Leaves Turn Inside You
album by Unwound
Leaves Turn Inside You is the seventh and final studio album by the American post-hardcore band Unwound, released on April 17, 2001 by Kill Rock Stars.
The album received critical acclaim from several music publications, both contemporarily and after its original release, following later reissues by Numero Group. Marking the return of original drummer and co-founder Brandt Sandeno who had switched to keyboards and guitar, it is the band's only studio album to feature all four members.
Background and recording
Unlike previous Unwound albums, Leaves Turn Inside You was recorded in 2000 by the band members at their own built studio, MagRecOne ("Magnetic Recording One"), in Olympia, Washington. Singer and guitarist Justin Trosper described the album as "a record that could stand as a final statement because there were already tremors preceding our impending earthquake." While developing the album in MagRecOne, the band had a newfound sense of creative freedom that broke away from their routine with the band's longtime producer and engineer Steve Fisk, with the album instead involving him as an instrumentalist. The album title came from a free association writing session held by Trosper, originally being the phrase "leaves turn inside me"; he was also "doing dream journals to work out ideas for lyrics so the whole album has dreamish gnostic quasi-religious themes throughout it".
Trosper said that he was mainly interested in "turning down the distortion and adding more textures and tones", and in using the recording studio as an instrument; he personally studied albums that were of interest to him at the time, including David Bowie's Low, Public Image Ltd's Metal Box, the Flaming Lips' The Soft Bulletin, Radiohead's then-recently released Kid A, Burzum's ambient music albums released while in prison, the Cure's The Head on the Door, the sessions for the Beach Boys' Smile, and "60s British stuff like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Kinks." Along with idiosyncratic studio production including mic work, disorienting mixing and sound collages, the record features usage of the Mellotron and several ARP synthesizers. All songs were written and recorded by Unwound, with the production being handled between the three band members.
Release and packaging
Leaves Turn Inside You was released as a double LP and double CD on April 17, 2001 by the independent record label Kill Rock Stars, which also released the band's previous five studio albums. The CD version is enhanced with two music videos: "Radio Gra" (by Slater Bradley) and "Scarlette" (by animator Zak Margolis).
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