psych fragments to sun-dappled pop reveries—an overlooked gem of the Bay Area underground, steeped in eucalyptus hillsides, coastal haze, and the strange, enduring magic of the West Coast.
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The Skygreen Leopards :: Family Crimes
Over the course of its thirteen year existence, Skygreen Leopards would further evolve, hone and refine its bent take on classic west coast psychedelia. As an album, Family Crimes not only stands as the nexus of this evolution, but is home to some of the group’s best material.
Summer is here and so is its music.
Skygreen Leopards :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
It’s been half a decade since we were treated to an LP from San Francisco’s Skygreen Leopards . Having taken some time earlier this year to collaborate with Ben Chasney (Six Organs of Admittance) as New Bums , longtime […]
Diversions :: Skygreen Leopards On Fashion Sense
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) Subtracting JV’s entry on Bay Area Side Trips , thus far the majority of the […]