Donovan Quinn And The 13th Month - Your Wicked Man

San Francisco songwriter Donovan Quinn is anything but direct.With an enigmatic deadpan, he delivers lyrics written ina dense and fragmentary style; the influence of writers such asMalcolm Lowry and Thomas Pynchon figures just as heavily onhis craft as that of Robyn Hitchcock, Pavement, Robert Forsterand Skip Spence.Your Wicked Man is the second album from his primary band,Donovan Quinn and the 13th Month, created in collaborationwith Jason Quever (Papercuts) as producer and multi-instrumentalist.In much the same way as his presence molded CassMcCombs early efforts, Quever s contributions to Your WickedMan serve Quinn s narratives with arrangements that vary fromornamental to rollicking to bare, pushing Quinn s embrace ofrustic, poetic popcraft to the fore. The band s distinct take onart-pop forms re-imagines early efforts from Mekons, NikkiSudden and John Cale as filtered through Californian folk-rock.In addition to fronting the 13th Month, Quinn also plays inpsych-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.

PRESS: Listening to Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month reinforces thefact that Quinn is one of the stronger songwriters working in thepsychedelic folk scene. Dusted The combination of good songs, evocative vocals and cleverarrangements makes it a compelling listen, one to stroll throughover and over. Terrascope

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