Relapse Records has announced the signing of The Album Leaf! The band, led by Jimmy LaValle, has been a major influential force across many disparate genres of music over the last twenty years, and joins a long line of experimental musicians that have helped shape and define Relapse history.

The Album Leaf's LaValle comments on the signing: “I’m very excited to release a new record and to be a part of the Relapse family. This record represents a new musical chapter for me and after making records as the The Album Leaf for nearly two decades, I welcome a fresh start with such an influential, veteran label.”

Relapse is also incredibly excited to announce the release of The Album Leaf's first full-length album in six years and to share new music from the release. Now twenty years into a career that has seen LaValle exercising his creativity across the realms of film scoring, sound collage, and rock music, via instrumental and vocal-driven compositions alike, LaValle and The Album Leaf’s newly solidified lineup are poised to deliver yet another sonic triumph with 2016’s Between Waves.

The album was born out of a thorough reinvention of LaValle's creative process and approach: Between Waves is The Album Leaf's first full-length record to be recorded with the band's current lineup, and was written with greater emphasis on the group dynamic (the album was also entirely recorded and produced by LaValle and the band). The album's eight tracks were winnowed down from thirty, and it shows: each song is memorable and unique, all speaking in The Album Leaf's singular voice while expressing themselves through a wide variety of different sounds and emotions.

The band's thorough, unified approach is evident on nearly every aspect of Between Waves: the album displays multifaceted, meticulous sound design, a keen ear for balancing disparate influences, and the strongest senses of dynamics, rhythm, and composition The Album Leaf has displayed to date. From the moody evolution of "Glimmering Lights" to the wistful hip-hop stylings of "A New Soul" and beyond, Between Waves is The Album Leaf at its most inventive, most confident, and most impressive.

Between Waves tracklisting:

“False Dawn”
“Glimmering Lights”
“New Soul”
“Back To The Start”
“Wandering Still”
“Never Far”
“Lost In The Fog”
“Between Waves”

“Back To The Start”:

“New Soul” video:

Between Waves is set for release on August 26th via Relapse Records on CD/LP/DLX 2xLP/Digital. Physical pre-orders can be found at this location, and digital pre-orders are available via The Album Leaf's Bandcamp page here. “New Soul” is also available on white 7" vinyl via The Album Leaf's store at this location.