Painted Shrines

Painted Shrines is a collaboration between Skygreen Leopards' Glenn Donaldson and Woods' Jeremy Earl that balances each of their distinctive sensibilities for creating wistful yet psychedelic pop. After knowing each other and working together in less official capacities for years, the duo released their debut album, Heaven and Holy, in 2021. Donaldson and Earl first collaborated on Woods' 2011 album Sun & Shade, with Donaldson contributing bass, guitar, and guest vocals to multiple songs. In 2018, Earl traveled to Donaldson's Northern California studio and the two spent a week recording the material that would eventually become the first work from new project Painted Shrines. The set of jangly psychedelic indie rock tunes and instrumental interludes was completed with bass parts from Papercuts member Jeff Moller. Earl and Donaldson put the finishing touches on the songs and ultimately released debut album Heaven and Holy on the Woodsist label in March 2021. ~ Fred Thomas