Cover of Verdure The telescope Dreampatterns

Verdure
The telescope Dreampatterns

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For fans of psychedelic folk, lovers of 60s and 70s folk revival, followers of neo-psychedelic music, and listeners who enjoy modern lo-fi and garage folk.
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THE REVIEW

Just as the fantastic purple tree of the splendid cover sinks its roots into "fertile soil," Donovan Quinn draws inspiration from the Anglo-American psychedelic folk tradition of the late 60s and early 70s, filtering it with a sensitivity born from the neo-psychedelic scene that emerged in the mid-80s. The songs of "The Telescope Dreampatterns" bring to mind the "underground folk" of the past, and it's impossible not to mention the Incredible String Band, folk mixed with electric psychedelia. I think of the underground Fresh Maggots, echoes of Syd Barrett, and moving forward in time Greg Ashley, a raw Robyn Hitchcock in humble folk attire, a soft Anton Newcombe, but many are the names evoked by these sounds.

The language used is psycho folk, but we are not in pure nostalgia territory. The songs are modern, they vibrate with a current electricity, wearing modern lo-fi clothes, definitely not from a 60s tailor. They are built with guitars that do not disdain sweet distortions, organ, flutes, exotic interludes, percussions, and a voice very similar to a drawling Dylan. The atmosphere is surreal, reverberated, dreamlike, trippy but at the same time physical, garage. Donovan Quinn has done with 60s psycho folk a modernization operation somewhat similar to what Plasticland did with English psychedelia. A nice repaint while keeping the frame recognizable.

30 minutes recommended for those who love psychedelia, garage folk, and the past without being totally dependent on it.

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Verdure’s 'The Telescope Dreampatterns' channels the psychedelic folk tradition of the late 60s and early 70s through a modern lo-fi lens. Donovan Quinn updates classic sounds with dreamy, surreal atmospheres and a garage folk edge. The album evokes influences like the Incredible String Band and Syd Barrett while maintaining its own fresh identity. Recommended for lovers of psychedelia and garage folk who appreciate both past and present.

Tracklist Videos

01   Into the Blacktrees ()

02   The Coffin Splits in Two ()

03   The Greentrees ()

04   Moonlanding ()

05   Seeing the Telescope Dreampatterns ()

06   Birds That Come Back Again ()

07   Softly, The Embers ()

08   Fluttering Pastures ()

09   Sea Funeral, The ()

10   Ash-Wednesday ()

11   Graveyard Porchlight ()

Verdure

Verdure is depicted in reviews as a music project that draws on Anglo-American psychedelic folk of the late 60s/early 70s, updated with neo-psychedelic and modern lo-fi/garage-folk elements; Donovan Quinn is named in the review as the creative force.
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