ARTIST: greenleaf
TITLE: trails and passes
LABEL: small stone recordings / cargo records
GENRE: Rock
SOURCE: LP
BITRATE: 253 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 42:02
RELEASE DATE: 2014-05-13
RIP DATE: 2014-12-12
ENCODER: LAME 32bits version 3.98.4 (http://www.mp3dev.org/) -V0
Track List
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1. our mother ash 3:13
2. ocean deep 5:30
3. equators 3:29
4. depth of the sun 4:37
5. humans 4:25
6. with eyes wide open 8:04
7. the drum 2:51
8. bound to be machines 4:15
9. trails and passes 5:38
Release Notes:
Almost by definition, musical side projects arenÆt meant to last very long, but
rather serve as brief, often one-time departures for musicians otherwise engaged
with far more pressing or successful bands -- and thatÆs why Greenleaf has
proved itself to be anything but your typical ôside project.ö
Yes, this Scandinavian music collective has gone through quite the revolving
cast since their arrival on the scene, much like an auditory Y2K virus in that
fateful millennium flip; but the one constant bond that has repeatedly drawn
them together, every few years, like an irresistible gravitational force, is a
shared musical vision, straddling the realms of stoner and alternative rock.
Such was the case when Greenleaf first assembled behind Lowrider vocalist Peter
Bergstrand for that eponymous, year 2000 debut EP; welcomed Dozer frontman
Fredrik Nordin for is 2001 follow-up, Revolution Rock; added Demon Cleaner
guitarist Daniel Jansson for 2003Æs Secret Alphabets; integrated Truckfighters
singer Oskar Cedermalm in time for 2007Æs Agents of Ahriman; and powered ahead
behind reliable mainstay, guitarist Tommi Holappa, for 2012Æs Nest of Vipers.
Now, Greenleaf is on the move again, bidding Cedermalm ôadieuö and saying a
hearty ôholaö to a tandem of new recruits in frontman Arvid Jonsson and drummer
Sebastian Olsson, who joined Holappa and long-serving bassist Bengt BΣcke in
time to record (incidentally, with no outside help, guest musicians, or other
additives) what would become GreenleafÆs next and fifth long-player, Trails and
Passes, which is now ready for global release in January 2014, via Small Stone
Recordings.
And, as has always been the case with this ever-evolving sonic beast, the music
magically draws out the best talents of whoever happens to be involved,
resulting in a modern rock amalgam as impossible to simplify as it is futile to
want to; after all simultaneously familiar and surprising new sounds seem to be
the ultimate thread connecting GreenleafÆs long career.
A career that now sees the group categorically divesting itself of any lingering
ôside projectö associations (ask Holappa and heÆll bluntly tell you it is Dozer
thatÆs become his ôside projectö these days) and graduating to well-deserved
headline status ù the better to take the Greenleaf name to the next level on the
abundant strengths of Trails and Passes.