| The Album Leaf is the solo project of Jimmy LaValle.One Day I'll Be on Time
1.Swing Kids, The Locust, and GoGoGo Airheart.An Orchestrated Rise to Fall.LaValle asked them if they would be interested in releasing his solo material.They accepted, and An Orchestrated Rise to Fall saw release in 1999 on CD.Later in the year, Tristeza and The Album Leaf both signed with newly started Tigerstyle Records out of New York City.Tigerstyle, Mike Treff, had previously done his own record label named Linkwork Records.LaValle played his first official Album Leaf show at the Che Cafe in the winter of 1999.One Day I'll Be on Time
Soon after signing with Tigerstyle Records, LaValle received his first recording advance.He used this money to buy his first computer, and purchase equipment for a home recording studio.He did his first recordings and those songs were released as a 4 song EP entitled In An Off White Room on Troubleman Records Unlimited.The Album Leaf performed their second show during Tristeza's 2000 spring tour, at South by Southwest in Austin,Texas.This show was at Club Deville, at a day party for online distributor, Insound.This lineup also did a 4 week U.One Day I'll Be on Time saw worldwide release in early 2001.This prompted them to ask LaValle to support their upcoming U.This would put The Album Leaf in front of new audiences, which helped the band gain popularity.LaValle, Luis Hermosillo (of Tristeza) on bass, Nathan Delffs on keyboards and guitar, Eric Hinjosa on keyboards and Andy Robillard still on drums.The tracks with Oberst were titled "Hungry for a Holiday" and "Bad Blood".In January of 2003, The Album Leaf toured Japan for the second time.The first time was an opening slot for LaValle's band, Tristeza, in spring of 2002 where he performed with fellow band members Luis Hermosillo and Eric Hinojosa.This tour he performed solo and started incorporating electronic beats and loop pedals into his live show in order to perform his songs as a one man band.This tour saw the Album Leaf playing at music venues such as Radio City Music Hall in New York City, gaining even more popularity for the band.After these tours, LaValle decided to leave Tristeza and focus on the Album Leaf full time.Lifetime or More and the Seal Beach EP
During the following months of 2003, LaValle began recording again.In August of 2003, The Album Leaf headlined a tour of the U.Following this tour, LaValle traveled to Iceland to begin recording his third full length.In December of 2003, The Album Leaf opened for The American Analog Set on their U.In a Safe Place was released on June 22, 2004.Following the release, the Album Leaf toured for a year with little time off performing in the U.Europe, Taiwan, and Japan.During this time, the Album Leaf self released the Red Tour EP with 5 tracks.This record saw more commercial success and popularity establishing LaValle's The Album Leaf on the map and playing to bigger audiences..Many of the tracks from In a Safe Place were used in the soundtracks for television shows such as The OC and CSI: Miami.When he returned, LaValle began writing his next full length.The album saw an earlier release in Germany on September 8, 2006 and throughout the rest of Europe on September 11, 2006 courtesy of City Slang Records.Pall Jenkins adding vocal harmonies on "Wherever I Go," violinist Matt Resovich (who performs with The Album Leaf live, and also played on In a Safe Place), Drew Andrews adding additional guitar work on select songs (Drew also performs with The Album Leaf live)
The Album Leaf has toured extensively through the United States, Europe, Japan, Mexico and Taiwan.Singles and EPs
In an Off White Room Troubleman Unlimited, 2001
Collaboration Series no."On Your Way" appeared on an episode of The O."Window" appeared in a commercial for Veolia Environnement in Europe
"Window" appeared in French film Le Concile De Pierre
"Window" appeared on an episode of CSI: Miami
"Always for You" appeared on a commercial for Cadillac
"Writings on the Wall" appeared on an episode of Grey's Anatomy
"Red Eye" appeared on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
"Red Eye" appeared in Standard Films video Catch the Vapors
"Into the Sea" appeared on an episode of I'm From Rolling Stone
"Window" and "Thule" have been used on the radio show This American Life
"Over the Pond" was used in the trailer of the film The Family Friend by Paulo Sorrentino.Stealtree and the Straight A's.Fans that have a specific Album Leaf tattoo get into the band's shows for free.The Album Leaf won Best Electronic Act at the San Diego Music Awards 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007.The Album Leaf won Best Alternative Album for "In a Safe Place" at the 2004 San Diego Music Awards.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Violin, Guitar, Glokenspiel, Vocals
Timothy C.San Diego Show and Music Awards!Ill see you at the Casbah if they let me in.Two new songs on our profile...Detroit in Costa Mesa next month.It looks forward to coming to Japan.BONJOUR DE FRANCE AND THANKS FOR THE ADD !"Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).The Album LeafInto the Blue Againrelease date: September 12, 2006Life as a traveling musician can become monotonous.This is your day, and before you realize it, your life.If musicians could keep time in a bottle its consumption would likely outpace vodka and bourbon combined within the first year.LaValle recognizes this lifestyle and its constraints.LaValle sequestered himself for six months in his San Diego house solely to write.Look for The Album Leaf's gorgeous live show (it includes a large touring entourage involving projection art and live strings) in upcoming tours!Amazon MP3 Downloads store.The Album Leaf
today!Music (See Bestsellers in Music)Popular in these categories: (What's this?Jimmy LaValle's varied experience includes stints with Tristeza, The Locust, GoGoGo Airheart, The Blackheart Procession, and Sigur Ros."Into The Blue Again" sees LaValle handling the bulk of the vocal and instrumental duties.No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet.See all 394 customer reviews...The easiest way to shoot video reviews.The new Album Leaf album Into the Blue Again was released last week to relatively little fanfare with an advance track that I liked but didn't love, so it took me over a week to actually purchase the new CD.Sigur Ros influence) of In a Safe Place.The Album Leaf started as a side project to Jimmy LaValle's Tristeza, which is more electronic based, but LaValle has really expanded his sound into an ambient masterwork, somewhat similar to Sigur Ros, and approximating some of the lighter sounding tracks of Mogwai.Then "Shine" hits you and it takes a while to recover.According to the liner notes, "Shine" uses violins, Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizers, bass guitar, glockenspiel, drums, and drum programming, all but the violin performed by LaValle himself.Eye" and "Into the Sea".The warmth is exciting and the casual coolness leaves you in mystery."The Light" purrs into life and then washes into liquid solitude in a reverberating perfection that opens up into "Always For You."More like poetry than music, at times this is a study of tone."Wherever I Go" arrives and takes over in a moody orchestration and mellow vocals.The instrumentation is striking and ecstatic with an intriguing ending that makes your head spin.Having already made an investment in the Seal Beach and In A Safe Place albums back when a melancholy state of mind stretched out time into one giant moment.Into The Blue Again continues that feeling and instant familiarity.It's not like Jimmy LaValle wrote this music for you in particular, but listening to this makes it so.But some monarch butterflies took flight in Malaysia and the tremble wound up here as we felt cool breezes parting our hair, billowing her thin cotton skirt all aflutter, along with my linen shirt as I stood back, hands tucked in my jean pockets, smiling and admirably taking in the views on one of life's perfect days.....See all 6 customer reviews...What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing Items Like This?Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.Please note that we are unable to respond directly to all feedback submitted via this form, but we'll ask you to sign in so we can contact you if needed.View or change your orders in Your Account.After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.Relevance
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