INSOUND TOP SELLER OF 2001The Album Leaf is the moniker under which Tristeza guitarist Jimmy LaValle explores musical ideas that do not fit into the scope of Tristeza. A member of such bellwether hardcore acts as Swing Kids, The Locust and Crimson Curse, Jimmy has been playing for quite some time. He released An Orchestrate Rise to Fall in early 2000 to rave reviews, followed it up with a full summer tour and has just released a CDEP/10" on Troubleman as part of their singer/songwriter series. A busy and...   [ read more ]

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Jimmy LaValle, perhaps known best for his work in contemplative dream-rock outfit Tristeza and San Diego's The Black Heart Procession, began releasing delicate, progressive instrumental work as The Album Leaf in 1999 (the name comes from a Chopin piece). After years of labor-intensive touring and tinkering with complex tracks in his cramped bedroom studio, LaValle was repeatedly offered a rare invite from Icelandic phenoms Sigur Rós and Múm to record his newest solo opus in their Mosfellsbaer studio. He fi...   [ read more ]

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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. After tracking, he took the concentric billows of feathered keyboards, filmy strings, and chiseled drums to Iceland for three weeks of mixing to tape to maintain Brian Eno-informed translucence. Having shared so much time and space with others on the road, LaValle proves, with this per...   [ read more ]

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