Blog: Chewing gum for the ears

Donovan Quinn and Glenn Donaldson, core members of low-key pop group Skygreen Leopards, have teamed up with Jason Quever of Papercuts for their latest album, Gorgeous Johnny . The collaboration isn't much of a surprise given the musicians' previous work together, and considering the stylistic overlap of the two projects, making this new record sound awful familiar: breezy folk rock as jangly retro-pop. It's not necessarily a bad template, but it would seem the group is pushing their luck by sticking to such a familiar [...]