Album Leaf, The

Jimmy LaValle

Discography of Album Leaf, The:

	#	Cover	Release title	Total tracks	Download release in mp3	Imprint date	Label
	1		One Day I'll Be On Time	12	mp3	2001-05-22	Tiger Style
	2		In An Off White Room	4	mp3	2001	Troubleman Unlimited
	3		An Orchestrated Rise To Fall	10	mp3	1999	Music Fellowship
	4		Seal Beach	5	mp3	2003-10-20	Acuarela Discos
	5		In A Safe Place	11	mp3	2004-06-22	Sub Pop
	6		In A Safe Place	11	mp3	2004-07-26
	7		In An Off White Room	4	mp3	2001	Troubleman Unlimited
	8		A Lifetime Or More	8	mp3	2003-08-18
	9		In A Safe Place	10	mp3	2004-06-22	Sub Pop
	10		Red Tour EP	6	mp3	2005-00-00	Not On Label (The Album Leaf Self-released)
	11		Seal Beach EP	10	mp3	2005-04-00	Better Looking Records
	12		Collaboration Series No. 1	2	mp3	2002	Better Looking Records
	13		Into The Blue Again	10	mp3	2006-09-12	Sub Pop
	14		One Day I'll Be On Time	12	mp3	2001	Tiger Style
	15		Into The Blue Again	10	mp3	2006-09-12	Sub Pop
	16		The Album Sampler	4	mp3	2004
	17		Into The Blue Again	10	mp3	2006	City Slang
	18		In A Safe Place	10	mp3	2004-04-00
	19		A Chorus Of Storytellers	11	mp3	2010-02-02	Sub Pop
	20		A Chorus Of Storytellers	11	mp3	2010-02-02	Sub Pop
	21		There Is A Wind	4	mp3	2010-04-17	Sub Pop
	22		Falling From The Sun	3	mp3	2010	Sub Pop
	23		Into The Blue Again	10	mp3	2006-09-12	Sub Pop
	24		Green Tour EP	7	mp3	2007	Not On Label (The Album Leaf Self-released)
	25		Forward/Return	7	mp3	2012-09-18	Not On Label (The Album Leaf Self-released)
	26		Torey's Distraction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	13	mp3	2012-08-28	Not On Label (The Album Leaf Self-released)
	27		Into The Blue Again	10	mp3	2006	Sub Pop
	28		Adrift	3	mp3	2013-07-03	Not On Label (The Album Leaf Self-released)
	29		Torey's Distraction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	13	mp3	2012-08-28	Not On Label (The Album Leaf Self-released)
	30		Perils From The Sea	11	mp3	2013	High Note Records
	31		Forward/Return	7	mp3	2014-10-00	Not On Label (The Album Leaf Self-released)
	32		Forward/Return	7	mp3	2014-10-00	Not On Label (The Album Leaf Self-released)

When Jimmy LaValle isn't contributing to Tristeza, San Diego's artful torrent of noise, he is composing more introspective works as The Album Leaf. A veteran of such esteemed San Diego hardcore outfits as Swing Kids, The Locust, and Gogogo Airheart, LaValle shows his calm, quiet side with these mostly instrumental songs built from soothing, shimmering layers of synthesizer, guitar, strings, and percussion that fall over each other like waterfalls tumbling into murky, rippling pools. Sometimes the songs sound like they're moving backwards and forwards at the same time. This is music to fuel beautiful melancholy, the kind of songs you turn to when you want to wallow in your feelings. These pieces are less momentous in scale than Tristeza's, but equally dynamic; here, LaValle explores similar melodies and emotions, expanding small jazzy motifs into grander statements.

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