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The Skygreen Leopards

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The Skygreen Leopards are an American psychedelic folk band from San Francisco.

History

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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

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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

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