| Donovan Quinn – Honky Tonk Medusa (2012) |
Donovan Quinn – Honky Tonk Medusa
Location: San Francisco, California
Album release: February 14th, 2012
Record Label: Northern Spy Records /// Format: CD, LP, MP3, FLAC
Honky Tonk Medusa is Donovan Quinn’s first album that he’s both recorded and produced since the Skygreen Leopards’ adventurous Life & Love in Sparrow’s Meadow. Along with Quinn’s work on vocals, guitar and synth, the album also employs San Francisco musicians Jason Quever (Papercuts), Michael Tapscott (Odawas), along with his regular rhythm section of Nick Marcantonio and Michael Carreira. Working in reverse order to many current acts, the sound of Honky Tonk Medusa is molded to each individual song; letting the lyrics and spirit of the song dictate the instrumentation and style with the lyrical narrative tying it all together. The story of the album is one of decaying American cities, Internet age entropy, and equal parts romance and loneliness. In addition to the music, the album features artwork by San Francisco artist Joe Roberts and liner notes by Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers, 200 Years) & Ben Chasney (Six Organs of Admittance). // Tracklist:
01. I Wanna Be Your Dogstar
02. Laughing City
03. Night Shift
05. My Wife
06. Shadow on the Stone
07. Dying City
08. We Called Her Slow Snow
09. The States
10. In the Bag
11. Love in an Evil World
Featured Artists:
Donovan Quinn: vocals, vsts, guitar, keyboard
Nick Marcantonio: bass
Michael Tapscott: keyboard, harmonica, harmonium, guitar
Jason Quever: guitar, drums
Michael Carreira: drums
Eric Amerman: pedal steel, guitar
Description:
Northern Spy has announced their new signee – San Francisco’s folk-pop songsmiths Donovan Quinn already known for his work of the past decade with Verdure and The Skygreen Leopards and his recent project, Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month (last summer, their 2nd full-length “Your Wicked Man” was co-released by Soft Abuse and Shrimper Records). The first NSPY/Quinn LP/CD “Honky Tonk Medusa” will be released on Valentines Day. “Honky Tonk Medusa” employs San Francisco musicians, Jason Quever (Papercuts), Michael Tapscott (Odawas), along with his regular rhythm section of Nick Marcantonio and Michael Carreira. In addition to the music the album features artwork by San Francisco artist Joe Roberts and liner notes by Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers, 200 Years) & Ben Chasney (Six Organs of Admittance).
BIO:
Honky Tonk Medusa is Donovan Quinn’s first album that he’s both recorded and produced since the Skygreen Leopards’ adventurous Life & Love in Sparrow’s Meadow. Along with Quinn’s work on vocals, guitar and synth, the album also employs San Francisco musician’s Jason Quever (Papercuts), Michael Tapscott (Odawas), along with his regular rhythm section of Nick Marcantonio and Michael Carreira. Working in reverse order to many current acts, the sound of Honky Tonk Medusa is molded to each individual song; letting the lyrics and spirit of the song dictate the instrumentation and style with the lyrical narrative tying it all together. The story of the album is one of decaying American cities, Internet age entropy, and equal parts romance and loneliness. In addition to the music the album features artwork by San Francisco artist Joe Roberts and liner notes by Elisa Amrogio (Magik Markers, 200 Years).
PRESS:
“Though best known for his work with the Skygreen Leopards, Quinn has been culling his private weird recordings since he lived in a rotting trailer in the suburban sprawl of Walnut Creek, California. Due to popular insistence, the man has finally gone solo. Quinn is a Marlboro man mystic channeled through Francois Hardy just woken from a nap: frowsy, susurrant and surly. He curls out chords like Duane Eddy on ludes, strumming on some ether plane of American guitar groupmind. It warms my heart that perhaps people will hear Donovan and be able to discern a true contender from the hollow trees out there.” – Elisa Ambrogio, Arthur Magazine
“…points towards Donaldson and Quinn’s ability to find the benefits of song in the most unlikely places, including the shifts between seasons, within blades of grass, in the honeyed clouds, on the dark side of a leaf changing color, beneath an icy rock.” – Brandon Stosuy, Pitchfork
DISCOGRAPHY:
•Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month (2008) [Soft Abuse]
•Your Wicked Man (2010) [Shrimper]
•Honky Tonk Medusa (2012) [Northern Spy] ///////// Donovan Quinn – Shadow On The Stone from “Honky Tonk Medusa”
Photo by D Smith
| Donovan Quinn – Honky Tonk Medusa (2012) |