In a Safe Place

1. Window

2. Thule

3. On Your Way

4. Twentytwofourteen

5. Outer Banks

6. Over The Pond

7. Another Day

8. Streamside

9. Eastern Glow

10. Moss Mountain Town

In a Safe Place,The Album Leaf,P-Vine Japan,Experimental Rock,Pop,Post-Rock/Experimental,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Uninspired Not Entirely Sure I Want to Be This Safe Okay enough....yes this is great stuff. Beautiful Forests in the Mist

In a Safe Place The Album Leaf Manufacturer: Sub Pop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lifetime or More Takk... Finally We Are No One Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK ASIN: B00023B1SK Release Date: 2004-06-22

Tracks:

1. Window
2. Thule
3. On Your Way
4. Twentytwofourteen
5. Outer Banks
6. Over the Pond
7. Another Day [Revised]
8. Streamside
9. Eastern Glow
10. Moss Mountain Town

Album Description

Jimmy LaValle, perhaps known best for his work in the contemplative dream-rock outfit Tristeza and San Diego's The Black Heart Procession, began releasing delicate, progressive instrumental work as The Album Leaf in 1999(the name comes from a Chopin piece). After years of labor-intensive touring and tinkering with complex tracks in his cramped bedroom studio, LaValle was repeatedly offered a rare invite from Icelandic phenoms Sigur Ros and Mum to record his newest solo opus in their Mosfellsbaer studio. He finally accepted and flew overseas to compose and record "In A Safe Place." With the addition of vocals (absent from previous Album Leaf releases) from The Black Heart Procession's Pall Jenkins, Sigur Ros' Jon Thor Birgisson, and LaValle himself, the songs on the new record are chillingly delicate and more pop-based than ever before. "In A Safe Place" masterfully negotiates the spaces between minimal electronica and neo-instrument rock.

Customer Reviews:

Uninspired.......2007-06-20

The best word I can use to describe this album is boring. I like this kind of music, but the way its done on this album is so dull. The beats are really old and tired and there is nothing new here. I felt embarassed for the artist at times.

Not Entirely Sure I Want to Be This Safe.......2007-02-28

The music on In A Safe Place is beautiful, but unlike the best of Sigur Ros -- the most obvious parallel -- there is no challenge here, nothing to shake you or stir you. That's fine, I guess, but take a cut like The Outer Banks. The real Outer Banks are not only beautiful and seducing, but also angry, terrifying and a graveyard for ships. It would have been nice to see some of that part of the place worked into the music.

In a Safe Place probably works best if you have cuts from it in a shuffle playlist to take in small doses, interspersed with other types of music. Fifty-one solid minutes of ambience, though I enjoyed every cut, collectively was a bit much for me.

On the other hand, if I were sitting in the dentist's chair awaiting a root canal, Safe Place would be just the thing...

Okay enough....yes this is great stuff........2006-11-17

Can I just say that this album is unique and amazing, along with all of Jimmy's other projects and albums - WITHOUT grotesquely trying to describe what music does to ME personally? If you're into the experimental San Diego alternative music scene, and like bands such as Tristeza, Pinback, Black Heart Procession, Three Mile Pilot - you will no doubt want to add this and the other Album Leaf tidbits to your collection. To those that go before me, please don't quit your day jobs...

Beautiful.......2006-08-02

I really feel "In a safe place" when I listen to this and let it wash over and through me. Beautifully melodic ambient music, and I love the beats.

Highly recommend.

Forests in the Mist.......2006-07-17

Imagine walking through a dense forest and happening upon a clearing where an organ is playing by itself in the mist. This is the mood of the first track which is so beautiful in clarity is starts to provoke a deep emotional response. You almost become the drops of rain falling from leaves, you become so involved in the moment. The first track is aptly named because it gives you a window into this world.

Thule is much more intense and wakes you up a little as vast oceans appear and you feel like you are flying out over the water into an exploration of islands. For me at least, this album was a very visual journey. By "On Your Way" I was literally on an inward journey. You may find yourself imagining yourself contemplating the lyrics that are all upside down in an amusing fashion.

"You swim against the tide
Yet you drowned in the sky"

The Outer Banks has delicate magical elements woven between static beats that are encased in chimes. Streamside still maintains a purity but seems more densely woven and melodious. Moss Mountain Town is a sweet ending that retains an innocence of structure.

~The Rebecca Review

Average customer rating: Underated Band

In a Safe Place ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0006SVJGU

Product Description

picture of the earth on cover

Customer Reviews:

Underated Band.......2007-01-25

I have always had a soft spot for this band ever since I first saw them at ProgDay back in 1997. These guys love what they do and it shows in their performances. I have always thought that Ken Archer was one of the more underrated keyboard players out there and I have always enjoyed Mark Benson's guitar style. The band's lyrics can be a bit hit and miss, but I like Benson's voice and overall enjoy what they do. On this album the band is a 3 piece of keys, guitar, and drums. I like this album a lot. The album opens with the 9 minute plus "Mirage" which is one of my favorites. I also like "Pierce The Hide" which is one of the only reggae prog songs that I am aware of. The title track "In A Safe Place" is another good one. There are also several strong instrumentals on the album written by keys man Archer. "Smooth", "Machu Picchu", and the 13 minute plus "Monads" are all great. Overall this is not their best album, but it is the one that introduced me to the band and I still really enjoy listening to it.

Average customer rating:

In a Safe Place The Album Leaf Manufacturer: P-Vine Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000244UQO Release Date: 2004-06-28

Tracks:

1. Window
2. Thule
3. On Your Way
4. Twentytwofourteen
5. Outer Banks
6. Over the Pond
7. Another Day
8. Streamside
9. Eastern Glow
10. Moss Mountain Town

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