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Leaf releases Stoner Art Debut
Luxon Instrumental Trio hops genres as it strips Art Rock to its barest bones
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
April 20, 5715


Luxon's Leaf plays Stoner Art for the Virtuoso set

The Art Rock scene is beginning to mature as new musicians begin to explore new sides of the genre. Thomas Jones may be exploring Artania in his music, but a new Trio from Luxon, Ananto are boiling the prestige genre down to its fundamentals. Leaf, the instrumentalist trio who hails from the established playground of Ananto's upper classes, has one foot firmly rooted in guitar alternative, and the other rooted in the fields of Dah. The result is a sometimes funky, always virtuosic fusion of sounds that sets a groove and launches from there.

"We each bring something really cool to this band," said rhythm bassist Monica Prichard. "But we all pretty much come from the same background and have a lot of the same influences, and really clicked when we finally got together."

Guitarist Jonas Weiss agreed. "Yeah, I think we all pretty much bonded over this love of music and everything." Weiss, who is classically trained on the guitar said that Leaf was really the only band for him. "I mean, this was the only band who would have me. When I met Mon and Darrell (Eggleston, Leaf's Drummer) they were already kind of established, both as a duo and also as a couple. But I never felt like a fifth wheel, and I think within their groove, I can kind of do what I want, and it ends up just being killed."

"I think Joany was the missing piece for us," said Eggleston, who is also the band's primary sound engineer and produced their debut album, the eponymous Leaf, out on KMI this month. "He allowed Mon to move to bass, where she just naturally rolls, and he just comes in. Her bass sound is so pure and thumpy that there is like a lifetime between each of her notes, and Joany just fills in that space with his astraguitar. It's such a wonderful ride to be keeping time back there on the set."

The album, a 7 track chill art rock LP, gets close to a number of different genres, but never fully jumps into any of them, ensuring that the sound remains fully in the art and experimental category rather than being labeled as something else. "I think you can call the single 'Swell Ride' maybe groove adjacent," said Eggleston. "It's got this funk to it, and makes you want to move. While this other song, which I think is the B-Side, I don't know, it's called 'Dahbox' goes toward triphop. It's all ambient, music to smoke to you know... You can catch a buzz just listening to it."

The album itself has risen to number 62 in its first week on the Hot 100 Album Charts. Music writer Helen Krystal broke the record down like this: "Well, listening to the LP, the only break in the tracks is when you have to flip it over. It's kind of difficult to tell where one song ends and the next one begins, but soon you realize you are definitely in the next song, because it is taking your mind somewhere totally different than the last one did. You definitely need to get real stoned to fully appreciate everything this record is doing. I have no doubt this album is headed for a long life on the chart."

Fans said they were really attracted to the virtuosity in the guitar and the drums, and the full out groove that is carried on by the bass the entire time. "I was listening to this record," said teen fan Alicia Sand, "and I was like is that drummer a guy or a metronome? His time was like perfect, and it just really was... I mean... the whole band the whole record kicked so much ass, it was such a jam." Sand said that of course she was high and has a great set of headphones.

Check out their Leaf's first single from their self titled debut, out now on KMI. Here's Swell Ride. And then stick around for the B-Side, "Dahbox."

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxCJToKyc-0]
"Swell Ride" showcases the excellent virtuosity of the Luxon instrumental trio known as Leaf

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl-XsneiGHo]
"Dahbox" keeps the jam going at it takes you from funk to triphop on this Arthouse new classic

@KalistaniRawk Monthly