The Album Leaf Announces Brief West Coast Tour

A trio of dates can be found below.

Learn more about The Album Leaf here.

Feb 20 - The Echo - Los Angeles
Feb 21 - Detroit Bar - Costa Mesa
Feb 22 - The Casbah - San Diego

MP3: The Album Leaf (feat. Sigur Ros) - Over The Pond

The Album Leaf Releases Green EP

San Diego post-rockers, The Album Leaf, have just released their new EP, simply titled Green. The short-player (which was a tour-only release, but is now available internationally via iTunes) features six new tracks and a video of their journey across the States from earlier this year. Check out a YouTubed trailer of the film below. Track listing and TMS-fave MP3 at bottom. Learn more about The Album Leaf here on the band's official site.


We Need Help/Fear Of Flying/Drawing Mountains/Enchanted Hill/Kevlar/San Simeon

MP3: The Album Leaf - Shine

Under Byen + The Album Leaf Join Forces For Post-Rock Show Of The Year

Close your eyes and drift away at one of the following Under Byen/Album Leaf North American gigs.

Sure to be an amazing few hours of music...

June 28: El Ray Theater, L.A.
June 29: Glasshouse, Pomona
June 30: Slim's, San Fransisco
July 2: WOW Hall, Eugene
July 3: Neumo's, Seattle
July 4: The Plaza, Vancouver
July 6: Doug Fir, Portland
July 7: The Venue, Boise
July 9: Knitting Factory, New York (Under Byen only)

MP3s:
Under Byen - Plantage
The Album Leaf - On Your Way

Sigur Ros As Producers?

Apparently Jonsi has been guiding friend and fellow post-rocker, The Album Leaf, on his upcoming 4th release.

Via Billboard:

San Diego's The Album Leaf, a.k.a. Jimmy Lavelle, will release his fourth album and second for Sub Pop, "Into the Blue Again" on Sept. 12. Work on the project becan in December at Seattle's Bear Creek Studios.

"Bear Creek was awesome," Lavelle tells Billboard.com. "It was very mountain-y and woody; I slept at the studio [and] stayed up all night playing pool after a day of recording. I'd wake up at my earliest convienence, which was usually around 1 or 2, and would track until around midnight. It felt very comfortable, much like home."

Many listeners became familiar with Lavelle's work in 2005, when music from his 2004 album "In a Safe Place" was featured predominately on Fox's teen drama "The OC." That album was recorded at Sigur Ros' studio in Iceland, and Lavelle returned there to mix "Into the Blue Again."

"Birgir Jon Birgisson is a great producer to work with. His studio is great. Also, it's Iceland. It's just a nice, relaxing situation to be in over there," Lavelle says.....more here.

Bonus MP3: Sigur Ros - Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa