Leaves Turn Inside You

Unwound | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Kill Rock Stars
• ASIN: B00005B685
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,822 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm told I'd had my obligations, April 8, 2004

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S. R Robertson "crap basket" (Oh Henry?) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leaves Turn Inside You (Audio CD)

Beautiful and breathtaking. I'm new to Unwound, so maybe their other material was better as Mr. One Star-RAting Narrow-Minded Man stated, but this is pretty friggin' good and incredibly spaced out. Easily stands up to the releases in the post-rock vein, or atleast experimental rock, since it's really hard to explain. I read somewhere that they were influenced by 60's psychadelia (espescially in production, in particular vocal production, which is appareant) and 70's karutrock/art rock just as much as they were arty post-punk and shoegazer.
In other words, try imagining Slint, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, King Chrimson, Brian Eno, and some 60's band all put together in a room and asked to behave. In other other words, just listen to it, cause I'm an amateur musicologist and don't really know what I'm talking about, but hey, I'm trying.
But anywho, combine all those influences into precise, concise, pop song structures and you have an amzing album. All the parts flow seamlessly, ranging from shorter and to-the-point peices like "December" and "Scarlette" to epic masterstrokes like "Terminus" and "Below THe Salt". Lyrically, the songs seem to be abstract poetic takes on relationships, although they tend to venture into ambigous and confused realms. They simultaneously seem to take on existenstial, maybe even nihilstic, emotions ("Don't lie to summarize the truth in place of life/Create a world to house your love" from "Below THe Salt"). Also, Pitchfork recommends this to people who like to dabble a bit in the cough syrup, if you know what I'm getting at (haha...ugh. I hate myself).

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unwound expands their sound brilliantly, May 10, 2001

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Michael V Halekakis (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaves Turn Inside You (Audio CD)

I'm another longtime Unwound fan, having owned and worn out each of their six previous releases. I picked up Leaves Turn Inside You expecting more of the same - dirty yet melodic post-punk rock. Admittedly it's a sound I'm less excited about these days, and although I've loved Unwound in the past, I really only expected to get about three good listens out this bad boy before filing it away. As has been said though, this isn't the classic Unwound I'd come to know and love, and that's really all for the better. I feel that in as much as I've changed as a listener, they've changed as a band. I'm currently up to about 12 listens, with no plans to take this out of the player anytime soon.

The band has managed to take their already strong songwriting capabilities to new heights by using the studio (built from the ground up, as another reviewer pointed out) as a creative tool. The resulting recording is a decidedly mellower work, yet one that's increased the band's depth a hundred fold. This is a double album in the classic sense: It's epic, it's varied, it demands multiple listens, and it challenges the listener with a wide array of sounds and styles.

With that I'd just like to add my voice to the fold: Stellar work, Unwound!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great album from a great year for music, November 3, 2003

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doug (Rocky River, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaves Turn Inside You (Audio CD)

I would have to say this is one of the top 10 releases of 2001, which is saying a lot due to the strong albums that came out that year. I recommend this album to all indie rock fans and it may even be accessible for some of your Radiohead obsessed friends. Just go out and buy it you really won't regret it.