Exurbian Quonset by Mike Donovan

Holed up in the far-flung Quonset of his mind, Sic Alps’ Mike Donovan is free to beam his haunted falsetto on waves of ripping feedback into the yawning spaces of the lo-fi (but ever-expandin') rock and roll project universe. A craftsman, he casts his classic bubblegum ditties in shades of dream-strewn gray, an arrested envelopment of glitter rock/metal machine music for the DAC age. Flee the urban squall!

One of the architects of the SF rock scene around the turn of this century, Mike played around town with a bunch of groups before forming Sic Alps. After their ballyhooed run, he’s made his music – next-phase roots-pop, soaked in the traditional waters of rock and roll and passed through a thrilling variety of after-punk sonic sieves – on a few solo albums and a few more with The Peacers.