The Leaves sophomore album weaves blues, folk and garage together through kaleidoscopic shards of psychedelia to bring listeners All The Good Thats Happening.
On translucent chlorophyll green vinyl!

Fired by youthful exuberance and a well-rounded repertoire of musical fashions, The Leaves, by all rights, should have turned into major stars. Despite the fact the bands second and final album, All The Good Thats Happening, parented no winning singles and isnt quite as potent as the first disc, the platter remains terribly underappreciated. Tracks such as the moody stupor of On The Plane and the ping-pong pulsations of Lemmon Princess, which carries a chaotic circus-like air, are decorated in psychedelic decals, while Twilight Sanctuary features some hard-driving harmonica blowing chained tight against giddy blues rock jamming.

The bands blues influences additionally prevail on honest recyclings of Jimmy Reeds raspy-throated Lets Get Together and Buffy Sainte-Maries candidly cryptic Codine, along with Flashback (The Rhythm Thing), a retooling of John Lee Hookers Crawling King Snake that morphs into an intense boogie woogie instrumental. A copy of Manfred Manns The One In The Middle weighs in as another blues based item, and To Try For The Sun is a stark and haunting folk ballad.

Snapping guitars, compounded by strong and solid harmonies give the album a strutting garage rock edge, where smatterings of offbeat arrangements and curious effects zone in on the freakier side of The Leaves. To call the album trailblazing would be stretching the truth, but there are enough amusing and exciting ideas to keep listeners awake and interested. Personnel issues, paired with lack of promotion prevented All The Good Thats Happening to be heard, resulting in the end of a band that died on the vine (pun intended) way too soon.

Format / LP
Released / 01/10/2025
Catalogue / SUND-5664C
Barcode / 090771566416
Artist / The Leaves
Label / Sundazed Music
Genre / Pop / Rock