A Chorus of Storytellers in Bloomington, MN

For his fifth album,
A Chorus of Storytellers
,
the Album Leaf
mastermind
Jimmy LaValle
decided to make some changes to the old formula his solo project stuck with. Most notably,
LaValle
recorded the album with a live band, rather than going at it alone with the help of a series of contributors. The result comes off feeling more alive and organic than his previous work, while maintaining the blend of ambient electronics and careful, post-rock layering that will definitely please fans of past records from
. ~ Gregory Heaney