We're just getting the 1st Reviews of Skygreen Leopards album, 'Disciples of California' - and Hallelujah ! People think its the 'classic' that we think it is too!
We'll post things up here as they land in Cosmos Towers...
and here's what the kind folk of UNCUT had to say........
UNCUT REVIEW
SKYGREEN LEOPARDS
DISCIPLES OF CALIFORNIA ****
BUCOLIC DREAM FOLK FROM SAN FRANSISCO
The Skygreen Leopards are the arch-traditionalists of the new underground folk brigade.
Glenn Donaldson and Donavan Qiunn dissolving the earthian improvisations of their collaborations as Jewelled Antler, into slow breathing, numinous songwriting.
On Disciples of California, they expand to a 4 piece and the resultant "Skyband Sound" is as gravity free as The Byrds at their most rural and mystic.
Quinn's vocals are the perfect cross between Dylan's surrealist delivery and the sighing comedown of David Crosby's "If Only I Could Remember My Name".
Oh, yes - we also got this nice (we think!!?) review in PLAN B...
they've actually reviewed both - One Thousand Bird Ceremony & Disciples Of California in one!
we think its a good one - if you've heard 1000 B.C it definatley, ermm "feels" like the record.....we're thinking of having a 'review the review' section anyhow... :)
PLAN B - One Thousand Bird Ceremony/Disciples of California
The Ceremony is a ritual of the deepest mind-altering folklore: a mythical occasion, half dream, half memory. In the forest of the Jewelled Antler, there's a visitation from The Incredible String Band - the sheep are scared off with the pennywhistle, banjo, Jew's harp and violin. Everyone's sitting, nobody can hold a tune and everytime we try to photograph it, the sunlight streams in through the aperture, refracting in bursts of colour that make us forget to press the shutter. That was our youth, so hard to remember.
Now, a few years on, these Disciples come stumbling out of the dustbowl, brushing red earth from boots and moustaches. Next stop, the coast - looking for orange trees and jingle-jangle tambourines to take home to Granmaw.
Time is flexible but folk are always folk.