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The Album Leaf
The Rum Diary
Roots of Orchis
Friday January 14th
at The Independant, San Francisco
$11.00
8:30
independentsf.com/jan2005.htm
"Iceland's sprawling horizon has become an oddly ubiquitous touchstone for describing contemporary American music, with loads of new bands snatching their spectral bits from Sigur Rós' massive arsenal of otherworldliness. Tristeza's Jimmy LaValle, who has been
recording spare, instrumental hymnals as The Album Leaf since late 1998, is the closest North American equivalent to the pale Nordic maestro, and his pockets are well-stuffed with the papers to prove it: After touring extensively with Sigur Rós (who frequently joined LaValle onstage), LaValle was shuttled-via-invite to Mosfellsbaer, Iceland to record at Sundlaugin, Sigur Rós' home studio, borrowing their string section, Amina, and collaborating with vocalist Jon Thor Birgisson and members of (fellow Icelandic howlers) Múm."
whole extensive review:
www.pitchforkmedia.com/record...e.shtml
www.thealbumleaf.com/
"While grounded in earlier classic Floyd (what trippy noise-rock act isn't?), the Rum Diary leans towards the harsher, heavier sounds of Suntan, Mogwai and, at times, My Bloody Valentine. But don't let these feedback-coated touchstones fool you into believing RD is merely derivative. Something smart and a little sinister is going on here."
CMJ Monthly
www.therumdiary.net
"The Roots of Orchis make instrumental headphone music for public transportation, because their introverted groove seems to slow everything else down. So when you just missed the bus or the trains are full and rush hour strangers are huddled against you claustrophobically, you can lose yourself in your head with their measured, somewhat dub-like beats, guitar, bass, samples, synthesizers, and occasional turntable scratching. The Roots of Orchis’ music is a really calm bath of subtlety, especially welcome during the throngs of a city’s chaos."
Copper Press
wwwww.slowdance.com/v3/artist...index.html
The Rum Diary
Roots of Orchis
Friday January 14th
at The Independant, San Francisco
$11.00
8:30
independentsf.com/jan2005.htm
"Iceland's sprawling horizon has become an oddly ubiquitous touchstone for describing contemporary American music, with loads of new bands snatching their spectral bits from Sigur Rós' massive arsenal of otherworldliness. Tristeza's Jimmy LaValle, who has been
recording spare, instrumental hymnals as The Album Leaf since late 1998, is the closest North American equivalent to the pale Nordic maestro, and his pockets are well-stuffed with the papers to prove it: After touring extensively with Sigur Rós (who frequently joined LaValle onstage), LaValle was shuttled-via-invite to Mosfellsbaer, Iceland to record at Sundlaugin, Sigur Rós' home studio, borrowing their string section, Amina, and collaborating with vocalist Jon Thor Birgisson and members of (fellow Icelandic howlers) Múm."
whole extensive review:
www.pitchforkmedia.com/record...e.shtml
www.thealbumleaf.com/
"While grounded in earlier classic Floyd (what trippy noise-rock act isn't?), the Rum Diary leans towards the harsher, heavier sounds of Suntan, Mogwai and, at times, My Bloody Valentine. But don't let these feedback-coated touchstones fool you into believing RD is merely derivative. Something smart and a little sinister is going on here."
CMJ Monthly
www.therumdiary.net
"The Roots of Orchis make instrumental headphone music for public transportation, because their introverted groove seems to slow everything else down. So when you just missed the bus or the trains are full and rush hour strangers are huddled against you claustrophobically, you can lose yourself in your head with their measured, somewhat dub-like beats, guitar, bass, samples, synthesizers, and occasional turntable scratching. The Roots of Orchis’ music is a really calm bath of subtlety, especially welcome during the throngs of a city’s chaos."
Copper Press
wwwww.slowdance.com/v3/artist...index.html
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