The Skygreen Leopards are an offshoot from the Jewelled Antler Collective; a group of psych-folk musicians from around the Bay Area that records under way too many pseudonyms to mention. They write songs about the ghosts of female beauties, whispering trees, swimming-hole cousins, crippled horses, and human-faced animal-saints. Their live shows are supposed to be communal gatherings of “love and friendship” that have been known to take place in smoke-filled greenhouses. Hmm. “Disciples of California” is their new track off their record of the same name, which brings to mind the kind of later Byrds’ country twang a la Gram Parsons that serves well for these crisp late-autumn nights. So break out the harmonica, slap on some cowboy boots, grow out your hair, and serenade yourself home with “Disciples of California.”
Link to great label Jagjaguwar
–Oscar Medina
Listen to these: “Disciples of California” “Broken Sparrow”
