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SUMMARY:Carbon Leaf 6:30PM 8:00PM
DESCRIPTION:Carbon Leaf’s fifteenth studio album\, Time is the Playground
  is both a call to action and an embrace of the moment. Marrying nostalg
 ic storytelling to nuanced\, folk-infused indie rock\, the Richmond\, Vi
 rginia band embroiders heartfelt melody and harmony with acoustic and el
 ectric instrumentation to create a 12-song rumination on time\, love and
  personal growth that’s equal parts urgent epiphany and contented exhala
 tion. “Everybody says people don’t listen to albums anymore\,” mulled Ca
 rbon Leaf frontman Barry Privett\, holed up in a coastal cottage. “So\, 
 the challenge for us was to make something that felt good to get through
  from beginning to end … to listen to like a story.” Originally formed a
 s a college cover band in 1992 and with over 3\,500 famously enthused li
 ve shows together\, Carbon Leaf helped to define the aughts indie rock t
 hat they ultimately outgrew and outlasted. They first earned national re
 cognition with “The Boxer\,” a song that won the American Music Awards 2
 002 New Music Award and made Carbon Leaf the first unsigned band to perf
 orm before millions on the AMAs. “The Boxer” entered regular radio rotat
 ion\, Carbon Leaf’s tours grew bigger and better\, and within a couple o
 f years they quit their day jobs and inked a record deal. The band’s fan
 base snowballed\, drawn to their infectious spirit of commitment\, empat
 hy\, communion\, and self reliance – not to mention supremely crafted so
 ngs with ultra-relatable\, thought-provoking lyrics. After a trio of cha
 rting albums for Vanguard Records\, multiple songwriting awards and head
 lining shows\, Carbon Leaf opted to return to the complete creative cont
 rol of their indie roots. Guitarist Terry Clark\, who co-founded the ban
 d with Privett and multi-instrumentalist Carter Gravatt\, converted his 
 garage into the band’s Two-Car Studio\, where they’ve recorded releases 
 for their own Constant Ivy imprint ever since. Carbon Leaf’s DIY spirit 
 even extended to re-recording their three Vanguard albums in order to re
 gain the rights. Due in September\, Time is the Playground is Carbon Lea
 f’s first full-length album in a decade\, during which they released two
  EPS and a 27-song live performance album and Blu-ray. Time is the Playg
 round gathers the best of songs written\, in fits and starts\, over 15 y
 ears\, alongside brand new ideas. Privett dusted off old demos and shut 
 himself away for months to finish their stories\, while also honing rece
 nt compositions. With Clark engineering\, Carbon Leaf – completed by lon
 gtime bassist Jon Markel and drummer Jesse Humphrey – spent a year and a
  half recording and mixing the resulting songs. “Thinking about these di
 sparate pieces of music\, I began ruminating on time itself\,” Privett r
 ecalled. “The band’s been together a long time. You mature a bit and see
  yourself in place on the timeline … rolling around the scenes of love a
 nd growth.” Masterfully melding saturated AC/DC guitar and squelchy Cars
  synth\, “Backmask 1983” is a fun flipbook of evocative era emblems – Fa
 rah Fawcett\, “Satanic Panic\,” Time Life Books\, Bigfoot and more – tha
 t traverses the simultaneous nexus of Privett’s childhood/adolescence an
 d the world’s analog/digital ages. It’s about morphing into a new person
  and a new planet with wide eyed wonder and a longing to believe. “Witho
 ut a whole lot of information\, the mystery of things felt so heightened
 \,” recalled Privett of growing up pre-Internet. “I wanted to capture so
 me of that but also have fun with it.” “I want what we create to resonat
 e with ourselves\, to the level that we want to play it for a long time 
 to come\, and where we want others to hear it and experience it\,” Prive
 tt concluded. “Hopefully\, listeners can glean the pieces from it that t
 hey identify with.” Time is the Playground will be accompanied by the ti
 reless touring almost synonymous with Carbon Leaf\, who’ve become a mode
 l for self-managing bands in the digital landscape.\n\nTickets: https://
 www.ticketmaster.com/carbon-leaf-chicago-illinois-10-15-2026/event/04006
 4A38B453763\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/bbc85a52-fcc2-449b-8647
 -c0c9de5829d0
LOCATION:Garcia's\, Chicago\, IL
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/bbc85a52-fcc2-449b-8647-c0c9de5829d
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