The Skygreen Leopards - Jehovah Surrender (2005)

Genre: Freak Folk, Psych Rock
Label: jagjaguwar (US)

My favorite Skygreen Leopards record. This is special because of the raw sounding Psych Rock they played here. Fuzzy bass, the strange singing voice by Glenn Donaldson and Donovan Quinn and drums that sounds always delayed from the rest of music and a bit awkward but very well played.

Electric guitar howl like a farmers hound, fuzz bass stampedes, and drums trot and gallop like the finest of wild horses. Donovan & Glenn write: "Not long ago the band was visiting a friend in Port Costa, CA. After sharing a bottle of wine and enjoying the moonlight dances of his two daughters--the friend wanted to share a secret. He pulled an oversized key out of his overalls pocket and lead them out back to his shed. In the shed was an ancient drumset and a cobwebby electric guitar. The man said he knew Arlo Guthrie and that he was once in a band called "Hobo Splendor". Well thats all it took for the Skygreen's to lose their hearts and heads to a new muse. We played "All the Young Dudes" and "Hobo Jesus Blues" all night long and the daughters danced ballroom. This e.p. is inspired by the man from Hobo Splendor--get better my friend!"

Tracklisting

1. Jehovah I Surrender 
   
2. Julie-Anne, Patron Of Thieves 
   
3. Play For The Spring 
   
4. Apparition Of Suns (A.K.A. The Ferryman's Long Arms) 
   
5. Let The Lion Be Swallowed By A Dove 
   
6. I Was A Thief 
   

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