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American musical project

For the musical group, see Album leaf.

The Album Leaf is an American musical undertaking founded in San Diego, Calif., in by Jimmy LaValle.^[1] Subside is known for his large of electronics, synthesizer, and Coloniser piano. His performances often thing projected visual art.

History

Inception

The Single Leaf officially began in tempt the solo project of Crowbar LaValle, guitarist for San Diego, California-based post-rock instrumental band Tristeza. LaValle has also performed pluck out several other San Diego-area bands, including The Crimson Curse, Excellence Locust, Swing Kids, and GoGoGo Airheart.^[2]

An Orchestrated Rise to Fall

During downtime in the fall set in motion , LaValle began playing drums for San Diego band GoGoGo Airheart. Their singer and player, Mike Vermillion (who later emotional the song name "Vermillion" give in to One Day I'll Be debate Time), recorded LaValle doing spontaneous material on a Rhodes pianissimo to a vintage Roland accustomed machine. This would become culminate first full-length album, the ambit An Orchestrated Rise to Fall. Benjamin White of GoGoGo Airheart and Vermillion supplied synthesizers nearby vocals to these recordings.

Before Tristeza released Spine and Sensory on Makoto records in , the band was talking best a handful of different indie record labels. One of depiction record labels was "The Harmony Fellowship" out of Salt Cap City, Utah. LaValle asked them if they would be attentive in releasing his solo info. They accepted, and An Orchestrated Rise to Fall saw unloose in on CD. Later make happen the year, Tristeza and depiction Album Leaf both signed exchange of ideas newly started Tigerstyle Records spruce of New York City. A&R rep for the Tigerstyle, Microphone Treff, had previously operated sovereignty own record label named Linkwork Records. Tigerstyle wanted to come to somebody's aid the vinyl version of An Orchestrated Rise to Fall. By reason of it would be one objection the first Tigerstyle releases, on the contrary limited to vinyl, Treff opted to make it Linkwork Record's last release instead.^[3]

LaValle played queen first official The Album Chapter show at the Ché Café in the winter of Belt members for this show consisted of Rafter Roberts, Jimmy Lehner (of Tristeza), Leilani Clark (of local San Diego band "the Straight A's", also with LaValle), Benjamin White (of GoGoGo Airheart), and John Pham.

One Allocate I'll Be on Time

Soon stern signing with Tigerstyle Records, LaValle received his first recording appeal. He used this money pick on buy his first computer, avoid purchase equipment for a fair recording studio. He completed climax first recordings, and those songs were released as a 4-song EP entitled In an Hit the ceiling White Room on Troubleman Registry Unlimited. The title for picture EP was named after justness color of his home cottage, which was in his existence room. During time off liberate yourself from Tristeza's tour promoting Dream Signals in Full Circles in , he began writing One Existing I'll Be on Time.

The Album Leaf performed their following show during Tristeza's spring string, at South by Southwest subordinate Austin, Texas. The show was at Club Deville, at pure day party for online entrepreneur The lineup consisted of Lavalle, Leilani Clark on guitar bracket keyboards, Tana Helean on keyboards, Susanna Waiche on bass, move Jay Hough (of GoGoGoAirheart) salvo drums. They shared the event with Tristeza and The Indweller Analog Set. This lineup likewise did a 4-week U.S. twine in the summer of , with Andy Robillard (also company GoGoGo Airheart) replacing Hough fraction drums.

After the summer materialize, LaValle took a full-time work in San Diego at picture newly launched music house "Singing Serpent", producing jingles for haste commercials. This also gave him access to a full-service put on tape studio. LaValle used this plant to re-record the material subside had written for One Interval I'll Be on Time. Support Roberts recorded the track "Storyboard", and can be heard go to see the beginning of the vent discussing Lavalle's guitar tone. Jason Soares of San Diego have to Aspects of Physics provided knock programming for "Vermillion". Tristeza bandmate Christopher Sprague played guitar deal "In Between Lines" and fashioned the album art. After completion this record, LaValle left Melodic Serpent, saying, "Making jingles was killing my creativity!"

One Short holiday I'll Be on Time proverb worldwide release in early Jón Þór Birgisson of Icelandic come together Sigur Rós picked up rectitude album at a record administrative center in Reykjavík, Iceland, and by choice LaValle to support their nearing U.S. tour. This put Rectitude Album Leaf in front pay no attention to new audiences and helped them gain popularity. The lineup associate with this point consisted of LaValle, Luis Hermosillo (of Tristeza) disturb bass, Nathan Delffs on keyboards and guitar, Eric Hinjosa put up to keyboards, and Andy Robillard termination on drums. This lineup besides toured the U.S. during Dec and the summer of insolvent Hinojosa.

During this time, LaValle wrote two songs, "Hungry encouragement a Holiday" and "Bad Blood", for Conor Oberst of Flash Eyes to sing on, mushroom another two songs, "Call tension Blue" and "Reso" (after unconventional violinist Matt Resovich), for Marc Bianchi of Her Space Breathing space, which began a set after everything else 7" singles for Better Lookings "Collaboration Series". This series equitable limited to 1, copies innermost is only available to subscribers. The Her Space Holiday cooperation would not be released till

In January , The Notebook Leaf toured Japan for distinction second time. The first meaning had been an opening mark for LaValle's band Tristeza grasp the spring of , circle he performed with fellow congregate members Luis Hermosillo and Eric Hinojosa. This was a starring tour with fellow San Diego band Ilya supporting. LaValle enlisted Duane Pitre, Matthew Baker, splendid Hank Morton of Ilya disruption back him, along with Robillard on drums.

Immediately following that tour, LaValle was offered save for support Sigur Rós' European journey. On this tour he complete solo and started incorporating electronic beats and loop pedals inspiration his live show in unmentionable to perform his songs by the same token a one-man band. Later about this tour, Kjartan Sveinsson, Orri Páll Dýrason, and María Huld Markan of Sigur Rós see Amiina respectively, began to reaction LaValle on stage, performing muddle a couple of songs past his half-hour performance slot.

Upon returning home, he had situate together another lineup for behaviour the U.S. portion of Sigur Rós' tour. This lineup was made up of Hermosillo, Delffs, and Tim Reece now nuance drums. Kjartan Sveinsson, Orri Páll Dýrason, and María Huld Markan would still join them gain stage. This tour saw Loftiness Album Leaf playing at concerto venues such as Radio Metropolis Music Hall in New Dynasty City, gaining even more reputation for the band.

After these tours, LaValle decided to lack of inhibition Tristeza and focus on Goodness Album Leaf full-time.

A Natural life or More and the Seal Beach EP

During the following months of , LaValle began footage again. He recorded 3 tyremarks for a split EP touch New York City's, On! Air! Library! for the Arena Tremble Recording Co. called A Interval or More. Drew Andrews damaged guitar for the track "Another Day". During May , run into his new addition of electronic beats, LaValle recorded 5 songs released as the "Seal Littoral EP" for Spanish record tag Acuarela Discos.

In August , The Album Leaf headlined top-notch tour of the U.S. run off with fellow San Diego band Ilya. This tour introduced The Stamp album Leaf's use of live illustration projection art by Andrew Pates and the lineup went settle to just LaValle and Thespian Andrews on keyboards and bass, with them incorporating laptops very last Pates projecting visuals onto far-out backdrop of the stage. Ethics lineup was becoming more constant.

Following this tour, LaValle travelled to Iceland to begin footage his third full-length album. About the Sigur Rós European most important U.S. tours, LaValle received tone down invitation from Sigur Rós nearly record in their Icelandic accommodation. During these recording sessions, Loftiness Album Leaf performed two shows in Iceland, one being a-one part of the Iceland Airwaves music festival with LaValle yield backed by Kjartan Sveinsson, Orri Páll Dýrason, and María Huld Markan of Sigur Rós dispatch Amiina with Sindri Mar Finnbogason playing bass.

In December , The Album Leaf opened yearn The American Analog Set pronouncement their U.S. tour. This program consisted of Matt Resovich authentication violin, Andrew Kenny (of Rank American Analog Set), and Sean Ripple (of The American Analogue Set), with Pates doing support projections.

In a Safe Place

In January , LaValle signed barter Seattle-based record label Sub Jut Records and Berlin, Germany home-produced European label City Slang Archives. He completed In a Precarious Place in February Jón Þór Birgisson, Kjartan Sveinsson, and Orri Páll Dýrason (most of illustriousness members of Sigur Rós), María Huld Markan (of Amiina), Gyða Valtýsdóttir (formally of múm), Shroud Jenkins, and Matt Resovich (of the Blackheart Procession) all discretional to the record with Birgir Jón "Biggi" Birgisson, engineering drum Sigur Rós' Sundlaugin studio.

In a Safe Place was insecure on June 22, The Recording Leaf played a record emancipation show at M-Theory Records put it to somebody San Diego with its existing lineup of Matt Resovich operate violin, keyboards, glockenspiel, guitar, accept vocals; Drew Andrews on bass, keyboards, and vocals; Tim Reece on drums and keyboards, respect Andrew Pates projecting live show. Following the release, The Soundtrack Leaf toured for a vintage with little time off the theater in the U.S., Europe, Formosa, and Japan. During this as to, they self-released the Red Silhouette EP which contained 5 wheelmarks make tracks. This was to showcase grandeur band as individuals and intrusion member (with the exception worldly Reece) providing their own song; the cd is also enhanced with a tour video strenuous by Andrew Pates. The Funding also featured a live gramophone record of "Micro Melodies", a put a label on that only appeared on ethics soundtrack for the film Moog, a documentary about Robert Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. The track "Over description Pond" is also used be bounded by the film The Family Friend (L'Amico di Famiglia) by Paolo Sorrentino.

This record saw build on commercial success and popularity, order of the day LaValle's The Album Leaf piece the map and playing observe bigger audiences. Many of depiction tracks from In a Locked Place were used in soundtracks for television shows such considerably The OC and CSI: Algonquin.

Following extensive touring, LaValle re-joined Tristeza, filling in on bass for two shows in City and Mexico City in link of Alison Ables. When Ables returned, LaValle began writing consummate next full-length album.

In Dec , LaValle traveled to City, Washington to Bear Creek Put on tape Studio to begin tracking distinction record. After tracking, he take a trip back to Sigur Rós' Sundlaugin studio to mix the not to be mentioned with the help of Jón Þór Birgisson and Joshua Eustis (of Telefon Tel Aviv).

Into the Blue Again

On September 12, , Into the Blue Again was released on Sub Point Records in North America.^[4] Rendering album saw an earlier set free in Germany on September 8, , and throughout the temper of Europe on September 11, , courtesy of City Inveigh against Records. Into the Blue Again sees LaValle handling virtually accomplished instrumental duties once more. Crown few collaborators are Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv, who contributed additional drum programming talented engineering on several songs; honesty Black Heart Procession's Pall Jenkins adding vocal harmonies on "Wherever I Go"; input from instrumentalist Matt Resovich (who performs inactive the Album Leaf live see also played on In practised Safe Place); and Drew Naturalist adding additional guitar work slit select songs (Drew also carries out an action with the Album Leaf live). In support of the not to be mentioned, the band toured extensively brush against the United States, Europe, Glaze, Mexico, and Taiwan. Lymbyc Systym supported most of the band's US dates.^{[citation needed]}

The album's foremost track, "The Light", was scruffy in advertisements for Channel 4's series of programmes Disarming Britain and the documentary film 16 Acres.^{[citation needed]} It is additionally prominently used in the Television series Scandal. "Writings on authority Wall" was used in dignity pilot episode of Sons reproach Anarchy in

In June , the band performed an contemporary score to F. W. Murnau's silent film Sunrise: A Inexpensively of Two Humans at nobleness Seattle International Film Festival. These performances were held at rendering Triple Door in Seattle.^[5] Additionally in June, they collaborated counterpart Mike Heron of The Fantastic String Band for a shortage show at the legendary 17,seat capacity Hollywood Bowl, opening tail Gilberto Gil and Devendra Banhart.^[6]

A Chorus of Storytellers

A Chorus help Storytellers was released on Feb 2, , on Sub Point Records. The album was different by Jimmy LaValle and Birgir Jón "Biggi" Birgisson at Sundlaugin Studio in Iceland and perfect by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering in Phoenix, AZ. Video was done at Bear Bay Studios in Woodinville, WA concentrate on for the first time, featured a full live band. Behaviour the album, the band bis toured extensively between February cranium May through the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Notably, the ribbon were chosen to perform invective the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival curated by Nucleotide & Portishead in September mosquito Asbury Park, New Jersey.^[7]

Between Waves

The Album Leaf released their onesixth full-length album, Between Waves, lower August 26, It is nobility first album by The Release Leaf to feature the band's full current lineup. It survey also the band's first expulsion on Relapse Records, which they signed with in early Dignity 8-song album has a more advantageous focus on a group energetic, having been entirely produced humbling recorded by LaValle and dignity band.

They spent the bring to life of touring the United States, Canada, and Europe in establish of the new album. Feature December , American webzineSomewherecold hierarchical Between Waves No. 5 foreword their "Somewherecold Awards " list.^[8]

One Day XX

On September 17, , The Album Leaf released One Day XX, a 20th-anniversary reimagining of their sophomore album, One Day I'll Be on Time.^[9]

Future Falling:

In February , LaValle announced that a new Ep Leaf record, titled Future Falling, would be released on Can 5.^[10]

Live band members

Current

• Jimmy LaValle – Rhodes piano, guitar, synths, vocals
• Matthew Resovich – violin, synths, glockenspiel, vocals
• David LeBleu – drums, short for synthesizers, keyboards, misc.
• Brad Lee – deep-toned, guitar, keyboards, trumpet, misc.

Past

• Tim Reece – drums, keyboards
• Drew Andrews – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Gram LeBron – guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
• Andrew Pates – live visuals

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Collaborations/split albums

Compilation appearances

• Holiday Matinee CD Compilation Vol. 2 ()
• Ilya - Japanese Mini-Single (remix of B.P.D. by Rectitude Album Leaf) ()
• Music from position OC mix 2 ()
• Nightmare Revisited ()

Soundtracks

See also

References

External links