YEAH!... today's the day the new Leaf library single is OUT!... if you're a fan of
Gideon Coe (and you should be) you will have heard the hit pretty much nightly on his
BBC 6 music show, and you can hear it again (and buy it) here:
The Greater Good is a song about tiny moments of connection in a busy city, a bright
and busy drone-pop love song for people you’ve never met glimpsed on
underground platforms and opposite escalators. Built around a humming Farfisa,
stacked guitars and late-for-work drums it hurries along to its happy, one
chord finish - an ideal song for the Friday evening commute or for not dancing
to whilst thinking about what could have been. The b-side, Goodbye Four Walls, is a quiet/noisy song for unplanned and
unrehearsed expeditions on sunny city streets, preferably flying solo having
just bought a good book. Both songs are optimistic odes to city living and will
enhance your enjoyment of whichever urban conurbation you happen to be in.
The Leaf Library make droney, two-chord, pop that’s stuck halfway between the garage
and the bedroom, all topped with lyrical love songs to buildings, stationery
and the weather. Originally from Reading (ish) but now settled in London they
have released one album so far, 2011’s ‘Different Activities, Similar
Diversions’ on Proper Songs and a 10” single – ‘Losing Places’ (backed with a
fantastic Isan remix). They love Hood, Broadcast, Yo La Tengo, To Rococo Rot,
Mice Parade, Talk Talk, Stereolab, Brian Eno and The American Analog Set among
many many other things.
The picture disc is
illustrated by Tanya Meditzky
