{"product_id":"098787064032","title":"The Album Leaf - In A Safe Place - Import Blue Vinyl LP Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Album Leaf\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the news that Jimmy LaValle's solo project the Album Leaf had recorded an LP for Sub Pop at the same studio in Mosfellsbaer, Iceland, previously placed on the musical map by Sigur Ros (and including several members of the band in tow), indie fans began to imagine a transatlantic version of the Postal Service, perfectly ripe for crossover one year after the Postal Service's Sub Pop debut, Give Up, ruled the college charts. LaValle's first two full-lengths as the Album Leaf were gorgeous and meditative, putting him in perfect company with Sigur Ros; his best pieces, including \"Wet the Day\" from One Day I'll Be On Time, possessed a quiet, unchanging stillness that neatly connected the dots between ambient legends Claude Debussy, Cluster, Roger Eno, Oval, and Sigur Ros themselves. In a Safe Place, however, includes no magic to compare to his earlier work. The album is exactly the sum of its parts, perhaps less and definitely no more. LaValle retains his heavily textural, impressionist flair, but has begun to repeat himself heavily, with none of the freshness or vigor of previous material. He also sacrifices nearly all of the record's precious atmosphere by insisting on a basic drum kit track to drive many of the tracks (though later in the record, he turns to a skittery digital percussion that favors these songs). Only one piece hints at the record's full power, \"Over the Pond,\" on which LaValle plays a simple, slightly changing Satie line on keyboards while the full Sigur Ros trio are heard for the first time, playing up their brand of studied melancholy with help from cello and violin. The only other notable success is \"On Your Way,\" which features LaValle with Pall Jenkins, his collaborator in the Black Heart Procession. ~ John Bush\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.Window\u003cbr\u003e2.Thule\u003cbr\u003e3.On Your Way\u003cbr\u003e4.Twenty Two Fourteen\u003cbr\u003e5.The Outer Banks\u003cbr\u003e6.Over the Pond\u003cbr\u003e7.Another Day\u003cbr\u003e8.Streamside\u003cbr\u003e9.Eastern Glow\u003cbr\u003e10.Moss Mountain Town\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\" href=\"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/search?page=2\u0026amp;q=The+Album+Leaf\" title=\"The Album Leaf Collection List\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Polaris-Text--root Polaris-Text--headingLg Polaris-Text--bold\"\u003eThe Album Leaf Collection List\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e","brand":"Alternative Distr. Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50193245667617,"sku":"098787064032","price":260.0,"currency_code":"RON","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/098787064032.jpg?v=1724130095","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-ro\/products\/098787064032","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}