Loading details…
Artist
Leopold and His Fiction
12+ albums
Garage Rockrocksan franciscoindie rockAlt-country
about
The balanced reincarnate of a sultry era of western darkness under big city lights and country back roads lead to the morning shore of a transpiring musical horizon. Leopold and his Fiction houses honest and transcendent San Francisco rock ‘n’ roll. The gritty Detroit vintage rock bleeds out from front man Daniel James’ roots, simmering underneath distant genres and unwavering imagination in an attempt to reinvent what each member feels has dissipated from the greater measure of music. Consistent with James’ chameleon persona and his soul inciting vocals, the new album includes a lineup of Jon Sortland on drums/Farfisa and Micayla Grace on bass guitar. Enlisting the expertise of Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Little Joy, Vetiver) to co-produce along with the vintage setting of John Baccigaluppi’s The Hanger, this recording ventures out appropriately from the blues structure of the first two records, while engaging start to finish the theatrics and entertainment of voyage fans have become accustomed to hearing. Monahan pushed the previous recording methods to new heights providing a platform for ideas to flourish and the additional band mates brought their individual characteristics to the table by adding to the songs arrangements during the recording process. James felt The Hanger added to the final product not only with their long list of vintage gear, but with the ambiance as well. James explains, “walking into almost any given night after recording at The Hanger, famili
