Leaves Turn Inside You
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| Studio album by Unwound | ||||
| Released | April 17, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 at MagRecOne in Olympia, Washington | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore, experimental rock, indie rock, math rock, noise rock, post-rock | |||
| Length | 74:38 | |||
| Label | Kill Rock Stars | |||
| Producer | Unwound, Phil Ek | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 87/100 |
| Review scores | |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Pitchfork Media | 9.0/10 |
| Stylus Magazine | A |
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 high acclaim from several music critics.
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. As singer and guitarist Justin Trosper explains, "Every record, we tried to raise the bar to some degree by asking, 'What can we do to make this better?' Usually that was just increasing the amount of time we spent in the studio. So the idea with the last record is that we would build a studio to record ourselves and break out of the pattern we'd established with [longtime producer] Steve Fisk and we'd have as much time to do it as we wanted — for better or worse". All songs were written and recorded by Unwound, with the production being handled between the band and Phil Ek.
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 Zack Margolis). A promotional CD version on Matador Europe exists, which features the whole album on one CD, omitting the videos; it comes in a slimline jewelcase with a different cover art and a quote citing Unwound as the best live band of their era.
Leaves Turn Inside You continues down the exploratory path of Repetition and Challenge for a Civilized Society, using Mellotron and a more subdued instrumental attack. In fact, the discs are titled 2 and 3, implying that Challenge for a Civilized Society is the first one. The song "Below the Salt" features delicate piano, heavy usage of reverb, and intimate, near-whispered vocals, while "Scarlette" brings back the band's hardcore punk origins. "Terminus" features cryptic lyrics and apocalyptic, Godspeed You! Black Emperor-style chamber orchestration. Drummer Sara Lund and Janet Weiss of sonic/geographic contemporaries Sleater-Kinney provide backing vocals on "Demons Sing Love Songs".
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