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I’ve been a fan of The Album Leaf ever since I first touched the needle down to my copy of In A Safe Place. The delicate, swirling nature of his music sets a mood and helps create a beautiful backd... Lees meer

After 10 years, four albums, numerous tours and collaborations with Sigur Ros, Jimmy LaValle has achieved the kind of post-rock meets pop masterpiece he's seemed to be working toward since forming ... Lees meer

Jimmy LaValle erkundet mit seinem Projekt The Album Leaf auf dem neuen Album A Chorus Of Storytellers die Möglichkeiten des Slowmotion-Pop. Eine angenehme Fingerübung in Entschleunigung.A... Lees meer

To all but forget the existence of Sub Pop in the wake of Seattle’s glory days is to degrees an embarrassing admission to make, but through bands like The Album Leaf its one that makes for fa... Lees meer

The Album Leaf is Jimmy LaValle; Jimmy LaValle is The Album Leaf. A former guitarist with post-rockers Tristeza, he's now a fully fledged law-unto-himself, producing, engineering, mixing and playin... Lees meer

While a gulf apart in terms of actual sound, Jimmy Lavalle's project The Album Leaf has walked a very similar path to that of Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst.Both started their projects cooped up in dark... Lees meer

When one attempts grandiose art of any variety, be it visual or aural, there’s a great potential for failure. You have to pay close attention, not only to the grand scheme, but to the little minuti... Lees meer

A Chorus of Storytellers is about fifty minutes of delicate ambient pop with light electronic textures and some vocals here and there. If you're at all familiar with The Album Leaf, that shouldn't ... Lees meer

You can't do it all yourself. It's a true hallmark of personal growth and knowledge that Jimmy LaValle, a.k.a. the Album Leaf, seems to have taken that to heart since 2006's Into the Blue Again. In... Lees meer

There’s something sad and distant about A Chorus of Storytellers. It’s a relic of another time, a beautiful bit of otherworldly majesty that belongs in a time when albums were entities ... Lees meer