Album
Family Crimes
2014 · Rock, Pop
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Family Crimes is a Rock album by The Skygreen Leopards, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
About
When the chiming guitars of “Family Crimes” kick in and start off Skygreen Leopards' third album, The Byrds flit it and out of the listening frame, paving the way for additional musical and lyrical references to that band. Beyond The Byrds, there are also tantalizing whiffs of Television Personalities (“WWIII Style,” “Crying Green and Purple”) and even early Go-Betweens (“Reno Wedding”). Trimming and tightening their trippy, lysergic sound to a more focused, jangle-pop vibe does wonders for the Leopards, with bass lines bubbling warmly under strummed acoustic guitars, and breezy melodies so pale and faint they seem extra-special when they fully emerge. The triptych odes to love (“Love Is a Shadow,” “Is It Love, Love, Love?," and “It’s Not Love”) seem to address those facets of the topic quite neatly (mystery, hope, resolution), and each tune offers its own appropriate feel. Charming, through and through.
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Tracklist
- 1Leave the Family2:28
- 2Love Is a Shadow2:18
- 3My Friends2:22
- 4WWIII Style2:16
- 5Is It Love, Love, Love?2:16
- 6Reno Wedding2:11
- 7It's Not Love2:53
- 8Crying Green & Purple2:46
- 9Josephine2:39
- 10Mascara Priscilla1:59
- 11Selling T-Shirts2:23
- 12Garden Blue2:23
- 13Leave the Family Reprise1:19
- 14Suburban Bibles2:13
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Psych Rock
- jangly
- dreamy
- psychedelic
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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