The Skygreen Leopards
The Skygreen Leopards are an American psychedelic folk band from San Francisco.
History
[edit]The band was founded in 2001 as an improvisational ensemble by two musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area, Glenn Donaldson and Donovan Quinn.[1] They were part of an association of musicians called the Jewel Antler Collective, which also included the members of the band Wooden Wand.[2] After self-releasing several albums and EPs in the early 2000s, the group signed with Jagjaguwar Records, releasing the first of several albums with the label, Life & Love in Sparrow's Meadow, in 2005.[3]
After 2009, the group was mostly inactive for several years, and during this time Quinn worked with Ben Chasney of the group Six Organs of Admittance.[1] In 2014, the group signed with Woodsist and released a new full length, Family Crimes.[4] They compiled some of their earlier work on The Jingling World of Skygreen Leopards in 2018.[5]
Discography
[edit]- Full-lengths
- I Dreamt She Rode on a Pink Gazelle and Other Dreams (Self-released, 2001)
- The Story of the Green Lamb & the Jerusalem Priestess of Leaves (Self-released, 2002)
- One Thousand Bird Ceremony (Soft Abuse, 2004)
- Life & Love in Sparrow's Meadow (Jagjaguwar, 2005)
- Child God in the Garden of Idiots (Jagjaguwar, 2005)
- The Skygreen Leopards Sing the Songs of the Lindner Brothers (Self-released, 2006)
- Disciples of California (Jagjaguwar, 2006)
- Gorgeous Johnny (Jagjaguwar, 2009)
- Family Crimes (Woodsist, 2014)
- EPs
- Jehovah Surrender (Jagjaguwar, 2005)
- Compilations
- The Jingling World of Skygreen Leopards (Soft Abuse, 2018)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Skygreen Leopards biography, Allmusic.
- ^ Review of Disciples of California. Pitchfork Media, November 8, 2006.
- ^ Review of Life & Love in Sparrow's Meadow', Pop Matters, February 2, 2005.
- ^ Review of Family Crimes. Pitchfork Media, July 8, 2014.
- ^ Review of The Jingling World of Skygreen Leopards. Magnet, July 20, 2018.