The Album Leaf - Lines in a Leaf (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Following the projects with Frail and Pennikurvers, we are proud to announce the previously unreleased The Album Leaf's Lines In A Leaf as our third record of the Hand Screened editions series. This series has been a cool way for us to tap into our DIY roots and the DIY nature of the recordings featured. Hand-screened locally here in Chicago and assembled right here in our office.

Between the demise of screamo first-wavers Swing Kids and the rise of post-rock mainstays Tristeza, Jimmy LaValle could be found tinkering in his bedroom four track studio at 2145 E St. in San Diego. Six lo-fi soundscapes emerged from hundreds of hours of jamming alone in his headphones, eventually making their way via demo cassette to Tiger Style co-founder Mike Treff in 1998.

"I had known Jimmy from hardcore—Locust, Crimson Curse, Swing Kids, and Guyver-One were absolutely some of my favorite bands," Treff said. "When I heard these recordings I was floored. The compositions, the range, the intensity achieved without distortion or extreme volume was just mind blowing. The Album Leaf's music synthesized a love of lo-fi, field recordings, and the instrumental stuff coming out of Chicago and Louisville, but he was doing it with a directness that seemed to come from hardcore."

TRACKLIST

1. The Album Leaf - 2145 E St.
2. The Album Leaf - Hill of Gold
3. The Album Leaf - Fire to Fire
4. The Album Leaf - Writing in the Sand
5. The Album Leaf - Knots in a String of Beads
6. The Album Leaf - A Crumpled Piece of Paper, Slowly Unfolding



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