Preview: The Album Leaf
February 5th, 2010, 4:28 PM
Written by: Gabriel Arguelles
Category: Previews
The Album Leaf, Sea Wolf, Anomie Belle @ Neumos | 02/06 | 8pm | $13 adv
A year and a half after accompanying/enhancing a screening of F. W. Murnau’s 1927 silent film Sunrise at the Seattle International Film Festival, Jimmy LaValle and company will be arriving at Neumos. In addition to LaValle and his myriad of synths and pedals, there will be the addition of the Anomie Bell String Quartet. Given how great a project The Album Leaf is when it’s just LaValle, this will be a show you might just regret for missing. Added bonus–The Album Leaf has inspired hundreds of tattoos. If you’ve got one, you’re allowed into the show, free of charge; for more info click here. Click here for a sampling of Album Leaf fan tattoos.
A Chorus of Storytellers, the newest album, makes good use of layered sound. This is the direction that The Album Leaf has been headed in all along: confident, percussive, electronically tinged post-rock that never meanders. It works. Be sure to arrive at Neumos early to catch Anomie Bell, Sea Wolf and The Album Leaf–you’ll be in for a huge treat!
Categories: Previews | Tags: Anomie Belle, Jimmy LaValle, Neumos, Sea Wolf, The Album Leaf
