The Album Leaf
San Diego multi-instrumentalist Jimmy LaValle launched The Album Leaf in 1998 as a solo project while playing guitar in post-rock band Tristeza, initially self-releasing limited cassette experiments in ambient texture and field recordings. The project gained international recognition after Sigur Rós took LaValle on tour, leading to the acclaimed Sub Pop release In a Safe Place (2004), a landmark of delicate, orchestrated instrumental ambient music. LaValle has continued releasing records under the name, expanding the project to include a full live band and occasional vocals.
The Album Leaf Shows
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The Album Leaf Discography
1 track
- 0 New Soul 4:38
17 tracks
- 1 Opening Theme 1:21
- 2 Spring 2:33
- 3 Evan & Louise 1:03
- 4 Transform 1 1:56
- 5 Louise 1:44
- 6 Evan 1:02
- 7 Transform 2 1:05
- 8 Dinner note 1:49
- 9 Mystery Theme 2:13
- 10 Ritual 2:30
- 11 To the Ruins 4:09
- 12 Transform 3 1:40
- 13 A Short Walk 4:09
- 14 Oxytocin 2:10
- 15 Transform 4 4:13
- 16 Meet the folks 3:26
- 17 Outro 3:45
12 tracks
- 1 Before You Know it theme 1:53
- 2 Transition 1 0:21
- 3 Ty's Theme 3:09
- 4 Our Story 2:50
- 5 Transition 2 0:21
- 6 My Freinds 4:16
- 7 Dennis 3:27
- 8 Passing 3:02
- 9 Transition 3 0:31
- 10 Voyager 4:17
- 11 Lamplight 7:36
- 12 Moving On 5:27
1 track
- 0 The Album Leaf - feat. Peter Broderick - Never Held A Baby 4:29
11 tracks
- 1 Perro 2:55
- 2 Blank Pages 4:28
- 3 There Is a Wind 5:47
- 4 Within Dreams 4:46
- 5 Falling from the Sun 4:56
- 6 Stand Still 4:50
- 7 Summer Fog 4:43
- 8 Until the Last 4:16
- 9 We Are 4:04
- 10 Almost There 4:54
- 11 Tied Knots 4:09
10 tracks
- 1 Window 3:44
- 2 Thule 4:23
- 3 On Your Way 4:31
- 4 Twentytwofourteen 5:40
- 5 The Outer Banks 4:23
- 6 Over the Pond 4:55
- 7 Another Day (revised) 4:21
- 8 Streamside 3:34
- 9 Eastern Glow 6:06
- 10 Moss Mountain Town 9:22
10 tracks
- 1 The Light 4:29
- 2 Always for You 5:07
- 3 Shine 5:53
- 4 Writings On the Wall 4:55
- 5 Red-Eye 7:01
- 6 See In You 4:37
- 7 Into the Sea 4:31
- 8 Wherever I Go 4:38
- 9 Wishful Thinking 5:32
- 10 Broken Arrow 5:50
8 tracks
- 1 False Dawn 5:20
- 2 Glimmering Lights 5:06
- 3 New Soul 4:38
- 4 Back to the Start 4:46
- 5 Wandering Still 5:43
- 6 Never Far 3:55
- 7 Lost in the Fog 4:50
- 8 Between Waves 6:08
17 tracks
- 1 False Dawn 5:20
- 2 Glimmering Lights 5:06
- 3 New Soul 4:39
- 4 Back to the Start 4:47
- 5 Wandering Still 5:43
- 6 Never Far 3:55
- 7 Lost in the Fog 4:50
- 8 Between Waves 6:08
- 9 Forever Drive 4:52
- 10 Synthesis 5:49
- 11 Parameters 5:15
- 12 Ambo 4:53
- 13 Never Far (Dntel Remix) 3:54
- 14 False Dawn (Lorna Dune Remix) 4:04
- 15 Back to the Start (Daedelus Remix) 4:21
- 16 Between Waves (The One AM Radio Remix) 3:18
- 17 New Soul (Keith Sweaty Remix) 5:15
13 tracks
- 1 Torey's Distraction 2:27
- 2 An Explanation 3:01
- 3 Leaving Florida 3:13
- 4 Play With Me 2:27
- 5 Complications 3:25
- 6 A Day in the Life 2:36
- 7 Going Under 3:12
- 8 Distraction Days 2:47
- 9 Pinky's Storage 3:00
- 10 Baby Saige 4:41
- 11 Cowgirl 2:21
- 12 A Look Back 3:30
- 13 Celebration 3:46
25 tracks
- 1 The Endless 1:12
- 2 Aaron 1:13
- 3 Arrival 1:41
- 4 Going For A Run 1:21
- 5 Justins Theme 1:39
- 6 Who's Ready? 0:39
- 7 The Struggle 2:51
- 8 Tricks 1:23
- 9 Bottom of the Lake 1:17
- 10 Who's The Leader 1:53
- 11 Don't Stay Here / Gun Nut 2:10
- 12 Back to Camp 1:07
- 13 Your Life Depends On It 1:42
- 14 Dirt House (Feat. Emily Zuzik) 1:50
- 15 Jenny 1:31
- 16 Reunited 0:43
- 17 Burn it 1:42
- 18 Goodbyes 1:01
- 19 I'm Out 1:07
- 20 Two Moons 1:01
- 21 The Third Moon 1:57
- 22 Forgiveness 2:08
- 23 Discovery / Acsension / The Moment 4:24
- 24 Brothers 2:34
- 25 House Of The Rising Sun (Feat. Emily Zuzik) 2:40
7 tracks
- 1 Stretched Home 5:00
- 2 Descent 5:02
- 3 Low Down 4:30
- 4 Skylines 5:10
- 5 Under The Night 5:26
- 6 Images 4:12
- 7 Dark Becomes Light 5:05
6 tracks
- 1 We Need Help 3:36
- 2 Fear of Flying 4:47
- 3 Drawing Mountains 3:31
- 4 Enchanted Hill 4:44
- 5 Kevlar 4:14
- 6 San Simeon 5:21
19 tracks
- 1 600 Year Old Idea 2:38
- 2 Here Because I'm an Artist 0:59
- 3 The Cookbook Photo 4:36
- 4 Rebecca 2:20
- 5 Motherhood 3:50
- 6 Andrea 4:00
- 7 Lion Fish 1:07
- 8 Kiddie Pool (Featuring Mary Lattimore) 1:33
- 9 Aquarium Visit 2:00
- 10 Rise of the Feminist 3:37
- 11 Tanya 2:00
- 12 Border Crossing 1:15
- 13 Shevening 1:35
- 14 Re-Indigenize 2:13
- 15 Kenyatta 3:11
- 16 Missing Women 2:26
- 17 Radical Act of Resistance 3:48
- 18 Stories We Haven't Yet Heard 2:38
- 19 Artist and Mother 1:04
1 track
- 0 Oneonta 5:23
19 tracks
- 1 Welcome (Featuring Clarice Jensen) 3:55
- 2 Pangea 1:15
- 3 Brace 2:21
- 4 Richard 2:12
- 5 Error 1:34
- 6 Bad Dream 1:23
- 7 Missed Call 1:17
- 8 Sucked Into Space 1:40
- 9 Jackie 1:52
- 10 Last Man Alive 0:52
- 11 Time to Let Go 1:54
- 12 Earth Imploded 1:38
- 13 Europa 2:44
- 14 Vincent and Diane 2:28
- 15 Fight 4:06
- 16 Fire 3:24
- 17 Floating Away 3:20
- 18 John, Day 3022 2:57
- 19 Found (Featuring Clarice Jensen) 3:52
20 tracks
- 1 Flying V 1:19
- 2 Character Sketch 1:41
- 3 Venice 1:08
- 4 Options 1:13
- 5 Night Ride 3:48
- 6 Missing 1:22
- 7 Initiation 2:12
- 8 Stop 3:33
- 9 Blackwell 2:00
- 10 Criticism 3:17
- 11 Wandering 1:19
- 12 I Quit 1:27
- 13 Upset 1:44
- 14 Hollenbeck 1:01
- 15 Swinging 1:11
- 16 Dance 1:47
- 17 Prep 1:57
- 18 Mass 1:55
- 19 Over 1:29
- 20 Birthdays 2:36
5 tracks
- 1 Project Loop 5:38
- 2 Glisten 3:39
- 3 Six AM 6:32
- 4 Off White Room 6:36
- 5 Computer Love 5:40
12 tracks
- 1 Gust Of… (JMJL Rework) 6:26
- 2 The MP (JMJL Rework) 6:22
- 3 Storyboard (JMJL Rework) 4:39
- 4 Wet the Day (JMJL Rework) 5:02
- 5 The Audio Pool (JMJL Rework) 4:55
- 6 Hang Over (JMJL Rework) 4:37
- 7 In Between Lines (JMJL Rework) 3:48
- 8 Last Time Here (JMJL Rework) 4:12
- 9 Asleep (JMJL Rework) 5:17
- 10 The Sailor (JMJL Rework) 4:28
- 11 Vermillion (JMJL Rework) 5:46
- 12 Glimmer (JMJL Rework) 5:53
10 tracks
- 1 Malmo 5:43
- 2 Brennivin 4:56
- 3 Seal Beach 4:09
- 4 For Jonathan 5:49
- 5 One Minute 4:43
- 6 Last Time Here (Live in Portugal) 4:18
- 7 Wet The Day (Live from the Tabernacle Theater) 4:32
- 8 Essex (Live from the Tabernacle Theater) 5:07
- 9 The MP (Live from the Tabernacle Theater) 6:09
- 10 Storyboard (Live from the Tabernacle Theater) 3:52
10 tracks
- 1 Wander 5:52
- 2 An Interview 2:33
- 3 Lounge Act 0:37
- 4 September Song 2:43
- 5 We Once Were (One) 4:29
- 6 This River Deep 2:29
- 7 Airplane 4:52
- 8 A Short Story 14:14
- 9 We Once Were (Two) 4:37
- 10 Lounge Act (Two) 3:14
1 track
- 0 Say So (feat. Dizzy) 4:51
1 track
- 0 You Are (Feat. SARO) 4:31
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