A Chorus Of Storytellers

Album Leaf, The
Sub Pop Records
General | Feb 2010

Reviews

DJ PJs
Reviewed 2010-08-26
The Album Leaf/ A Chorus of Storytellers

ambient, instrumental preeettttty music. This is the solo project of Jimmy LaValle, who was a guitarist for a San Diego based post-rock band Tristeza. this music is very beautiful, if you like this, I highly recommend looking at his earlier work, which I like just as much if not more… Try all, FCC CLEAN, or Try: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7… ANY!

1. **pretty murmurs of voices over a mellowed-out soft wash of sound 2. **slow, steady beat with strings and piano overlays, beautiful and sad, chimes and bells 3. *wasn’t sure at first how I felt with vocals on these tracks, but listening to it again, its pretty nice. lots of mellow beats, chimes, horns, mid-tempo goodness and roaming guitar 4. ***slow synths fade in and out like waves wandering melody overlay 5. **more funky drumbeat, pretty chords, soft vocals, clean electric guitar, kind of like a cute post-rocky melancholy love song 6. more upbeat yet relaxed. bells, pretty melody, strings 7. slower, drawn out, no percussion, clear and gorgeous, strings, harp 8. ***pretty and clear, upbeat and pure 9. nice vocals, pretty, upbeat, song for two, pretty pop-y 10. mid tempo- upbeat drums, mellowed out vocals and synth melody behind them, 11. beautiful soundscape of strings, bells, washes of synths, very dreamy and calm

Recent airplay

Blank Pages
There and Back AgainJun 10, 2012
Until The Last
The Fall of MathFeb 15, 2012
Blank Pages
The Groove MachineFeb 04, 2012
Falling From The Sun
The Fall of MathFeb 01, 2012
Summer Fog
There and Back AgainMar 12, 2011
Summer Fog
FolktronicMay 02, 2010

Charting

2010-03-07 — 2010-05-09
Week EndingAirplays
May 9 1
May 2 2
Apr 25 1
Apr 18 2
Apr 11 1
Apr 4 3
Mar 28 2
Mar 21 1

Track listing

1. Perro
2. Blank Pages
3. There Is A Wind
4. Within Dreams
5. Falling From The Sun
6. Stand Still
7. Summer Fog
8. Until The Last
9. We Are
10. Almost There
11. Tied Knots