DONOVAN QUINN AND THE 13TH MONTH - 'YOUR WICKED MAN'

Formats

• SHR157 - CD

  759718115727

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San Francisco songwriter Donovan Quinn is anything but direct. With an enigmatic deadpan, he delivers lyrics written in a dense and fragmentary style; the influence of writers such as Malcolm Lowry and Thomas Pynchon figures just as heavily on his craft as that of Robyn Hitchcock, Pavement, Robert Forster and Skip Spence. Your Wicked Man is the second album from his primary band, Donovan Quinn and the 13th Month, created in collaboration with Jason Quever (Papercuts) as producer and multi-instrumentalist. In much the same way as his presence molded Cass McCombs' early efforts, Quever's contributions to Your Wicked Man serve Quinn's narratives with arrangements that vary from ornamental to rollicking to bare, pushing Quinn's embrace of rustic, poetic popcraft to the fore. The band's distinct take on art-pop forms re-imagines early efforts from Mekons, Nikki Sudden and John Cale as filtered through Californian folk-rock. In addition to fronting the 13th Month, Quinn also plays in psych-folk-pop duo The Skygreen Leopards (with Glenn Donaldson). Both bands have enjoyed a central stake in an eclectic, bustling San Francisco music scene that, after many years underground, is slowly emerging into the light.

Tracks

1. Winter in a Rented Room
2. Mom?s House
3. Your Wicked Man
4. April Tenth
5. Street Fighting Girls
6. The Door Locks Itself
7. Leave Like You Came
8. Sylvia and the Gremlins
9. Red Corona
10. Open Flame

Press

?Listening to Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month reinforces the
fact that Quinn is one of the stronger songwriters working in the
psychedelic folk scene.? ?Dusted
?The combination of good songs, evocative vocals and clever
arrangements makes it a compelling listen, one to stroll through
over and over.? ?Terrascope

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GATE - 'A REPUBLIC OF SADNESS'

Formats

• BING068 - LP

  600197006818

Details

The first new Gate record in over a decade, A Republic of Sadness is as much a reason for celebration as indoctrination into the creative genius of Michael Morley. Known primarily for his work in The Dead C, Morley simultaneously has been doing Gate since he's started playing. A Republic of Sadness comprises the apex of Morley's various interests in one collection. His guitar and vocal drones permeate through looped beats and sounds, arriving at a sound that is not quite dance, not quite noise, not quite electronica and never, ever ambient. LP comes with DL code.

Tracks

1. Forever
2. All
3. Desert
4. Wilderness
5. Freak
6. Trees

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IDI AMIN & THE AMPUTEES - 'DISCO BITCH / NASTY NAZI'

Formats

• GU019 - 7"

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Limited to 500, we're getting 50...this is filthy noise rock.with common members with Francis Harold and the Holograms, fans of Pissed Jeans, FHH, Drunks With Guns, Dwarves, Sick & Wrong, etc..not for the squeamish, or for Oasis fans.. brilliant stuff...we look forward to an album at some point!

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