The Skygreen Leopards - One Thousand Bird Ceremony
Skygreen Leopards is mainly made up of two guys from San Francisco. Their music is a nice blend of sometimes poppy psych-folk with some field recording/slighty noisy moments. Freak folk maybe? I'm admittedly at a loss when it comes to sub genres and micro-managing. It's a waste of time.
Released in 2003, One Thousand Bird Ceremony was skygreen's debut album It may be their best as well, but my opinion on that varies from time to time. Bird Ceremony is light and airy for the msot part, with a few darkers moments that manage to fill out the album despite it's short length at ~20 minutes. Some songs shine brighter than other, and those tracks never fail to help relax my mind and drift for a short while. The murkier bits are solid, and allow me to appreciate the sunny, sometimes fanciful bits that surely could have been at home on FM radio. Just another reason I'll like to rec. this album, it just needs to be heard, to be enjoyed. The album was released on Soft Abuse records, with Jagjaguwar releasing the 4 subsequent albums. They self-released their fifth and up till now last album in 2006.
I should also mention that Glenn Donaldson of skygreen is most notable for his association with the Jewelled Antler record label/collective. He has collaborated/been a member of many bands including:
Thuja
The Blithe Sons
Flying Canyon
The Birdtree (solo project)
The Ivytree (solo project)
and of course Skygreen Leopards.
Donaldson is also a prolific collage artist, and his surrealist-inspired nature collages grace the covers of many of the Jewelled Antler albums.
ETA: The album is not 20 minutes long, got confused there for a second.
Skygreen Leopards is mainly made up of two guys from San Francisco. Their music is a nice blend of sometimes poppy psych-folk with some field recording/slighty noisy moments. Freak folk maybe? I'm admittedly at a loss when it comes to sub genres and micro-managing. It's a waste of time.
Released in 2003, One Thousand Bird Ceremony was skygreen's debut album It may be their best as well, but my opinion on that varies from time to time. Bird Ceremony is light and airy for the msot part, with a few darkers moments that manage to fill out the album despite it's short length at ~20 minutes. Some songs shine brighter than other, and those tracks never fail to help relax my mind and drift for a short while. The murkier bits are solid, and allow me to appreciate the sunny, sometimes fanciful bits that surely could have been at home on FM radio. Just another reason I'll like to rec. this album, it just needs to be heard, to be enjoyed. The album was released on Soft Abuse records, with Jagjaguwar releasing the 4 subsequent albums. They self-released their fifth and up till now last album in 2006.
I should also mention that Glenn Donaldson of skygreen is most notable for his association with the Jewelled Antler record label/collective. He has collaborated/been a member of many bands including:
Thuja
The Blithe Sons
Flying Canyon
The Birdtree (solo project)
The Ivytree (solo project)
and of course Skygreen Leopards.
Donaldson is also a prolific collage artist, and his surrealist-inspired nature collages grace the covers of many of the Jewelled Antler albums.
ETA: The album is not 20 minutes long, got confused there for a second.
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