The Album Leaf - Into The Blue Again

artist:      The Album Leaf
title:       Into The Blue Again
label:       Sub Pop Records
type:        Album
genre:       Rock
source:      CDDA
tracks:      10
time:        01:22:53
size:        75.94 MB
bitrate:     185kbps
mode:        VBR
location:    -
url:         http://albumleaf.com/index.php?textNum=2
rip date:    08.07.2006
street date: 12.09.2006

1. The Light                                         6:32
2. Always For You                                    8:19
3. Shine                                             8:46
4. Writings On The Wall                              7:49
5. Red-Eye                                          12:00
6. See In You                                        8:16
7. Into The Sea                                      7:14
8. Wherever I Go                                     6:07
9. Wishful Thinking                                  8:27
10. Broken Arrow                                      9:23

The Sub-pop band (really just Jimmy LaValle with some
friends helping out) is back with a fourth full length
entitled Into the Blue Again. Based on the success of the
last record (half the album was featured on the OC, so if
that isn’t making it in indie standards, what is? Right?),
Jimmy was able to take step back and really focus on where
he wanted to take the sound. Recording in a converted barn,
in a studio in Iceland and an old pool really adds to the
textures and feel he was going after. Taking more control on
this record, Jimmy used his own equipment and (as per usual)
played almost all the instruments on the record, but still
brought in some big name friends to help fill out tracks
(members of the Black Heart Procession, Telefone Tel Aviv to
name a few).

What I really love about his music is simple: The sounds are
introspective. He uses a v-c-v structure to take you through
his airy daydreams, but you can’t help but take your own
trip (listen to the beautiful strings on Wishful Thinking and
you will se emy point). Although the songs are structured,
you aren't forced to adhere to it. People have caught on how
perfect his music is to soundtrack a show/film and that is
because his music easily expresses multiple moods. What a
song means to him is not what the same song means to someone
else. This freedom is what music is all about.

Greets goes out to :

ATX, BLZ, BWA, CR, ESC, GTi, hbZ, krbZ, PR, RAGEMP3, rXn, SSR,
TDU, TSP, UTB, XXL, uC, WHOA,  ... and all the others we have forgot.

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