Electro rock pioneers share new track
Electronic / rock pioneers THE ALBUM LEAF have shared a new music video for the title track from their forthcoming Relapse debut Between Waves. The vocal-driven album closer has been paired with sweeping, gorgeous footage in the Michael Raines-directed video, which has just premiered via Nowness. Additionally, THE ALBUM LEAF have announced a full US tour kicking off this September in support of the new album. Sister Crayon will support on all September dates. THE ALBUM LEAF will also make a week-long trek of dates along the West Coast in December. A full itinerary is available below.
THE ALBUM LEAF Live:
***All September Dates with Sister Crayon***
Sept 7 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom^
Sept 8 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls^
Sept 9 Dallas, TX Club Dada^
Sept 10 Austin, TX The Parish^
Sept 12 Atlanta, GA Terminal West^
Sept 13 Asheville, NC The Mothlight^
Sept 14 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall^
Sept 15 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s^
Sept 16 Brooklyn, NY Littlefield^
Sept 17 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge^
Sept 18 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair^
Sept 20 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom^
Sept 21 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall^
Sept 22 Minneapolis, MN Studio B Skyway Theatre^
Sept 23 Lincoln, NE Vega^
Sept 24 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater^
Sept 27 Los Angeles, CA The Teragram Ballroom^
Dec 9 San Diego, CA Irenic
Dec 10 Visalia, CA Cellar Door
Dec 12 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Dec 13 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
Dec 14 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
Dec 16 San Francisco, CA The Independent
^= w/ Sister Crayon
You can also watch a video for the single “New Soul,” which premiered last October via NPR and will be included on the forthcoming album here. The album’s second single “Back To The Start” is also available to stream here.
Twenty years into a career that has seen Jimmy LaValle exercising his creativity across the realms of film scoring, sound collage, and rock music, via instrumental and vocal-driven compositions alike, LaValle & THE ALBUM LEAF’s newly solidified lineup are poised to deliver yet another sonic triumph with 2016’s Between Waves. The album displays multifaceted, meticulous sound design, a keen ear for balancing disparate influences, and the strongest senses of dynamics, rhythm, and composition THE ALBUM LEAF has displayed to date. From the moody evolution of “Glimmering Lights” to the wistful hip-hop stylings of “A New Soul” and beyond, Between Waves is THE ALBUM LEAF at its most inventive, most confident, and most impressive.
Between Waves is set for release on August 26, 2016 via Relapse Records on CD/LP/DLX 2xLP/Digital. Physical pre-orders can be found at this location and digital pre-orders are available via THE ALBUM LEAF‘s Bandcamp page here. New Soul is also available on white 7″ vinyl via The Album Leaf’s store at this location.
