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Biography: Carbon Leaf
CARBON LEAF
INDIAN SUMMER
Indian Summer is almost here -- and for CARBON LEAF, it's a change of season.
Known to fans as America's preeminent unsigned band, the Virginia-based quintet releases its sixth album on July 13. More than the group's strongest effort since its last studio release, the critically acclaimed Echo Echo, Indian Summer marks CARBON LEAF's most profound musical and professional transformation to date.
First, the music: The sound has toughened and deepened. Dynamics are bigger -- the quiet parts whisper more intimately, the crescendos climb to higher peaks of power. Each song hangs on hooks that you won't easily get out of your head. The lyrics are more candid than ever; singer/lyricist Barry Privett's unique way with metaphor and word selection draws from the heart of his own experiences, whether in love or in his broader embrace of life.
Just as important is the band's decision to bring its indie days to a close and sign its first label deal. Indian Summer is CARBON LEAF's debut release for Vanguard Records, whose staying power and reputation provide the perfect complement for this band.
All that's come before this moment -- the buzz that established CARBON LEAF as the hottest act on the Virginia college circuit, its triumph over more than a thousand other bands to win the first Coca-Cola New Music Award, its history-making appearance in 2002 as the first unsigned artists ever to perform at the American Music Awards, its opening slots on tours with John Mayer, Counting Crows, Guster, David Gray, and the Dave Matthews Band -- is just the warm-up.
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