Donovan Blanc

The roots of indie pop duo Donovan Blanc began with the group Honeydrum. Based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Honeydrum was the recording project of <a href="spotify:artist:7sPFCTilT1dZsqcDXzOiQf">Joseph Black</a> and Raymond Schwab who issued a total of nine EPs between 2011 and 2013. Near the end of that time, the band's focus began to sharpen, developing into the lush, Mellotron- and guitar-led indie pop that would become the sound of <a href="spotify:artist:7sPFCTilT1dZsqcDXzOiQf">Black</a> and Schwab's new venture, Donovan Blanc. Eschewing the more experimental and abstract D.I.Y. pop offerings of their prolific Honeydrum years, Donovan Blanc became the duo's outlet for more singer/songwriter-oriented pop, which has more in common with the wistful guitar pop of <a href="spotify:artist:41SQP16hv1TioVYqdckmxT">Real Estate</a> and the warm neo-psych of <a href="spotify:artist:55LHFEtIplWhsfyWZUwkf4">Foxygen</a>. In early 2014 they joined the roster of prominent Brooklyn indie <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Captured+Tracks%22">Captured Tracks</a>, which released their self-titled debut LP in June of that year. ~ Timothy Monger, Rovi