The Album Leaf - One Day I'll Be on Time
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Free Music Review: One Day My Reviews Will Be on Time (5 Stars)
Hit: 5 Stars
I don't know why it has taken me so long to write a review for this. It is, after all, one of the fine albums of all time. And in my opinion this is easily their best album, without a doubt. I wont bore you with explanations and I will leave it to others to dissect the music's virtues for you. I will only add that this is a good album to get a massage to, although a few tracks might be a bit to heavy for that (anything by Loscil would suit this better). But definitely a great chess album. It may take a few listens, but in the end you will not be able to exclude this from your collection for any length of time. Very much a classic composition.Free Music Review: Graceful bliss
Hit: 5 Stars
I really like this band alot. Especially the way this guy plays the guitar. Very chill. Good open road music. At first I wanted to compare them to American football, but too technical, and no one really comes to mind either. I had just moved to San Diego and I was able to see them play at a rather intimate venue. They didnt play one song from this album and I was suprised to see how they have changed. All in all, this is a very rewarding CD so go ahead and treat yourself.Free Music Review: Spot on.
Hit: 5 Stars
The Album Leaf...who needs a pamphlet of Iceland when you have this album. I was bartending at the time that I was given this disc by two great regulars and friends, after countless evenings of making their Georgetown martinis (3/4 Greygoose orange & 1/4 Cointreu, twist or wedge of orange, shaken to skate) and discussing how music is more of a score to our lives rather than just a fleeting interest day by day. So they brought this album for me on their next visit and began to explain the details of Jimmy Lavalle and his friendship with Sigur Ros and Amina, his move from the states to his new found inspiration... Iceland after his enveloping tour and nationwide acceptance. Word.
I could name off various groups that may sound similar or be lumped together in magazine reviews. However, I feel that artists such as this deserve their own independant recognition. The greatest attribute of minimalist, math rock, down tempo, ambient whatever name you prefer is that it's for you. Your thoughts become the lyrics to these tracks. Now there's no doubt for all of us that songs are our own distinct mental bookmarks of a personal time and place, good or bad. This album gives the ability to better recognize that, sometimes even help in regards to your penmanship and starting a new chapter. So if you share a similar perspective to mine, this album is essential and no 30 second sample will give it the justice it deserves. Cheers to my boys for this one, spot on.
Free Music Review: Euphoric.
Hit: 5 Stars
Upon listening to Jimmy LaValle's creation, One Day I'll Be On Time, I was soon in a rather surreal state, breaching upon total relaxation, warmth and comfort. Similar to the feeling of getting under the covers, in a rather cold room, and dwelling there for a few minutes. It is simply a wonderful, rather basic and warm feeling. The Album Leaf brings this, though, of course, on mental level rather than a physical level.
Although the album is divided into individual songs, it is clear that the true value of the album is its entirety. It never reaches a monotonous level, which is a positive (and often rare) thing, though it never reverts from the atmosphere present throughout the album, either. Simply put, it is wonderfully balanced.
What else to say? Though I suppose I could speak many more words of the content here, I feel this is album better experienced than spoken about (as many albums). I highly recommend this to anyone with an ear for music.
Free Music Review: hmm...
Hit: 2 Stars
I was very excited about this album. I have read a lot of reviews and was pretty sure that this was something that I would enjoy. This assumption was correct to a point, but also very wrong. There are a few compositions on this album that are worth while, and then there are some who make me feel like I have trancended into an soundtrack for an 80's movie.
The instrumentals themselves are not anything wonderful either. Very simple and seem to lack any true human emotion. The use of electronics is a little too much for me, I would prefer using acutal instruments... but perhaps that is just my taste.
I would recommend this to someone who has a taste for 80's style electronics or someone who is simply willing to take a chance. Like I stated earlier, a few of the songs on this album are very decent, while others fail to provide anything but slow moving monotanous noise.
If you do not own any rachels albums, I highly suggest you purchase any one of those before taking a chance on this.